Name of site

location

description

DASH

http://dash.bwh.harvard.edu/

Dietary approaches to stop hypertension

HealthFinder

http://www.healthfinder.gov/

US Dept of Health & Human Services directory for patients

HIV exposure

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/faq.htm

Patient information after blood borne pathogen exposure

"Weight loss for life"

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/new/releases/3_98_wt.htm

Patients can call for a NIH booklet on weight loss

Cholesterol lowering

http://rover.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/

NHLBI and NCEP page for patients

National Safe Kids

http://www.safekids.org/home.html

safety patient handouts

AAFP patient ed

http://aafp.org/patientinfo/

AAFP handouts for patients

Back, neck exercises

http://www.inform.umd.edu/CampusInfo/Departments/EnvirSafety/erg/index.html

back and neck exercises, carpal tunner

Family Practice Patient Ed

http://www.becklib.guthrie.net/EdWeb/PTEDWEB/Outsideinfo/FP_PTED.htm

Dept of FP links to educational sites, internal only

Planned Parenthood

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/directory.html

contraceptives, patient ed on STD's

HealthGate patient ed

http://www.healthgate.com/HealthGate/pateduc/

reg required

Obesity education

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/cardio/obes/gp/lose_wt/lose_wt.htm

NHBLI interactice obesity site

diet information

http://www.eatright.org/feature/

American Dietetic Association

nutrition issues

http://www.acsh.org/nutrition/index.html - articles

American Council on Science and Health

Nutrient Information

http://www.nutrition.org/nutinfo/

American Society of Nutritional sciences

National Woman's Health Information Center

http://www.4woman.org/nwhic/index.htm

A USDA site.

Information for Women Who are Pregnant

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-preg.html

FDA collection of advice to pregnant patients

osteoporosis

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/wh-osteo.html

FDA information for patients with osteoporosis

Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/list.html

FDA Food and nutrution information

NIH Consumer Health Information

http://www.nih.gov/health/consumer/conicd.htm

Most frequently requested patient ed from NIH

Visible embryo

http://www.visembryo.com/

pictures of embryo development

Stroke Risk Scorecard

http://www.amhrt.org/Stroke/Risk_Factors/index.html

Risk of stroke from American Heart Association

Hormone replacement therapy and cancer

http://cancer.med.upenn.edu/pdq_html/6/engl/600310.html

NCI pamphlet on estrogen