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Contents: - Medical Test Websites - Personal Health Assessments

Medical Test Websites:

Links to medical test overviews, tutorials, research and news. --- www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diagnostictests.html

Info to interpret and understand a wide range of laboratory tests and test results. Includes news updates on tests and recommended tests by age group. --- www.labtestsonline.org

Find the right diagnostic test for you. --- www.health.harvard.edu/diagnostic-tests/

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Personal Health Assessments:

As with all of the Library's consumer health resources, these assessment tools cannot substitute for medical judgments from licensed physicians.

"Personal wellness assessment and education site. Here you will find many lifestyle and disease risk assessments and tools to help you reach your goals for better health." Free registration required. --- healthtrust.convergencehealth.com

"Find out your risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the United States and get personalized tips for preventing them." Covers cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis and stroke. --- www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu

"Take this test to see if you are at risk for having or developing type 2 diabetes." --- www.diabetes.org/risk-test.jsp - Espanol - 中 文

"The risk assessment tool... uses information from the Framingham Heart Study to predict a person’s chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. This tool is designed for adults aged 20 and older who do not have heart disease or diabetes." --- hp2010.nhlbihin.net/atpiii/calculator.asp?usertype=pub

Variety of online health calculators. --- www.healthcalculators.org - Includes calculators for:

• Body Mass Index; Calories Burned; Diabetes; Exercise Risk; Stress; and Waist-Hip Ratio
• Carbohydrate; Cholesterol Reduction; Fat Intake; Fiber; and Protein
• Asthma; Bladder Control; Diabetes; Heart Disease Risk; and HIV Risk
• Cost of Smoking and Nicotine Dependency
• Teen Alcohol and Marijauna Use; Teen Sexual Behavior; and Teen Suicide Risk