Health & Human Services

Health Tools

Information on illnesses, medical procedures, drugs, surgical procedures, therapies and more. Whether you’re feeling under the weather or need tips for staying healthy, this is a good place to start.

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MedlinePlus

MedlinePlus directs you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also contains extensive information about drugs and supplements, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive tutorials, the latest health news, and surgery videos.

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Online full text of Salem Health title Magill’s Medical Guide. Covers diseases, disorders, treatments, procedures, specialties, anatomy, biology, and issues in an A-Z format.

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Discover reliable health information through access to full-text articles of nursing and allied health journals, pamphlets, newsletters, periodicals, newspapers, encyclopedias, and more.

Health & Wellness

Environmental Information

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES focuses on the study of sustainability and the environment. It provides news, background information, video, commentaries, primary source documents and statistics in relevant topic areas such as energy systems, healthcare, food, climate change, population, economic development, etc.

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General Resources

Keystone Human Services
Family & Children’s Service
Contact Helpline
United Way of Capital Region

Food, Clothing, Housing & Support

Bethany Counseling Ministry
Bethesda Mission
Brethren Community Ministries
Capital Area Coalition on Homelessness (CACH)
Catholic Charities
Central PA food bank
COMPASS
Contact Helpline
Downtown Daily Bread
Goodwill Keystone Area
Habitat for Humanity (HBG)
Housing Locator
Salvation Army
YMCA – East Shore Branch
YWCA - Harrisburg

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