KPL Website and Catalog Topics
Index and full text articles on health issues, including alternative health.
Newspapers and Magazines
View detailsHide detailsAdvances: Journal of Mind - Body Health
Arthritis Today
Body + Soul
Consumer Reports On Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases (DOC) HE20.7817
Harvard Health Letter
Harvard Mental Health Letter
Harvard Women's Health Watch
Health
Health Letter
Journal of the American Medical Association
Mayo Clinic Health Letter
Mayo Clinic Women's Healthsource
Men's Health
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (DOC) HE 20.7009:
Natural Health
New England Journal of Medicine
Nutrition Action Health Letter
Prevention
Psychology Today
Shape
Weight Watchers
Community Resources
Phone 269-341-4759
Educating the public on sudden cardiac arrest and how an AED can overcome it; organizing and aiding fundraising and training sessions in the townships of Kalamazoo County.
Phone 269-553-3370
Structured and supervised program of social, recreational, health, and rehabilitative activities in a group setting.
Phone 269-226-7000
Level I trauma center with services in 40 disciplines, specializing in cardiovascular services, neurosciences, vascular surgery, orthopedics, and women's services; comprehensive Mental Health Unit; Borgess Research Institute; spiritual and pastoral care visitation program; Physician Referral; Spine Institute; comprehensive library; speakers; residency training center for ten specialties in conjunction with Michigan State University/Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies.
Phone 269-341-7654
Major regional medical center providing inpatient and outpatient care. 380 beds in all-private rooms with a medical staff of 700 providing care in cardiology, orthopedics, surgery, emergency medicine, neurology, oncology, Level 1 Trauma and Burn Center, high risk pregnancy, and pediatrics.
Phone 269-491-6855
Training for a 3.1 mile run with self-esteem enhancing and uplifting workouts.
Phone 269-492-4192
Hold runs and prediction races; sponsors Kalamazoo Klassic road race; equipment and expertise for race directors; fundraisers; newsletter.
Phone
Weekday and weekend rides April to October; racing team; newsletter.
Phone 269-345-3073
Fitness walkers; competitive race walks and hikers; neighborhood annual winter walking and race walking class.
Phone 269-370-0426
Nutrition education seminars twice a year; referral network; potlucks with speakers.
Phone 517-347-3332
Manages HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America); assists communities in locating physicians, physician assistants, nurse practioners; conducts health promotion activities; health professional placement service.
Phone 269-345-9622
Paddleball; handball; racquetball; volleyball; tennis; swim classes; lap swim; handicapped swim services; track; exercise classes; steam room; sauna; whirlpool; martial arts; day summer camps; urban outreach; membership and Y program scholarships for needy youth; exercise classes for pre- and post- natal mothers and babies.
Websites
Lead Federal agency charged with improving the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of health care for all Americans.
AMA Physician Select provides basic professional information on virtually every licensed physician in the United States.
Learn about current health and medical issues, the medical profession in general, membership opportunities, and how to locate a doctor in your area through the American Medical Association's web site. Inlcudes current JAMA Articles, AMA in Washington.
Locate local healthcare information, access the physician locator database, and make an appointment to see a Borgess healthcare provider.
Access health resources for everything from finding a doctor to personalizing this web site to meet your individual medical needs.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention is a resource gateway for users to obtain basic information about current disease and health issues. Health Statistics, Disease Warnings, Hoaxes & Rumors.
This site, operated by the federal government's Centers for Medicare and Medicade Services, features information about health care providers, medicare reform, additional insurance programs, and coverage policy issues.
The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation. Includes Safety Alerts, Product Approvals.
A gateway consumer health information web site from the United States Government that features health news, online check ups, and links to online resources.
Designed to help you, as a patient or caregiver, to better understand lab tests that are part of routine care as well as diagnosis and treatment of a broad range of conditions and diseases.
This site provides useful and up-to-date information and tools that reflect the expertise and standard of excellence of Mayo Clinic physicians.
A goldmine of good health information from the world's largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine, including drug information, health topics, medical encyclopedia, and doctor locator directories.
MIChild is a health insurance program for uninsured children of Michigan's working families. Site includes a question and answer section, online application, and information about health plans.
Locate health resources through the National Institutes of Health's site that features information about health issues and resources, grant opportunities, news updates, and scientific research literature.
Aging
Locate information, news, current issues, and online resources about aspects of aging for those age 50 and beyond.
The aging healthy section of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention web site features resources including statistical data, links to federal and non-federal organizations, and health information for older adults.
Locate a wealth of online resources at this site, operated by the U.S. Administration on Aging, including articles, helpful links, news updates, selected features, and government links.
Locate an array of research materials, service and program information, and advocacy literature regarding Alzheimer's.
National Care Planning Council's "Guide to Long Term Care".
Allergies
Get up-to-date information about allergies, asthma, pollen counts, and immunology at this site, that also features an allergist locator database.
This site promotes food allergy and anaphylaxis awareness and the issues surrounding this disease, including an allergy free recipes resource.
Search for information pertaining to infectious diseases, allergies, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome through this site that features a searchable database.
Alternative Medicine
Locate educational and advocacy literature regarding the mission of the AHMA to support practitioners in their evolving personal and professional development as healers.
Find out more about massage therapy and the professional association that disseminates news, educational, professional, and product related resources.
For basic information about chiropractors, their field of medicine, forms of treatment, available professional literature, and news updates, access this site.
Find research studies, advocacy, professional literature, career development, and training information regarding alternative medicine and healing practices.
Get certification information from this group, whose mission is to establish, assess, and promote recognized standards of competence and safety in acupuncture and Oriental medicine for the protection and benefit of the public.
Cancer
Locate statistics, treatment options, medical research, and advocacy and educational campaign literature regarding the various forms of cancer.
AICR supports research into the role of diet and nutrition in the prevention and treatment of cancer. It also offers a wide range of cancer prevention education programs and publications for health professionals and the public.
A cancer research, treatment, and education center, this site features information about cancer research and studies, news, and patient and provider resources.
NABCO is a leading non-profit information and education resource on breast cancer in the United States. Site provides access to news, research findings, and professional literature.
Find information about the various kinds of cancer, preventative measures, professional literature, screening programs, and treatment options here.
The Komen Foundation is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life-threatening disease by funding research grants and supporting education, screening, and treatment projects in communities around the world.
Herbal Medicine
This site is an online resource for herbal news and information, presented by the American Botanical Council.
This is an interactive, electronic herbal database that provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health purposes.
Mental Health
Locate informative resources, research, and professional literature about and for persons with mental disorder, including mental retardation and substance-related disorders.
Dedicated to informing the public, healthcare professionals, and legislators that anxiety disorders are real, serious and treatable, this site provides an information overview of issues, resources, and statistics.
A nonprofit organization developed to coordinate nationwide mental health screening programs and to ensure cooperation, professionalism, and accountability in mental illness screenings.
Dedicated to improving the lives of persons living with serious mental illness and their families.
Michigan
Access nursing home information, resources, news updates, related legislation, and published articles.
Provide opportunity to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to achieve employability and/or function independently in society.
The Michigan Department of Community Health's site features basic information and resources about healthcare coverage, public health issues, topic specific resources, and mental health services.
Explore hospital and health care data, published by the Michigan Health and Hospital Association.
Includes the Michigan Health and Safety Coalition & Joint Hospital Survey.
MIChild is a health insurance program. It is a resource for uninsured children of Michigan's working families.
Women
National Woman's Health Information Center