Health & Wellness Resources

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• 2-1-1 Community Resources & Help
• Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
• Veterans Crisis Line (1-800-273-8255, press 1)
• Have a Personal Health Question? Medical librarians at the UConn Health Sciences Library research personal health questions for Connecticut residents. This Wellness Through Answers service is free and confidential. Call or email with your question: (860) 679-4055 / hnet@uchc.edu

Additional Resources

• AARP (American Association of Retired Persons)
• Access Health Connecticut – Insurance Marketplace
• Alcohol Treatment Navigator (National Institutes of Health)
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Heart Association
• Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• ChooseMyPlate.gov (USDA)
• CT Department of Mental Health & Addiction Services
• CT Licensed Physicians
• CT State Library (see Health & Science section, or use OneSearch box)
• Family Health Portrait (online tool from CDC/Surgeon General)
• Genetics Home Reference (National Library of Medicine)
• Healthfinder (U.S. Dept. Health & Human Services)
• Health Websites in Other Languages (CT State Library)
• HealthyChildren.org (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Mayo Clinic
• Medicare
• MedicineNet
• Medline Plus
• National Institute on Aging – Health Information
• National Institute on Aging – Exercise & Physical Activity Guide
• Nutrition Information (USDA)
• PubMed®
• researchIT CT (scroll down to Health & Science section)
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Veterans Benefits & Healthcare (U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
• Vaccine Safety (National Academies)
• WebMD
• Wellness Through Answers, a Patient & Family Health Information Service (personal health questions answered by medical librarians at the UConn Health Sciences Library)

CT Consumer Health Information
Research service for CT residents with medical questions. Provided by the University of Connecticut Health Center’s Lyman Maynard Stowe Library.

Medline Plus
Developed by the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health for consumers needing health information. Includes clinical trials, drug information and Spanish-language materials

NIH National Institute on Aging
Health and wellness information for older adults from the National Institutes of Health.

Pub Med
Developed by the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health. Comprises over 22 million citations and abstracts in the fields of biomedicine and health, covering portions of the life sciences, behavioral sciences, chemical sciences, and bioengineering. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.