Favorite Healthy Web Sites

Favorite Healthy Web Sites

Cardiovascular/Stroke

American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org/login/index.taf
American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
Dash Diet http://dash.bwh.harvard.edu/
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity and Health http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/sgr.htm

Health Assessment (Cardiopulmonary Auscultation)

Medstudents Home Page

(click on English Version and then on Heart or Lung Sounds) www.medstudents.com.br/index.htm
The Auscultation Assistant www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/intro.html

Dermatology

Eye/Ear/Nose/Throat

Endocrine

American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/ (can order "feet can last a lifetime)
Thyroid Foundation of America http://www.tsh.org/
American Thyroid Association http://www.thyroid.org/
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists www.aace.com/
American Dietetic Association www.eatright.org/

Health Promotion and Physical Fitness

Healthy People 2010 http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/pubs/hp2000/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov (search for Prevention Guidelines)
National Heart Lung & Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm (look under clinical guidelines)
The American Heart Association www.americanheart.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
The American College of Sports Medicine www.acsm.org
The Physician and Sports Medicine www.physsportsmed.com/index.html

Immunization & Infectious Diseases

Immunization Action Coalition www.immunize.org
Centers for Disease Control National Immunization Program http://www.cdc.gov/nip/
World Health Association Vaccine Safety Program http://www.who.int/gpv-safety/
John’s Hopkins University Institute for Vaccine Safety http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/
Infectious Disease Society of America http://www.idsociety.org/
Infectious Disease Society of America, National Institute for Immunization Information http://www.idsociety.org/vaccine/index.html
American Academy of Pediatrics http://www.aap.org/family/vaccine.htm
Food and Drug Administration Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaers/vaers.htm
CDC traveler’s health http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/digest.htm
HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service http://www.hivatis.org/
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service http://www.actis.org/
CDC Division of AIDS Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/stats/hasrsupp.htm
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly AIDS Reports http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/hiv_aids/pubs/mmwr.htm
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/default.htm#top
Hepatitis Information Network http://www.hepnet.com/
On-line AIDS Virtual Library http://www.planetq.com/aidsvl/index.html
The HIV Line: clinician’s educational resource http://www.HIVLine.com/

Musculoskeletal

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/NIOSH/homepage.html
National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.nih.gov/niams/
National Osteoporosis Foundation http://www.nof.org/
American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine http://www.sportsmed.org/
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org/
American College of Sports Medicine http://www.acsm.org/

Neurology

National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
American Academy of Neurology http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
American Headache Society http://ahsnet.org/
American Council for Headache Education http://www.achenet.org/
National Multiple Sclerosis Society http://www.nmss.org/
National Institute on Aging http://www.nih.gov/nia/
Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center http://www.alzheimers.org/
The American Parkinson Disease Association http://www.apdaparkinson.com/
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org/
Index to Parkinson’s Disease Information on the Web http://www.pdindex.com/
International Multiple Sclerosis Support Foundation http://209.132.43.204/
National Multiple Sclerosis Society http://www.nmss.org/

Organizations

Respiratory

National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
NHLBI Asthma Education & Prevention Program http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/naepp/index.htm
Global Initiative for Asthma http://www.ginasthma.com:80/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology http://www.aaaai.org/
American Thoracic Society http://www.thoracic.org/index.html
American Medical Association (Asthma Information Center) http://www.ama-assn.org/special/asthma/asthma.htm
American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/

Health Information Sites for the general public (What your patients may be surfing to)

Reproductive Health/Men’s & Women’s Health

National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov
National Women’s Health Information Center http://www.4women.gov/
USDHHS Office of Women’s Health http://www.4women.gov/owh/index.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality http://www.ahcpr.gov/
Society for Women’s Health Research http://www.womens-health.org./
North American Menopause Society http://www.menopause.org/
The Allen Guttmacher Institute http://www.agi-usa.org/
The HIV Line: clinician’s educational resource http://www.HIVLine.com/
The American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/index.html
The American Foundation for Urologic Diseases http://www.afud.org/
Planned Parenthood of America http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
Not-2-Late Emergency Contraception Website (Office of Population Research, Princeton U) http://ec.princeton.edu/index.html
Association of Women’s Health Obstetrics and Neonatal Nurses http://www.awhonn.org/
National Osteoporosis Association http://www.nof.org/