You can hang out and read or check out materials from the Vaden Health Library sponsored by Wellness and Health Promotion Services (HPS) . It contains a wide variety of professional and consumer-oriented books, journals, reference articles, brochures and videos. The Health Library is a great resource for students. The HPS receptionist will be happy to help you find what you’re seeking.
To see a partial list of holdings, click on the following topics:
- On this page:
Self-Care
General Health
- First Aid for Children
- Immunization: An Informed Decision
- Managing the Common Cold
- Oh, My Aching Back!
- Vaden Health Center Brochures
Women’s Health
- Examine Your Breasts (shower card)
- Get Involved (Facts about Breast Cancer)
- Getting What You Want from Your Health Care Provider
- How to Do Breast Self-Examination
- WCC: Stanford Women’s Health Community Center
- Women’s Health: What’s Normal, What’s Not
- You Can Help Keep Your Breasts Healthy
- You’ve Been Told You Have Breast Cancer
Men’s Health
- How to Do a Testicular Self-Exam (shower card)
- Men’s Health: What’s Normal, What’s Not
Help on the Way Self-Care Series
- Help on the Way: Acne
- Help on the Way: Asthma
- Help on the Way: Female Athletic Triad
- Help on the Way: Flu
- Help on the Way:Sinusitis
Taking Care of You Series
- Taking Care of Basic Health Needs
- Taking Care of Computer Users
- Taking Care of Constipation
- Taking Care of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Taking Care of Your Ankles
- Taking Care of Your Back
- Taking Care of Your Cold
- Taking Care of Your Headache
Emotional Health
- Dealing with Depression: What Everyone Should Know
- Stress in College: What Everyone Should Know
Help on the Way Emotional Health Series
- Help on the Way: Depression
- Help on the Way:Panic Attacks
Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Alcohol and Other Drugs: Risky Business
- Alcohol: Decisions on Tap
- Alcohol Poisoning: What Should I Know about It?
- Binge Drinking: What Should I Know about It?
- Drinking and Sex
- Drinking: What’s Normal, What’s Not
- Getting What You Want from Drinking
- Hazing
- How to Help a Friend with a Drinking Problem
- If You Drink Alcohol (Facts)
- Incredible Marijuana Facts
- Social Drinking: How Can I Be Successful at It?
- The Most Addictive Drug: Tobacco
Nutrition
- A Guide to Primary Prevention of Eating Disorders
- Am I on My Way to an Eating Disorder?
- Eating Disorders: Awareness and Prevention
- FACTS: Iron
- Get the "B" Attitude
- How to Help a Friend with Eating and Body Image Issues
- The Gurze 2002 Eating Disorders Resource Catalogue
Sexual Health
Sexual Health for Men and Women
- Astroglide: Second Only to Nature
- Birth Control Facts
- Contraception: Choosing a Method
- Getting What You Want from Personal Relationships
- Man to Man (Gay Health)
- Reality: Female Condom
- Vaginal Dryness and Personal Lubricants
- Woman to Woman (Lesbian Health)
- You May Not Be Ready to Have a Baby
Protect Your Sexual Health from Sexually Transmitted Infections
- HIV Infection and AIDS: What Everyone Should Know
- HPV: What’s That?
- Herpes Simplex, Chlamydia
- Making Sex Safer
- Men Protect Your Sexual Health
- Safer Sex
- Sexually Transmitted Infections: What Everyone Should Know
- STI Facts: Sexually Transmitted Infections
- The ABC of Viral Hepatitis
- There’s Still No Cure for AIDS
- What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You (AIDS)
- Women and AIDS
- Women Protect Your Sexual Health
Sexual Assault and Harassment
- Acquaintance Rape: What Everyone Should Know
- Date Rape Drugs: What Are They and Should I Be Worried?
- Finding Your Voice Can Help You Heal (Rape)
- Getting What You Want from Personal Relationships
- Information and Resources for Survivors of Sexual Assault
- The Mid-Peninsula Rape Crisis Center
- Things You Can Do to Help a Friend (Rape)
