Healthcare Resources
Rochester-area Health Emergency Telephone Numbers and Health Hotlines
Suicide Crisis, Poison Emergency, New York State AIDS/HIV Hotlines, Finger Lakes Region 2-1-1, New York State Growing Up Healthy Hotline, New York State Smokers' Quitline, 292Baby, Stabins Wellness Information Center
Rochester-area Public Health Departments
A list of Public Health Departments for the counties of Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne with telephone numbers and website addresses.
Rochester-area Healthcare Service Agencies & Community Support Groups
A list of health-related local not-for-profit service agencies and community support groups offering a wide-variety of health and medical services, educational programs, patient support and much more to the Rochester-area.
Rochester-area Healthcare Organizations
Rochester-area organizations serving the local community in a variety of ways from patient advocacy, government healthcare policy analysis, community-healthcare needs-assesments, healthcare provider advocacy through professional associations, development and implementation of community-health initiatives and charitable donations that contribute to the health of the local community.
Rochester-area Health Initiatives and Programs
A listing of local health initiatives and programs designed to assess community healthcare needs and improve community wellness.
Consumer Healthcare Internet Resources
These websites are provided/reviewed by the CLIC-on-Health project of the Rochester Regional Library Council a multi-type library network that promotes information, resource sharing and collaboration between public, academic, school and corporate libraries.
National Nonprofit Disease Organizations
Not-for-profit disease-orientated organizations support patients and their families suffering or at risk for a spectrum of medical diseases and conditions through advocavy, education and research.
National Health Observances Calendar
Health observances are special days, weeks, or months used to raise awareness of important health topics. Examples include World AIDS Day or the Great American Smokeout. Health professionals, teachers, community groups, and others can use these special times to sponsor health promotion events, stimulate awareness of health risks, or focus on disease prevention. Materials available from sponsoring organizations range from a single flyer to packets of promotional materials.
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.
MedlinePlus le ayuda encontrar las respuestas que usted busca en temas de salud. MedlinePlus ha recopilado la información más confiable proveniente de fuentes autorizadas tales como la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina y los Institutos Nacionales de la Salud, así como otras agencias gubernamentales y organizaciones de servicios para la salud. MedlinePlus también le ofrece mucha información sobre medicamentos, una enciclopedia médica ilustrada, programas interactivos para el paciente y las más recientes noticias acerca de la salud.
Information about dental specialties, dentist professional organizations and dentist specialty board certification.
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