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Authoritative, up-to-date information on health topics

Gale Health and Wellness offers 24/7 access to full-text medical journals, magazines, reference works, multimedia, and much more. Perfect for researchers at all levels, this comprehensive consumer health resource provides authoritative information on the full range of health-related issues, from current disease and disorder information to in-depth coverage of alternative medical practices.

What dietary habits are associated with developing adult-onset diabetes? Are antioxidants really effective? What new advances have been made in the treatment of HIV/ AIDS? Gale Health and Wellness is your first-stop resource for answers to these and other health-related questions. Features include:
  • An updated, easy-to-navigate interface featuring topic portals with curated content on diseases and conditions; drugs; diagnostics and tests; and therapies, treatments, and surgeries
  • A broad collection of premier full-text reference works, including Gale exclusives such as The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, The Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery and Medical Tests, and The Gale Encyclopedia of Diets
  • Millions of articles from both scholarly medical journals and general-interest health magazines
  • Spanish editions of notable content and a Spanish-language search filter
  • Streaming video, audio, and images
  • Mobile-responsive design
  • Google and Microsoft integration
  • Citation tools
  • ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology
  • Improved translation

Look Inside

The topic browse experience highlights the most popular and highly-searched health and wellness topics, with flags for updated topics.
Topic pages organize results from several different content types into buckets.
Results pages offer many options for sorting and filtering.
Document pages include tools for saving and sharing articles.
Generate citations in the latest versions of the most popular citation styles and export to several different citation management tools.

Additional Details

subjects covered

  • Health & Medicine
  • Diseases and Conditions
  • Drugs
  • Diagnostics and Tests
  • Therapies, Treatments, and Surgeries

Platform Features & Tools

Workflow Tools

Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft Office 365 tools enable users to share, save, and download content—including highlights and notes. Learn More

Citation Tools

Integrated directly into the user's workflow, formatted citations can be easily imported from single or multiple documents to services like EasyBib or NoodleTools. MLA, APA, Harvard and Chicago - style citations are supported.

Language Tools

Content can be translated into 40 languages, while the platform itself can be translated into more than 34 languages. ReadSpeaker text-to-speech technology allows audio files to be downloaded and saved onto any mobile device and read aloud.