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Question: Is there a difference between MEDLINEplus Publications on the web, Health News and the references to articles found by searching MEDLINE through PubMed?


Answer:

  • The Publications on the web page of MEDLINEplus links to textbooks, newsletters, and magazines for consumers; this information may be read online, or printed or downloaded to your computer to be read later.
    • Follow the link to the Publications on the web page from the MEDLINEplus Other Resources page; you will find a link back to the Other Resources page just below the header of every MEDLINEplus page.

  • MEDLINEplus Health News contains news items from several news services.
    • All news items are available for 30 days on the News by Date and on the News by Topic page.
    • Articles listed in MEDLINE are written for health professionals but they may be useful to patients to better understand their health, disease or medical condition.

  • The MEDLINE database only provides information about articles; it also provides links to whole articles for some of the journals listed in the database.

  • Please be aware it is not the intention of the National Library of Medicine to provide medical advice, but to provide access to sources of health or disease information.

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