Safety & Wellness

• Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• Coping/Support
• Dental & Oral Health
• Diet, Nutrition, & Eating Right
• Drinking & Alcohol
• Environment: Sun, Air, Home, Workplace, School
• Exercise & Fitness
• First Aid & Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• General Wellness & Healthy Lifestyle

• Immunizations/Vaccinations
• Injury & Accident Prevention
• Poisoning Prevention
• Safety
• Safe Drinking Water
• Screening & Prevention
• Smoking & Tobacco
• Traveler's Health
• Violence, Abuse, & Neglect

• Alternative Medicine (MEDLINEplus)
• Alternative Medicine (healthfinder)
• Naturopathic Medicine  (healthfinder)
• Herbal Medicine (MEDLINEplus)
• Complementary Medicine (healthfinder)
• Chinese Medicine (healthfinder)

• Health Information about Alternative and Complementary Medicine (NIH)
• National Center For Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NIH)
• Office Of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine  (NCI)

• Coping With Chronic Illness  (PDF - 46K ) (NIH)
• Coping With Traumatic Events (NIH)

• Coping with Cancer Patients (NCI)
• Support Groups (healthfinder)

• Baby Bottle Tooth Decay (healthfinder)
• Dental Health (MEDLINEplus)
• Dental Sealant  (healthfinder)
• Dentistry (healthfinder)
• Dentists (healthfinder)

• Mouth and Teeth (MEDLINEplus)
• Child Dental Health  (MEDLINEplus)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)
• Oral Health Resources (CDC)

General:

• A Healthier You: Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 (health.gov)
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 (HHS and U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• MyPyramid Food Guidance System  (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
• Food and Nutrition Topics (MEDLINEplus)
• Nutrition (MEDLINEplus)
• Nutrition (healthfinder)
• Nutrition  (nutrition.gov)
• Nutrition Topics (CDC)
• Diet (healthfinder)
• Consumer Nutrition and Health Information  (Consumer Nutrition and Health Information (FDA) )
• Recipes (USA.gov)

Special Diets:

• Vegetarianism (MEDLINEplus)

Eating Disorders:

• Eating Disorders (MEDLINEplus)
• Eating Disorders  (healthfinder)

Weight Loss & Obesity:

• Obesity (MEDLINEplus)
• Obesity (healthfinder)
• Obesity/Overweight (CDC)
• Prescription Medicines for Obesity (NIH, NIDDK)
• Surgery for Severe Obesity (NIH, NIDDK)
• Weight Control (MEDLINEplus)

Seniors & Nutrition:

• Nutrition for Seniors (MEDLINEplus)
• Seniors and Good Nutrition (NIH, National Institute on Aging)

General:

• Alcohol  (healthfinder)
• Alcohol Consumption (MEDLINEplus)
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Alcoholism:

• Alcohol Consumption (MEDLINEplus)
• Alcoholism (healthfinder)
• Alcohol Abuse (healthfinder)
• Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator (SAMHSA)

Drunk Driving:

• Drunk Driving  (healthfinder)
• Impaired Driving (CDC)

Prevention Resources:

• Prevention Resources online (SAMHSA)

Youth:

• Alcohol and Youth (MEDLINEplus)
• College drinking prevention web site  (National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)

General:

• Environmental Health  (MEDLINEplus)
• Consumer Fact Sheets and Pamphlets about Environmental Health (NIH)
• National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences  (NIEHS)

Sun Exposure/Protection:

• Sun Exposure (MEDLINEplus)
• Sun Protection (healthfinder)
• Skin Cancer Prevention (CDC)
• Information About Sunscreens  (FDA)
• Sunburn Protection Factor (SPF) (FDA)
• Tanning Products (FDA)

Air Quality:

• Indoor Air Pollution (MEDLINEplus)
• Air Quality (healthfinder)

Workplace:

• Occupational Health (MEDLINEplus)
• Workplace Safety and Health  (CDC)

Teaching Students About the Environment:

• Toxic Chemicals in the Environment: Young Students (CDC)
• Teaching Older Students about Environmental Toxins  (CDC)

General:

• Athletics  (healthfinder)
• Exercise and Physical Fitness (MEDLINEplus)
• Sports  (healthfinder)
• Fitness (healthfinder)
• Sports Medicine (healthfinder)
• Sports Fitness  (MEDLINEplus)
• Sports Safety  (MEDLINEplus)
• Physical Activity and Health (Surgeon General's Report)
• President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports  (Fitness.gov)
• Physical Activity for Everyone: Components of Physical Fitness (CDC)

Seniors:

• Exercise for Seniors (MEDLINEplus)
• Physical Activity and Older Americans: Benefits and Strategies  (AHRQ)
• Physical Activity and Older Americans  (AoA)

Youth:

• Adolescent Health  (CDC)
• Guidelines for School and Community Programs To Promote Lifelong Physical Activity Among Young People (CDC)
• Girls Sports and Fitness (HHS)
• Healthy Youth! Physical Activity (CDC)

• Emergency  (healthfinder)
• First Aid (MEDLINEplus)
• Emergency Medical Services (MEDLINEplus)
• Heart Attacks Signs (National Heart Lung and Blood Institute)

