Health Information Links
Listed below are some helpful web sites filled with important health information.
To find comprehensive health information including a health encyclopedia, a guide to your body, wellness tools, daily health news and health risk assessments, please click here.
The American Academy of Family Practice patient information site.
www.familydoctor.org
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides very useful and up-to-date information about vaccines for children and adults.
www.vaccine.chop.edu
The American Heart Association provides a wide range of information on cardiovascular health and stroke
www.americanheart.org
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) web site is a great site for diabetics and prediabetics.
www.diabetes.org
The Department of Homeland Security web site provides useful information on potential threats to the U.S. and how to prepare for them.
www.ready.gov
Living to 100 is a web site where you can calculate your estimated life expectancy based on an on-line health quiz.
www.livingto100.com
Quit smoking tools and information (sponsored by multiple governmental health agencies)
www.smokefree.gov
Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org
Information on Asthma and COPD/Emphysema (National Institute of Health)
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/index.htm#asthma
Department of Health and Human Services - Excellent site for information on nutrition, exercise, and preventive screening.
http://healthierus.gov
New Food Pyramid
This is a nice interactive site to help assess current and future dietary needs developed by the government.
www.mypyramid.gov
Real Age is a website designed by Michael Roizen, M.D., a physician interested in healthy lifestule who wants to "take years off your looks and add them to your life". Overall very good information.
www.realage.com
Body mass index calculator for children. Should be used with adult supervision.
www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/bmicalculator.html
Partnership for Prescription Assistance program. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance program is headed by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. The site should be one stop shopping for more than 275 public and private programs providing no-cost or low-cost prescription drugs to low-income patients.
https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
The group has examples of advanced directive documents and instructions specific to every state which can be opened in pdf format. NHPCO also has a help line at 800-658-8898.
http://www.nhpco.org
The American Academy of Pediatrics Parenting Corner
This website offers tips, advise and resources to parents.
http://www.aap.org/parents.html
Doctors of Internal Medicine/Doctors for Adults
This website provides more information about internal medicine physicians as well as education
http://www.doctorsforadults.com