Health & Medicine

Comics seem uniquely equipped to educate about health and medicine, as these stories of sickness and medicine demonstrate.

Two how-to guides for readers interested in alleviating physical or mental stress via a yoga or mindfulness practice.

Anyone needing a little more joy and relaxation in their lives will welcome a shelf full of books on mindfulness and self-care.

On April 2, the Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) in Florida officially opened the Westchester Library Health and Wellness Information Center. The branch is centrally located within Miami-Dade County, near the Westchester Regional Library, the county’s second busiest library location.

Following a successful pilot test at Delaware’s Seaford, Laurel, and Milford libraries, the Delaware Division of Libraries (DDL) is preparing to roll out a new, comprehensive telehealth program to nine additional locations throughout the state by the end of 2022. The program was discussed in depth during “The First Statewide Library-Led Telehealth Initiative in the First State” presentation on June 26 at the American Library Association’s 2022 Annual Conference and Exhibition in Washington, DC.

Over the past 16 months, COVID-19 has forced public libraries to consider how to contribute to their patrons’ health and well-being. Anythink Libraries in Adams County, CO, has developed Renew, a new initiative designed to offer its participants both helpful programs and an online method of tracking their progress developing a lifestyle that is healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally.

UPDATE: The Round Two application window is now open through October 29; awardees will be notified in mid-November. Register here for a webinar about the award program and how to apply for the current round on October 14 at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Build your library’s collection of resources about aging with this list, including popular science titles about biogerontology and longevity; memoirs; sociological and anthropological studies of aging around the world; reference books; and podcasts.

These offerings describe living with chronic illnesses that receive less attention and funding, as a starting point to heighten understanding.