{"id":33389,"date":"2024-09-19T09:20:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/?p=33389"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T22:54:34","slug":"celebrating-over-25-years-of-medlineplus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/celebrating-over-25-years-of-medlineplus\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Over 25 Years of MedlinePlus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-33392\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/MedlinePlus25Years.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"851\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/MedlinePlus25Years.jpg 851w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/MedlinePlus25Years-300x88.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/09\/MedlinePlus25Years-768x226.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Launched in October 1998 by the National Library of Medicine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medlineplus.gov\/\">MedlinePlus<\/a> has been a trailblazer in providing high-quality, easy-to-understand health information to patients, their families, and friends. Offered by the National Library of Medicine (NLM)\u2014the largest medical library in the world\u2014and a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), it aims to deliver high-quality, relevant health and wellness content in both English and Spanish. Over the past quarter-century, it\u2019s grown into an indispensable tool for anyone looking to make informed health decisions.<\/p>\n<p>MedlinePlus offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/healthtopics.html\">1,000+ Health Topics<\/a>:<\/strong> Each topic links to relevant clinical trials on <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/\">ClinicalTrials.gov<\/a> and journal articles in <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/\">PubMed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/druginformation.html\">Drug Information<\/a>:<\/strong> Comprehensive summaries for over 1,500 prescription and OTC medications, plus details on 100+ herbs and supplements.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/lab-tests\/\">Medical Tests<\/a>:<\/strong> Over 300 summaries to help you understand various tests.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/genetics\/\">Genetics Information<\/a>:<\/strong> Insights into around 1,300 genetic conditions, 1,400 genes, and related topics, including about 120 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/genetics\/understanding\/\">Help Me Understand Genetics<\/a>&#8221; pages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t checked it out recently, now\u2019s a great time to revisit MedlinePlus and explore its latest features. Are you a new user or need a refresher? MedlinePlus provides <a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/about\/using\/\">guidance and tips<\/a> for using this resource.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Launched in October 1998 by the National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus has been a trailblazer in providing high-quality, easy-to-understand health information to patients, their families, and friends. Offered by the National Library of Medicine (NLM)\u2014the largest medical library in the world\u2014and a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), it aims to deliver high-quality,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/celebrating-over-25-years-of-medlineplus\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-collegeacademic-libraries","category-public-k12","category-public-libraries"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33393,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33389\/revisions\/33393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}