I work in a medical library and I'm not aware of any such list. Honestly, I would be wary of any such list if it did exist because I can imagine it would have to be heavily moderated for misinformation and to prevent giving medical advice, and I don’t know anyone with the bandwidth to take that task on.
Please find a medical library that serves the public in your state to find answer to your questions -- it shouldn't matter if they're not nearby, they should have a mission to serve the public across the entire state.
The UF Health Science Center Libraries accept reference inquiries from the public.
https://library.health.ufl.edu/help/email-a-reference-question/
The Louis Calder Memorial Library at the University of Miami does as well.
https://www.library.miami.edu/calder/ask-a-librarian.html
Lee Health has four medical libraries that are open to the public during staffed hours. I believe they're roughly an hour south of you.
https://library.leehealth.org/about-us/library-policies
They also have a question form at their website.
https://library.leehealth.org/
Here are some Florida-based consumer health guides from both public and academic libraries.
https://guides.ocls.org/consumerhealth
https://www.pbclibrary.org/chis/
https://libraries.health.usf.edu/c.php?g=1224415&p=8956589
https://spmed.library.miami.edu/subjects/consumerhealth
Finally, if you have access to professional development funds, you could consider obtaining MLA's Consumer Health Information Specialization, which is open to anyone who cares about providing accurate consumer health information to the public. Most of the courses are offered for free via NNLM and the application fee for the certificate is modest. Then you would be armed with the skills to answer questions yourself, for yourself and for your patrons.
https://www.mlanet.org/Specializations/consumer-health-information-specialization/
Marijane White, M.S.L.I.S.
Data and Research Engagement Librarian, Assistant Professor
Oregon Health & Science University Library
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On 4/30/25, 12:12 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of charles meyer" <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> on behalf of [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
My esteemed listmates,
I'm in great need of a health or medical library list akin to this tech
list where I could post questions re: health related research.
I don't live anywhere near a medical library or even a medical school.
If you aren't aware of any health care lists, if you would please suggest
where (besides Google) I could find a health care or medical list that
"civilians" can post medical or health related questions that would be so
appreciated.
Perhaps, a daughter son in the health care field could suggest such a list?
Thank you so kindly,
Charles,
Charlotte County Public Library
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