My Health Library

Memphis Medical Society - Connects you to the medical society for doctors throughout the Mid-South.

Memphis Library Virtual Health Information Center

Medicare in Tennessee: Guide to Medicare Preventive Services and diabetes-related information provided by Medicare and its Tennessee administrator (CIGNA Government Services)

HealthyLibrary.com - A library on procedures, conditions, treatments, and guidelines for people of various needs.

MedlinePlus -- NLM and NIH site with information on 650 diseases and conditions, lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and dictionary, extensive information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, media information, and links to thousands of clinical trials

NOAH -- The New York Online Access to Health provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish

Science.gov– Health and Medicine--A gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by US Government agencies, including research and development results.

Tox Town -- Information on toxic chemical and environmental health risks where you live and work

Genetics Home Reference -- NLM's consumer information site on genetic conditions and their genes or chromosomes

Internet Public Library

WebHealth: Health Information for Seniors -- program for training Memphis-area seniors on ways to search the Internet for reliable health information.

WebMD -- consumer-oriented health website

Consumer Health Resources --selected by University of Tennessee Health Sciences Library staff

 

America on the Move -- offers a set of meaningful, achievable health goals, track your progress along some of America's most famous trails, helps make healthy eating and active living part of your daily routine.

F is in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America 2005. Among other actions, the report by Trust for America's Health recommends that individuals and families factor health concerns into their eating and exercise choices; that communities provide access to physical activity and healthy foods; that schools adopt stricter nutritional standards and promote physical activity; that employers offer programs and benefits that help employees stay healthy; and that health care providers routinely ask patients about their exercise habits and counsel them on the importance of fitness. An estimated 119 million American adults, or 64.5%, are overweight or obese, the report notes.

Healthy People 2010 -- is a set of health objectives for the nation to achieve over the first decade of the new century and to help them develop programs to improve health. 

Health, Work and Wellbeing - Caring For Our Future. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Department of Health (DH), and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have just launched this first stage of a strategy which pulls together the different strands of work going on in this area and to place real responsibility not only in the hands of Government, but also those of employers, individuals, the healthcare profession and stakeholders.  The strategy lays out a blueprint to avoid work related illness and accidents, but if not ensures people get fast treatment. It also puts the emphasis on creating healthy working environments.

Healthy Food, Healthy Communities: Improving Access and Opportunities Through Food Retailing. Residents in low-income communities have limited options for healthy eating and often resort to buying unhealthy foods at corner stores or fast food outlets. This new PolicyLink report commissioned by The California Endowment, shows how low-income families or residents are accessing healthy, affordable food right in their neighborhoods.

NIDDK - Weight Loss and Control -- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Weight-control Information Network (WIN).

NIDDK - Diabetes -- The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) information about diabetes, pre-diabetes, diagnosis information, pregnancy and diabetes, and a dictionary of diabetes terms.

Online Exercise Log - at TN on the Move.

 

Guide to Evidence-Based Wellness Programs

In January 2004,the National Business Group on Health issued this guide designed to help employers implement successful disease prevention programs. Based on recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the guide includes tools to help employers assess their employees' health risks, choose appropriate preventive services, secure employee participation and evaluate program effectiveness.

Successful Grassroots Health and Wellness Programs: Exploring Common Traits. This report by the American Council for Fitness and Nutrition highlights the successful healthy city fitness programs of many cities throughout the country and provides many important lessons for us. This report certainly shows the importance of broad community participation, "making it fun" for kids, and strong political support and leadership.

The O Word: Why the Focus on Obesity is Harmful to Community Health. Larry Cohen, Daniel P. Perales, and Catherine Steadman. Focusing on the obese and overweight individual alone and is not helping us address the broader social and economic issues that influence people's lives. This paper discusses strategies to remove us from a focus on the O word and from blaming the individual for their condition.

Screening for obesity in adults -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that clinicians screen all adult patients for obesity and offer intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to promote sustained weight loss for obese adults. 12/2003

Smallsteps -- A Health and Human Services site with practicle suggestions for controlling your weight.

Tennessee on the Move  - A statewide initiative to fight obesity  -- feel free to use our group registration code: RHE1358.

VERB , CDC's Youth Campaign for Physical Activity - is a national, multicultural, social marketing campaign coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that encourages young people ages 9-13 (tweens) years to be physically active every day.

F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America 2005. Among other actions, the report by Trust for America's Health recommends that individuals and families factor health concerns into their eating and exercise choices; that communities provide access to physical activity and healthy foods; that schools adopt stricter nutritional standards and promote physical activity; that employers offer programs and benefits that help employees stay healthy; and that health care providers routinely ask patients about their exercise habits and counsel them on the importance of fitness. An estimated 119 million American adults, or 64.5%, are overweight or obese, the report notes.