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MedlinePlus is one of the important channels linking institutions within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information. The biomedical information resources covered by NIH are broad and deep, and intersect with each other. It is difficult to obtain the required information comprehensively from the main column pages. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), NIH, and other government agencies, as well as medical organizations, and provides guidance information for answering health questions. MedlinePlus also includes Medline Search, which provides a quick entry to medical journal papers, detailed information on prescription and over-the-counter medications, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, highly interactive guides, multimedia health information, links to thousands of clinical trials, and daily updates on health information.

The National Institutes of Health Institute of Diabetes, Digestive System, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) is dedicated to guiding and supporting research in serious diseases affecting public health, clinical research in related fields of internal medicine, and related basic disciplines. Its internal research department focuses on a wide range of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, endocrine diseases, digestive system and liver diseases, and urinary system and kidney diseases. The external research department is composed of four parts: diabetes, endocrine and metabolic diseases; Digestive diseases and nutrition; kidney, urinary and blood disorders; Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmacology.