Health & Support

Most of us are not healthcare professionals.  So when we hear about a 'new diet' some of us are eager to learn more and others of us are skeptical because of past experience with 'new diets'.

But when you hear diet/fitness/health advice and you want to know if what you're doing or about to do is healthy - you should probably do due diligence in researching what the medical community says about that topic.

Here is a starter list of health resources.  Something like this may have been posted previously. My apologies for not locating it.  Please add any links you feel are appropriate and helpful.

CDC, for statistics, travel-related health, disease info:  http://www.cdc.gov

Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care, explanations of evidence-based medicine:  http://www.informedhealthonline.org

Mayo Clinic, overall health and nutrition info: http://www.mayoclinic.com

MedLine, for disease info, current health news, drug info, directory of healthcare providers and organizations:  http://www.medlineplus.gov

NOAH, covers disease info including some alternative therapies: http://www.noah-health.org

PubMed, the National Library of Medicine's database index of academic, peer-reviewed medical journals, 16 million citations, some full text articles for free: http://www.pubmed.gov

Alternative Medicine Home Page, info about complementary and alternative therapies: http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, objective, evidence-based info: http://nccam.nih.gov

Go Ask Alice, resource for teens seeking info about relevant health topics: http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu

GirlsHealth, covers topics like body image, fitness, living with disabilities, etc.: http://www.4girls.org

4Women, coverage of women's health issues, organizations, and stats: http://www.4women.gov

Our Bodies Ourselves, the companion site to the classic book, links to other sites, psychosocial support, etc. : http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org

AARP, info for seniors and healthcare, including medicare, health insurance and drug coverage: http://www.aarp.org/health

NIH Senior Health, covers health problems that seniors face, fitness, medicines, also has audio feature for the visually impaired: http://nihseniorhealth.gov

Men's Health Network, covers health and wellness topics relevant to men: http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/

This list is by no means exhaustive.  Feel free to add other links to sound, research-based, science-based information.  And remember, even the scientists don't know everything.  You only have one body, so treat it well.

Hey, that's awesome!

Everyone, tag this one! :D

Tagged it.

Thanks Nomore.

Great topic & great suggestions. I'm a consumer health librarian and a lot of those sites are my 'staples'

I maintain a del.icio.us account of other helpful health links. You can use the topics along the right side to find what you need.

http://del.icio.us/FamilyHealthLinks

Thanks for helping us cut through all the flotsam that's out there.  It's important to get our information through reliable sources.

I've tagged this thread.

www.something-fishy.org is good for ed people. 

Fabulous thread.

Adding some more sites:

Create-a-Diet from the National Heart Lung & Blood Institute of the NIH

Interactive Menu Planner from the Obesity Education Initiative

BAM - Body and Mind health website for kids from the CDC

Lava Health  health and fitness news and tips

Everydiet.com find a summary of every diet you've ever heard of and it's positive and negative effects

President's Council on Fitness & Sports, President's Challenge a fitness challenge for kids

WOW!  this is a great resource!  definitely tagged it!  thanks so much for posting!!

lol ~ you already have my fav!  mayoclinic, but i have a few others!  will round em up and add to list! 

this is definitely a tag~it~licious thead!!! :)  thanks nomo!

Can't believe I left off WebMD!

Hypochondriacs beware, but WebMD has a pretty cool symptom checker... but it's still just a web site and not a human doctor who can actually examine you - important to remember when you're gathering information from sources like these.

WebMD's Symptom Checker

I missed this originally, Erica...excellent work!!

12 Steps of Overeater's Anon

*bump*

thanks for putting this together, guys!

I just checked out the link that ohjanet posted... wow!

that's awesome! especially fedstats :)

Some Breast Cancer Information & Support Sites

www.breastcancer.org

www.komen.org

Breast Cancer Chat Site

Breast Cancer Support

Latest Breast Cancer News

Add

Living Beyond Breast Cancer

Great Links!  Some of my favs have already been listed but I have a few more to add.....

Harvard School of Public Health-The Nutrition Source
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/i ndex.html

Baptist Memorial Health Care-Nutrition Library
http://www.baptistonline.org/health/library/n utrition.asp

MedicineNet.com-Health & Medical Info Produced by Drs
http://www.medicinenet.com/

MedicineChest-Online Medical Encyclopedia
http://www.medicinechest.co.uk/site/medicinec hest/index.aspx

HealthFinder.gov-Guide to Reliable Health Info
http://www.healthfinder.gov/

1st Headlines-Health News Headlines
http://www.1stheadlines.com/health.htm

wow - thanks for those schisena & claire...

excellent links

I could spend a lot of time on the harvard school of public health site and that nutrition library....  good stuff

Mental Health & Grieving Support

Internet Mental Health http://www.mentalhealth.com/

NIH Institute for Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

Medline Plus on Mental Health  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalheal th.html

Mental Health America http://www.nmha.org/

Mental Health Foundation  http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Trauma Information Pages http://www.trauma-pages.com/

The Compassionate Friends http://www.compassionatefriends.org/

Caring Connections http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm ?pageid=3282

Including some First Aid Info, though feel I should point out the obvious that in an actual emergency, you should call 911 so that trained professionals can come to the rescue, but for less serious injuries...or to prepare yourself just in case...

American Academy of Family Physicians First Aid  http://familydoctor.org/x5870.xml

When Should I go to the Emergency Room, American College of Emergency Physicians  http://www.acep.org/webportal/PatientsConsume rs/HealthSubjectsByTopic/emcare/whentogotoed. htm

What to Keep in a Home First Aid Kit, ACEP  http://www.acep.org/webportal/PatientsConsume rs/HealthSubjectsByTopic/FirstAid/homefirstai dkits.htm

For Heart Attack Victims, Skip Mouth-to-Mouth, MedlinePlus  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fulls tory_46690.html