Resources

Resources at Valley Family Practice

Pre-natal Care – Pediatrics

HealthyChildren.org – A very good web resource created by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The site is divided into age groups for easy navigation.

National Institutes of Health: Children’s Health

Parents.com – Lots of helpful information from pre-natal through pediatrics

KidsHealth.com – Friendly, easy to navigate web site divided into Parent info, Children’s section and Teen section

Department of Health and Human Services – Parents: ABCs of Raising Safe and Healthy Kids

Family Doctor – Pediatrics section – an easy on-line reference guide about common pediatric health issues


General Health Resources

US Preventive Services Task Force – an independent group of primary and preventive care experts that develops recommendations for clinical preventive services.

Up To Date – an easy to use search engine focused on the latest in healthcare information

MedLine Plus – the National Institutes of Health web site.  Offers extensive information on all health conditions

Medline Tutorials – an extensive collection of easy-to-understand tutorials on many heath conditions

WebMD – an excellent web site created for general information on many health conditions

Women’s Health – the federal government’s official web site for women’s health information


Diabetes

American Diabetes Association


Osteoporosis

The Osteoporosis Center – Rogue Valley Physicians DXA screening and Osteoporosis health information web site. Provides prevention tips and additional resources.

The National Osteoporosis Foundation

The International Society for Clinical Densitometry

NIH official Osteoporosis web site


Cholesterol Issues

The American Heart Association