• Heart Attack  (healthfinder)
• Surviving a Heart Attack (National Hearth Lung and Blood Institute)
• Choking (MEDLINEplus)
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (healthfinder)

• Healthy Lifestyle (healthfinder)
• Be A Healthy Person (Healthy People 2010)
• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (HHS)

• Wellness (healthfinder)
• Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle (MEDLINEplus)

• Immunization (MEDLINEplus)
• Childhood Immunization (MEDLINEplus)
• National Immunization Program (CDC)
• Immunization  (healthfinder)
• Vaccine Research Center (NIH)
• National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program  (HRSA)

• National Vaccine Program Office
• Understanding Vaccine Saftey  (FDA)
• Vaccines  (FDA)
• Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (FDA)

General:

• Accident Prevention (healthfinder)
• Accidents  (healthfinder)
• Injuries and Wounds (MEDLINEplus)
• Injury Center (CDC)
• Sports Injuries (MEDLINEplus)
• Sports Safety  (MEDLINEplus)
• Rehabilitation (MEDLINEplus)

Specific Injuries/Accidents:

• Falls (MEDLINEplus)
• Choking (MEDLINEplus)
• Burns (MEDLINEplus)
• Sprains and Strains (MEDLINEplus)

• Contact Emergency Preparedness and Response (CDC)
• Poison Control (healthfinder)
• Poisoning (MEDLINEplus)
• Poisoning, Toxicology, and Environmental Hazards Health (MEDLINEplus)
• Household Products (MEDLIINEplus)
• Poison (healthfinder)

• Lead Poisoning Prevention Program (CDC)
• Lead Poisoning Kids' Page (CDC)
• Pesticides  (MEDLINEplus)
• Food Contamination and Poisoning (MEDLINEplus)
• National Ag Safety Database: Chemical Pesticide Poisoning  (CDC)

• Safety Issues (MEDLINEplus)
• Safety  (MEDLINEplus)
• Safety (healthfinder)
• Motor Vehicle Safety (MEDLINEplus)
• Traveler's Health (CDC)
• Traveler's Health (MEDLINEplus)
• Impaired Driving (CDC)

• Air Bags  (healthfinder)
• Motor Vehicle Related Injuries (CDC)
• Winter Weather Safety (CDC)
• Foot Health (MEDLINEplus)
• 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors (AHRQ)
• 20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children (AHRQ)

• Drinking Water (MEDLINEplus)
• Drinking Water (healthfinder)

• Healthy Drinking Water (CDC)
• Safe Food and Water for Travelers  (CDC)

Adults:

• Healthy Living (MEDLINEplus)
• Guide to Good Health for Adults (AHRQ)
• A-Z Disease List with Specific Screening Recommendations  (US Preventive Services Task Force)
• Online Checkups  (healthfinder)
• Guide to Clinical Preventive Services (AHRQ, US Preventive Services Task Force)
• Disease Prevention Resources for Patients and The Public  (NIH, Office of Disease Prevention )
• Cancer Screening/Detection (NCI)

Seniors:

• The Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy After 50+ (AHRQ)

Men:

• Men’s Health (womenshealth.gov)

Newborns, Infants, Children:

• National Immunization Program (CDC)
• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program  (CDC)
• Quality Assurance & Proficiency Testing for Newborn Screening (CDC)
• Guide To Preventive Health In Children (AHRQ)

General:

• Cigars (healthfinder)
• Smoking (MEDLINEplus)
• Smoking (healthfinder)
• Smoking and Tobacco Use (CDC)
• Tobacco (healthfinder)

Second Hand Smoke:

• The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General (Office of the Surgeon General)
• Second Hand Smoke (MEDLINEplus)

Smokeless Tobacco:

• Smokeless Tobacco (MEDLINEplus)
• Smokeless Tobacco (healthfinder)
• Spit Tobacco  (CDC)

Quit Smoking:

• Smoking Cessation (MEDLINEplus)
• Smoking Cessation (healthfinder)
• Quit Smoking (CDC)
• Tobacco Cessation Guideline (Surgeon General)
• You Can Quit Smoking  (AHRQ)
• Ideas to Help You Quit  (AHRQ)

Youth:

• Smoking and Youth (MEDLINEplus)
• Guidelines for School Health Programs to Prevent Tobacco Use and Addiction  (CDC)
• Youth Tobacco Prevention (CDC)

General:

• Abuse (healthfinder)
• Violence (healthfinder)

Child:

• Child Abuse (MEDLINEplus)
• Child Abuse (healthfinder)
• Child Neglect (healthfinder)
• Child Abuse & Neglect (Child Welfare Information Gateway)

Elder:

• Elder Abuse (healthfinder)
• Elder Abuse (MEDLINEplus)

Teen/Youth:

• Teen Violence (MEDLINEplus)
• Youth Violence Prevention A-Z Topics (CDC)
• Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (The White House, CDC)
• Violence Against Women (womenshealth.gov)

Domestic, Sexual, Rape:

• National Domestic Violence Hotline (National Domestic Violence Hotline)
• Domestic Violence (MEDLINEplus)
• Domestic Violence  (healthfinder)
• Rape (MEDLINEplus)
• Violence Against Women (womenshealth.gov)