Links

Children and Parenting

Development and Nutrition:

http://www.brightfutures.org/

Answers to Many Health Questions:

http://www.drgreene.com/

Disease and Prevention

Cancer:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/

General Health:

The American Academy of Family Physicians patient information website. Covers many subjects, including cholesterol, diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure, childhood illnesses.

http://familydoctor.org/

How's Your Health?

http://www.howsyourhealth.com/

Health Promotion/Prevention:

http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyLiving/

An interesting take with some excellent information on novel approaches to health and fitness:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/

Here is How to Calculate Your 10 Year Risk of Having a Heart Attack:

http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/atpiii/calculator.asp?usertype=prof

A Comprehensive Look at Vaccines from the CDC:

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/

Food and Nutrition

Calcium:

http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/calcium.asp

Healthy Eating:

http://www.eatingwell.com/

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramids.html

Global Health

Dr. Unverzagt and his wife, Laura Fashing, have created a not-for-profit foundation which is currently funding a project in the Rajasthan region of India.

www.undauntedcarnival.org

Lifestyle and Habits

Center for Science in the Public Interest:

http://www.cspinet.org/

Help to Quit Smoking:

http://www.quitnet.com/

International Travel Information:

http://www.cdc.gov/travel/

Senior Issues

Advanced Care Directives:

http://www.nmaging.state.nm.us/AHCD.html

Alzheimer's Disease:

http://www.nm-alzheimers.org

Services Available to the Aging in New Mexico:

http://www.nmaging.state.nm.us/Aging_Network_Division.html/

Booklets Available Online

Seniors:

http://www.nmbar.org/Public/seniorlegalhandbook.html

There are free downloadable booklets available online in PDF format. They may be downloaded and viewed with a PDF reader or viewed online in a PDF enabled browser. If you do not have a PDF reader, you may get Adobe Acrobat Reader for free from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Online booklets may take some time to open or download if you do not have a broadband or cable connection.

Cholesterol:

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/chol/chol_tlc.pdf