Educational Resources:
National Institue of Health. U.S. Department of Health http://health.nih.gov/
Medline Plus, A serviceof U.S.National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
Medline Drug Information http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html
Medline Encyclopedia http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
Some useful guidelines http://www.guideline.gov/
A service of National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
Quality of Health Care:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/
New Jersey HMO Report for 2004 http://www.state.nj.us/health/hmo2004/
ARAM Health Management of America http://www.aram.ws
Programs under monitoring to improve the quality of care that the patients get.
http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/HEDIS/2005/index.htm
Programs under monitoring to improve the quality of care that the patients get. http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/HEDIS/2006/index.htm
Programs under monitoring to improve the quality of care that the patients get. http://www.ncqa.org/Programs/HEDIS/2007/index.htm
For Diabetes:
American Diabetes Association (ADA) for more information on diabtes http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp_
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation - Excellent resource fro young diabetic patients http://www.jdrf.org/
Joslin Center fo Diabetes - Excellent resource to know lateset diabetes related research http://www.joslin.org/
Help for Children with Diabetes http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/index_cwd.htm
Higher incidence of diabetes in Asian indians http://www.tlca.com/adults/heart.html
For Asthma:
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - To check Pollen count anywhere in the USA - http://www.aaaai.org/nab/index.cfm?p=pollen
Site to find out weather conditions for today, tomorrow and the next few days including the humidity, pollen count and the temperature http://www.cmhc-chl.gc.ca/en/burema/gesein/abhose/abhose_ce01.cfm
National Weather Service http://www.weather.gov/aq/
American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology http://www.acaai.org/
Allergy and Asthma Netwrok Mothers of Asthmatics http://www.aanma.org/
Medline Plus - Service of National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health - Asthma http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthma.html
National Guidelines:
http://www.ginasthma.com/
http://www.ginasthma.com/slideshows/slideshow_wad_2005/index.html
http://www.acaai.org/
http://www.ahrq.gov/
For Congestive Heart Failure:
American College Of Cardiology - Excellent resource for Learning about latest research in heart related issues http://www.acc.org/
http://www.escardio.org/
http://www.cardiosource.com/
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1486
For High Cholesterol:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cholesterol.html
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/chol/wyntk.htm
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=180
For Weight related issues:
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20051105183909990008
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/understanding.htm
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/understanding.htm#distribution
http://www.obesity.org/ American Obesity Association
US Department of agriculture website educating about food pyramid for 'healthier you'. http://www.mypyramid.gov/
Smoking Cessation:
Center for Disease Control http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
Details on smoking cessation program by the government http://www.smokefree.gov/
Online help for quitting smoking from the government http://www.smokefree.gov/guide/index.html
http://ash.org/
Utah State program to learn to quit smoking http://utah.quitnet.com/
New York Smoke Free program http://www.nysmokefree.com/
New Jersey's program to help smokers quit smoking http://nj.quitnet.com/qAids/ http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/tobacco/quitting-and-prevention
For Cancer Prevention:
Cancer related information from the US government http://www.cancer.gov/
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
For Blood Pressure Control:
http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/bloodprmudaliarm@aram.ws
What to get checked and when: http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/
Miscellaneous:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003640.htm#Normal%20Values
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/joinhin/ http://www.nyshaf.org/dox/hmorc/pdf/2005HMOReportCard.pdf
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_27867.html
Medline Plus - various medical articles http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_27866.html
For learning more about lead poisoning from the National Institute of Health information document http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/bear/spring.pdf
To learn about food poisoning and food safety. http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/fsgadvic.html
Video library on many topics on food safety http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/vlibrary.html
Information on Clinical Trials in the country http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
Site listing various consumer products that have been recalled mostly for safety reasons http://recalls.gov/
National Poison Control Hotline 800.222.1222 http://aapcc.org/findyour.htm
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