http://healthit.hhs.gov/blog/onc/
“Dr. David Blumenthal, HHS’ National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, today announced the launch of Health IT Buzz, a new blog that will allow readers to learn more about health information technology (health IT) and provide a space for consumers, providers, policymakers, and technology experts to share their ideas and concerns regarding health IT.”–From News Release.
http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/USpstf/uspsbrca.htm
These are the guidelines issued in November 2009 by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force. They have controversial with some groups, particularly the guideline recommending against routine mammography screening in women aged 40 to 49 and recommending biennial screening mammography for women aged 50 to 74 years.
http://www.thejointlibrary.org/autism/
This website offers a video and other resources to help library staff learn how better to help library customers who have autism.
http://www.healthfinder.gov/tutorial/default.asp#librarian
Here you can take a tour to learn about all of the extensive information and resources available on healthfinder.gov.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/breast/
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2_3x.asp?dt=5
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/breastcancer.html
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, and MedlinePLUS offer these pages with extensive information on breast cancer.
The is the text of the Memphis and Shelby County Health Department’s Pandemic Influenza Response Plan.
http://health.state.tn.us/H1N1.htm
The Tennessee Dept. of Health offers this page that provides a link to the Tennessee Department of Health Pandemic Influenza Response Plan and Local Level Response Plans, as well as information and links to sites that provide extensive information on the H1N1 flu.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/search/pagedetails.action?granuleId=&packageId=BILLS-111hr3200IH
The U. S. Government Printing Office has made available, H. R. 3200, America’s Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. This bill was approved by the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The World Lung Foundation and the American Cancer Society offers the Tobacco Atlas, which covers such topics as the History of Tobacco, Prevalence and Comsumption of tobacco, Health Risks and Mortality, Economic Cost of Tobacco, and more.
The U. S. Dept. of Labor offers this web site to provide easy access to disability-related information and resources. Information by state is also available.
www.ewg.org/whichsunscreensarebest/2009report
It’s very hard to know if a particular sunscreen is good or not. Luckily, the Environmental Working Group created this guide to sunscreens. It also covers lip balms, moisturizers and make-up products with SPF. You can look up a particular product or browse the lists of the best products.
http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/archive/2009/07/07/searching-for-health-information.aspx
This is a guide to searching for health information using the Bing search engine, which includes information on what Bing calls the “trusted resources” Bing gives searchers access to.
http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showHome.action
The CDC created this environmental health website to track how the environment affects a person’s health and how people might affect the health of the environment. Different types of data are used to learn how the environment affects people’s health, including exposure data, environmental hazard data, and health effect data.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h1256enr.txt.pdf
The FDA provided from its web site a link to the text of the historic legislation signed into law by President Obama that will give the FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products.
Thanks to Audrey May (LINC) for suggesting this site:
http://flutracker.rhizalabs.com/
Visual representations of the spread of swine flu, created using data from official and local sources. Includes number of cases per country and differentiates between suspected, confirmed and fatal cases.
