NOTE: The internet is full of health information, some good and some bad. I will make an effort to find good sources of information and link to them here for your educational benefit and surfing pleasure. I cannot be responsible for everything on this page so please, if you have a question about anything you read here, ask us at info@ackdoc.com.  
 

 

Wellness 101

How to Get Sick
How to Get Sicker (if you're already sick)
How to Stay Well (or get better, if you're not so well to begin with)

General Health Information

FamilyDoctor.org, a encyclopedia of Health Information from the American Academy of Family Practice
http://www.familydoctor.org/

FamilyPractice.com’s Symptom Checker
http://www.familypractice.com/symptomchecker/sc_frame.htm

Your Disease Risk per Harvard
http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/

QuackWatch, a harsh but evidence-based look at Alternative Rx
http://www.quackwatch.org

Healthfinder’s Prevention and Wellness
http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/Topics.asp?context=5&keyword=112&section=5

 Heart Risk Calculator
http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/atpiii/calculator.asp?usertype=pub

Healthfinder’s Diseases and Conditions
http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/Topics.asp?context=5&keyword=113&section=5

Healthfinder’s Alternative Medicine
http://www.healthfinder.gov/scripts/Topics.asp?context=5&keyword=114&section=5

WORD! A Kid’s Health Dictionary
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/word/word.html

Childhood Developmental Milestones
http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/yourchild/devmile.htm

Women's Health
 http://www.healthywomen.org

Nutrition

The Nutrition Source, Harvard School of Public Health
 http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/index.html

In the “Don’t Feed the Ticks” section:

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Lyme Disease
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm

http://www.aldf.com/Lyme.asp

...about Ehrlichiosis from the CDC
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/ehrlichia/Index.htm

...about Babesiosis from the ALDF
http://www.aldf.com/Babesiosis.asp  

...about Tularemia from Medline
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000856.htm  

Online Drug Information

NIH Medline
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

For Moms and Dads to be:

Breastfeeding information from LaLeche League
http://www.lalecheleague.org/bfinfo.html  

Pregnancy Calendars
http://www.parenthoodweb.com/parent_cfmfiles/PregCal.cfm

http://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy-calendar/getinfo?_requestid=331288           

Baby Names
http://www.parenthood.com/parent_cfmfiles/babynames.cfm

http://www.babycenter.com/babyname/

Pregnancy and Baby Timeline
http://www.babycenter.com/timeline.html

http://www.ivillage.com/week-by-week-calendar

New York Online Access to Healthcare Pregnancy Guide
http://www.noah-health.org/english/pregnancy/pregnancy.html

National Women's Health Center: Healthy Pregnancy
http://www.4woman.gov/pregnancy/

Non-Medical Miscellaneous

It's just a Jeep
http://www.landrunner.com

Lite Brite for Health and Wellness
http://www.sfpg.com/animation/liteBrite.html

eClinicalWorks Usergroup
http://www.ecwusers.com

Overlawyered
 http://overlawyered.com/

MedWatch
http://cgood.org/healthcare-newscommentary-watch.html

Communal Art
http://www.swarmsketch.com/