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What's the best way to find information about a particular health topic in Yahoo! Health?

Last Updated: May 27, 2010
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Search Yahoo! Health:

  1. Enter a search term for a particular health topic, disease, condition, medical procedure, drug, or medication into the Yahoo! Health search box located on the top of Yahoo! Health.
  2. Click "Search."

You can further refine your search by filtering your results.

  1. Go to the "Filter by:" module on the left side of the search result page.
  2. Click on a Topic (e.g., diabetes, cancer, etc.), Content Type (e.g., article, drug, tip, video, etc.), Information Type (e.g., overview, medications, etc), or Provider.
  3. You will get search results from the topic, content type, information type, or provider you specified.

Go to Yahoo! Search for more search tips.

Search on drugs and medications:

  1. Go to the Drug Guide (under the Resources tab).
  2. Enter drug name into the Drug Search field (located in the middle of the Drug Guide page.
  3. Click "Search."
  4. You will get a search result of only drug content.

(Note: You can also browse the drugs alphabetically by selecting letters in the Drug Guide Index on the Drug Guide page.)

Search on medical tests:

  1. Go to the Conditions and Diseases topic center.
  2. Enter test name into the Medical Test Search field in the middle of the Conditions and Diseases page.
  3. Click "Search."
  4. You will get a search result of only medical test content.

Browse topic centers and resources:

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