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<h1>MedlinePlus<span class="registered">&#174;</span> Medical Encyclopedia: New Patient Information and Enhanced Navigation</h1>
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n November 2009, NLM<span class="registered">&#174;</span> released a new version of the <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html">A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia</a> on <a href="//medlineplus.gov/">MedlinePlus</a>. The encyclopedia now includes hundreds of new Patient Instruction pages in English (see <a href="#fig1">Figure 1</a>) and Spanish. These pages cover pre-operative information, discharge instructions, self-care instructions, and questions to ask your doctor. Users can find links to Patient Instructions and related MedlinePlus topics in the right side-bar of many encyclopedia articles.
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Additionally, as of December 2009, users can access related A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia articles and Patient Instruction pages from nearly 700 of the 800 MedlinePlus topic pages. A new "Encyclopedia" box on the right-hand side of most English topic pages displays links to related encyclopedia content (see <a href="#fig2">Figure 2</a>). On the MedlinePlus en espa&#241;ol topic pages, the encyclopedia links appear in the body of the page.
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<p class="citation">Burgess S, Dennis S. MedlinePlus<span class="registered">&#174;</span> Medical Encyclopedia: New Patient Information and Enhanced Navigation. NLM Tech Bull. 2009 Nov-Dec;(371):e14.</p>
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