Recent Health and Wellness publications from the Department of Family Medicine.

Fitness Rocks produces a weekly podcast reviewing the latest medical research on the relationship between lifestyle choices and health.  Fitness Rocks aims to change the health of the world by inspiring people to make better choices in the foods they eat and how they exercise.

Family Medicine Health Assessment Tools

Family Medicine Interactive Health Tutorials

The Home Health Handbook - A guide to home treatment written by the Department of Family Medicine

The Patient Education Center medical information database contains over 30,000 pages of reliable, authoritative disease-state and wellness information.

 Assistance for the Uninsured
 Commun-i-care
 Discount Drug Cards

Immunizations
 Immunization Schedule
 Immunizations Needed for School
 Catch Up Schedule

Links to more sites with Medical Information

• Aetna Foundation
• AHCPR Consumer Version Guidelines by Condition
• American Academy of Family Physicians
• American College of Nurse Midwives
• The American Heart Association
• Breastfeeding Information Resources from the American College of Nurse-Midwives
• The Doctor's Page
• Doctor's Guide to the Internet - Patient HomePage
• Doulas of North America
• Group Health Cooperative: Internet Based Patient Education Program
• Healthfinder - A guide to reliable health information
• Healthtouch - Health Information: Table of Contents
• Healthwise: Columbia University Student Health Services Patient Education Page
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Institute for Mental Health Public Information
• NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• Pregnancy.org, Preconception to Parenting
• U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services, Alcohol and Drug Information

If you have any comments, suggestions, changes, or additions you would like to see made to this list, please contact Mark Geesey at (843) 792-1922 or geesey@musc.edu

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