Health sciences is a broad term that encompasses many fields. These fields deal with both human and animal health and include, but are not limited to, mental health fields such as neurology and psychiatry and physical health fields such as dentistry, cardiology, and veterinary medicine. The term medicine includes the diagnosis and treatment of illness. The following resources provide images related to health sciences and medicine.
National Human Genome Research Institute Image Gallery The NHGRI Image Gallery provides imagery related to the genomics research, people, and programs of the institute. Unless otherwise noted, images are in the public domain and may be used, linked or reproduced without permission.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences Image and Video Gallery This is a searchable collection of scientific photos, illustrations, and videos. The images and videos in this gallery are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike 3.0. This license lets you remix, tweak, and build upon this work non-commercially, as long as you credit and license your new creations under identical terms.
The National Library of Medicine: MedPix A free online medical image database with over 59,000 indexed and curated images, from over 12,000 patients. The database is searchable by keyword or through an advanced search feature where you can search by diagnosis, among other filters. Permission for use may be required by the contributing individual.
