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Patient Education Sites

General Information | Specific Lifestyle Issues and Diseases 

General Information

Georgia Health - Go Local : find healthcare services & resources near you

Familydoctor.org - from the American Academy of Family Physicians

Health Topics
Healthy Living
Drug Information
Self-Care
Herbal and Alternative Remedies
Medical Dictionary
Spanish version

Healthfinder http://www.healthfinder.gov/ Reliable health information from the US Government

MEDLINEPlus - full text Consumer Health Information from the National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

Consumer Health Information (compiled by the MCG Greenblatt Library staff) http://www.lib.mcg.edu/resources/links/consumer.php

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 http://www.fda.gov/opacom/morecons.html

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/

Food and Nutrition Guide http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/nutrition.html

Quit Smoking
American Lung Association - Quit Smoking http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=33484

Quitnet - Supporting Smokers trying to Quit
http://www.quitnet.com/qn_main.jtml

Just for Teens  - Quit Smoking
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/smoking.html           

Spirituality and Health
Spirituality and Health http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/spirituality.html

Stroke Risk
National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/

Women's Health
National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/


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May 30, 2008