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Would you like to know more about a particular illness, diagnostic test, or therapeutic procedure? Or perhaps you would just like to read up on pregnancy, diabetes, or cancer. Our Health Library directory offers easy-to-understand information on a wide range of health and medical topics.
For an explanation of a medical condition, for example, you will find:
  • What it is
  • Its symptoms
  • How the condition is diagnosed
  • Available treatment options
  • Prevention suggestions
  • and other relevant information
THE HEALTH LIBRARY DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE.

The Health Library is for information only. The contents of the Health Library, such as graphics, images, text, quoted information and all other materials ("Content") are provided for reference only, do not claim to be complete or exhaustive or to be applicable to any particular individual's medical condition. Users should always consult with a qualified and licensed physician or other medical care provider. Users are warned to follow the advice of their physicians without delay regardless of anything read in this Health Library. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital assumes no duty to correct or update the Content nor to resolve or clarify any inconsistent information which may be a part of the Content. Reliance on any Content is solely at the User's risk.

The Health Library may contain health or medically related materials considered sexually explicit. Users are warned that if they may be offended by such Content, an alternate source of information should be found.

Publication of information or reference in The Health Library to specific sources such as specific products, procedures, physicians, treatments, or diagnoses are for information only and are not endorsements of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

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