Community Resources
Information is key to your good health! The following articles give you all kinds of helpful information on how to keep your environment - and family - healthy and protected!
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Do You Need a Flu Shot?
According to the Advisory Committee on Immunization practices, the following risk groups should be vaccinated each year:
--- Children aged 6 months up to their 19th birthday
--- Pregnant women
--- People 50 years of age and older
--- People of any age with certain chronic medical conditions
--- People in nursing homes and long-term care facilities
--- People who live with or care for those at high risk from complications from flu, including: Health care workers, household contacts of a person at high risk for complications from the flu, and household contacts and out-of-home caregivers of children less than 6 months of age.
Click here for more information from the Volusia County Health Department including links to flu shot clinics in your area.
Influenza Update - H1N1 Flu Virus
Physicians keep informed with the latest information visit the CDC website at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/.
Patient Education Resources (some contain printable materials for patients):
CDC Influenza page
Taking Care of a Sick Person in Your Home
Seasonal Flu: What To Do If You Get Sick
Preventing the Flu: Good Health Habits Can Help Stop Germs
Other Helpful Information on All Sorts of Topics!
Domestic Violence - Resources and Information
Living Wills and Healthcare Directives
How to Get Rid of Mold
Volusia County Health Department Programs and Services
Web sites for cancer information:
www.PLWC.org American Society of Clinical Oncology
www.cancer.gov National Cancer Institute
www.breastcancer.org/ A breast cancer specialist's site
http://www.cancer.gov/aboutnci/cis Cancer Institute
General health Web sites you can trust, according to the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association, a group of health information professionals:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health
www.healthfinder.gov A service of the National Health Information Center and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
www.noah-health.org Combines the resources of the City University of New York Office of Library Services; the Metropolitan New York Library Council; the New York Academy of Medicine Library; and the New York Public Library and Queens Borough Public Library and the Brooklyn Public Library
www.familydoctor.org Information from the American Academy of Family Physicians about common medical concerns and conditions that has been reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the American Academy of Family Physicians
http://www.mcw.edu/clinicalinformatics/healthlink.htm A site from the Medical College of Wisconsin with health information on many topics, and news and features.
Prescription shopping?
Try this one: www.myfloridarx.com A Web site launched by Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, with the Agency for Health Care Administration, to comparison shop for drugs by price.
