Links
- Mayo Clinic – a source to look up diseases, conditions, symptoms and quick treatments for emergencies
- American Red Cross
- American Cancer Society
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association (English)
- American Heart Association (En Español)
- Institute of Medicine
- National Institutes of Health
- National Diabetes Education Program
- National Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute
- National Cancer Institute
- National Library of Medicine
- Women’s Health Initiative Report
- National Eye Institute
- National Institute of Drug Abuse
- National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- American Dietetic Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Texas Department of Health
- Office of Minority Health
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- World Health Organization
- The World Health Report
- PubMed, National Library of Medicine's search service to access the 9 million citations in MEDLINE and Pre-MEDLINE (with links to participating on-line journals), and other related databases.
- Healthy Schools, Information on how to start a school health advisory board.
Alcohol and Substance Abuse Links
- Recent research studies on drug and alcohol abuse in Texas
Includes studies on variety of topics such as economic impact and trends.
(http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/research/studies.html) - Search for Substance-Related Statistics by County
(http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/research/statistics/index.shtml) - Site may be used to search out incidence of drunk driving crashes, deaths, and injuries by county.
(http://txtownsafety.tamu.edu/ACTSweb/DataSC.asp) - The model programs featured on this site, SAMHSA, have been tested in communities, schools, social service organizations, and workplaces across America. They have solid proof that they have prevented or reduced substance abuse and other related high-risk behaviors.
(http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/template.cfm?page=default) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (Part of National Institutes of Health) site provides information on drug abuse for professionals, parents and young people.
(http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDAHome.html)
