Finding Understandable Information on Clinical Research

Question of the Week:
A patron came to the Resource Center seeking information on Vitamin D and breast cancer. The librarian helped the patron search the subscription Health & Wellness Reference Center database for patient-friendly news articles summarizing the current research.

News sources are a great resource for health consumers seeking information on medical research, because they summarize the research findings into everyday language. The MedlinePlus web site (http://medlineplus.gov/) has a good health headlines news feature: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/newsbydate.html