NCBI Bookshelf

Introduction

NCBI Bookshelf

NCBI Bookshelf is an online resource offering free access to books and documents in life science and healthcare.

  • From Bookshelf's Browse Titles page, you may view all of Bookshelf's titles by title, first author/editor, publisher, publication year or type, or begin searching across the entire resource.
  • Some titles on NCBI Bookshelf come with a downloadable PDF version.

Here are a few recommended titles.



Drugs and Lactation Database (LactMed)

LactMed

The LactMed database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed.

  • It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant.
  • Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate.
  • All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced.
  • A peer review panel reviews the data to assure scientific validity and currency.



LiverTox

LiverTox

LiverTox provides up-to-date, unbiased and easily accessed information on the diagnosis, cause, frequency, clinical patterns and management of liver injury attributable to prescription and non-prescription medications and selected herbal and dietary supplements.

  • The LiverTox site is meant as a resource for both physicians and patients as well as for clinical academicians and researchers who specialize in idiosyncratic drug induced hepatotoxicity.



Medical Genetics Summaries

Medical Genetics Summaries

Medical Genetics Summaries is a growing collection of summaries which describe the impact that specific sequence variations have on health.

  • The summaries review genetic variants that underlie inherited conditions, affect the risk of developing a disease in the future, or influence how an individual may respond to a specific drug.



StatPearls

StatPearls

StatPearls believes that content king, and quality practice-enhancing continuing education and point-of-care activities should be shared in order to improve healthcare education worldwide.

  • More than 8,000 authors and editors have published nearly 10,000 peer-reviewed PubMed-indexed articles on virtually every clinical topic in healthcare.



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