General
This search tool searches the MEDLINEplus website, a service of the US government. Medline's information is from the National Library of Medicine, and is meant for both consumers and health professionals. They say that they have information on about 500 conditions and diseases. They also have extensive information about drugs.
Search Help
Matching words 'closely' instead of exactly uses word stemming, meaning that searchin for apple would also find apples. They recomends using their medical dictionary to spell words correctly.

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