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Health and Fitness Science: Injury & Disease

This guide supports the research needs of students enrolled in Health- and Fitness-related degree, certificate, and CCP programs at Brunswick Community College.

BCC Databases

Merck Manual Professional Version
Explains disorders, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, and how they can be prevented or treated. For doctors and medical students. (NC LIVE)
Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine | Gale OneFile
Access academic journals and magazines covering the fields of physical therapy, physical fitness, and sports medicine. (Gale)

Essential Evidence Plus (EE+)

Essential Evidence Plus (EE+)
Essential Evidence Plus, a point-of-care, clinical decision-making tool that supplies high-quality, powerful, curated, evidence-based information on 9,000 diagnoses for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. This powerful, one-stop, state-of-the-art reference tool includes evidence-based answers to providers’ important clinical questions concerning symptoms, diseases, and treatment.

Other Internet Sources

MedlinePlus
Common diseases and conditions, health promotion and wellness, drugs info, medical dictionaries, and more. (NC LIVE)
Medscape Reference: Diseases & Conditions
Find various diseases and conditions by specialty area.
PEDro | Physiotherapy Evidence-Based Database
Find journal articles from the Centre of Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP). *Recommended by NC AHEC Digital Library.*