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The article presents suggestions to medical librarians on building a core collection of consumer health print materials in the U.S. These selections are important to consumers who are searching for health-related information. Medical librarians can assist those consumers by providing knowledge-based expertise in consumer health information. Librarians also recognize that print resources are a vital part of the provision of any comprehensive consumer health service. Among the materials cited in this article include the third edition of the "Atlas of Human Anatomy" and "The Human Body in Health and Illness."

Editorial. Examines the evolution of the periodical "Mayo Clinic Proceedings" in the United States. Core method of communication of the content of the periodical; Electronic manuscript submission, review, and tracking system; Circulation and readership.

Provides updates on several publications and reports related to health insurance in the United States. Includes the `Health Benefits Databook,' 1st ed., by the Employee Benefit Research Institute; Report on 1999 out-of-pocket spending of Medicare beneficiaries; Research on medicines used to treat diseases of elders by Pharmaceutical Research Manufacturers of America.

Reports on the release of National Library of Medicine of Current Bibliographies in Medicine: American Indian and Alaska native Health. Number of citation contained in the bibliographies; Source of the citation; Six major cause of early death for American Indian and Alaska Natives according to the 1990 Public Health Service report.

Highlights major papers selected from the medical literature in the U.S. Comparison of the three treatment methods for congenital clubfoot; Factors responsible for toilet tissue vaginitis; Treatment of a Salmonella newport outbreak in a premature nursery.