The NIH’s National Library of Medicine, the nation’s largest medical library, recently announced the release of Mobile MedlinePlus (http://m.medlineplus.gov), a complement to its MedlinePlus Internet service (http://medlineplus.gov), which provides authoritative consumer health information to over 10 million visitors per month.

Mobile MedlinePlus is available in English and Spanish (http://m.medlineplus.gov/spanish) and includes a subset of content from the full Web site. It includes summaries for over 800 diseases, wellness topics, the latest health news, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, and information on prescription and over-the-counter medications. The mobile site includes information about many genetic diseases including Gaucher, Prader-Willi Syndrome and Tay-Sachs.

Learn more about the service on the National Institutes of Health website.