Consumer Health Information (compiled by the MCG Greenblatt Library staff)

MCGHealth Community Education Calendar
http://www.mcghealth.org/Patient_Visitor_Info/community_calendar.html

Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Combined Health Information Database http://chid.nih.gov/ Health education and health promotion materials from various government agencies

ConsumerLab - Independent testing of supplements and health products

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) http://nccam.nih.gov/

Drug Information

Familydoctor.org -  Drug Information section
 http://familydoctor.org/druginfo/

FDA Drug Information for Consumers

Specific Lifestyle and Disease Issues

Body Mass Index
Body Mass Index Calculator http://www.familydoctor.org/bmi.shtml

Diabetes
All About Diabetes http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp

Diabetes and Nutrition http://www.diabetes.org/main/health/nutrition/faqs.jsp

Exercise
Exercise Tips from the American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=801

Heart Disease and Women
Heart Disease Risk  http://women.americanheart.org/self_care/fs_reduce_risk.html

High Blood Pressure/Hypertension
High Blood Pressure http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2114

High Blood Pressure Risk http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=2142

Nutrition
Delicious Decisions - Food and Recipe Guide http://www.deliciousdecisions.org/

Quit Smoking
American Lung Association - Quit Smoking

Quitnet - Supporting Smokers trying to Quit

Just for Teens  - Quit Smoking            

Stroke Risk
National Stroke Association

Women's Health
National Women's Health Information Center