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Care Goals Patient Education Brochure (pdf)
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Diabetes:
General Information
National
Diabetes Education Program
Other Information
Diabetes
and Potential Complications from the Family Practice Notebook The
Heart of Diabetes from the American Heart Association Online
glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol trackers from the American Heart
Association Live
Healthier, Live Longer from National Cholesterol Education Program Heart
Healthy Diet Information Therapeutic
Lifestyle Changes (TLC) Diet Information Information
on Cholesterol Lowering Medications Managing
Cholesterol Interactive Tutorial Calculator
for 10-Year Risk of Having a Heart Attack Aspirin:
Preventing Heart Attacks
Guide
to Lowering High Blood Pressure from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute Blood
Pressure Medication Information Tips
to help you remember to take your Blood Pressure Medication Sample
Walking Program from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Facts
about the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Eating Plan
General
Information from the American Heart Association
Facts
About Heart Failure from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Heart
Healthy Diet Information
Atrial
Fibrillation Information from the American Heart Association
Atrial
Fibrillation Patient Page (pdf)
(American Heart Association)
Facts
about Breast Cancer and Mammograms from the National Cancer Institute
The
Pap Test: Questions and Answers
Colorectal
cancer screening: Questions and Answers from the National Cancer Institute
Flu
facts for Everyone from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Childhood
and Adolescent Vaccination Schedule (pdf)
Screening
for Chlaymidial Infection from the US Preventive Services Task Force
Promoting Appropriate Antibiotic Use in the Community
American
Academy of Family Physicians Patient Handout on Sinus Infections
Facts
About Controlling your Asthma (pdf)
Asthma
and Physical Activity in School
American
Heart Association Dietary Recommendations
Aim
For a Healthy Weight from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Body
Mass Index (BMI) Calculator
You
Can Quit Smoking, from the Office of the Surgeon General (PDF)
5-Day
Countdown from the Office of the Surgeon General (PDF)
Help
for Smokers: Ideas to Help You Quit
Alcoholism:
Getting the Facts from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
How
to cut down on your drinking
Frequently
Asked Questions on Alcoholism
Depression
Information from the National Institute of Mental Health
Medication
Information from the National Institute of Mental Health
Men
and Depression from the National Institute of Mental Health
Inappropriate
Medication for the Elderly
Use
of drugs always inappropriate in patients 65 years of age or older: Barbiturates,
flurazepam (Dalmane), meprobamate (Miltown, Equanil), chlorpropamide (Diabinese)
, meperidine, pentazocine (Talwin), trimethobenzamide (Tigan), belladonna
alkaloids (Donnatal and others), dicyclomine (Bentyl), hyocyamine (Levsin,
Levsinex), propantheline (Pro-Banthine)
Use
of drugs rarely appropriate in patients 65 years of age or older: Chlordiazopoxide
(Librium), diazepam (Valium), propoxyphene, carisoprodol (Soma), chlorzoxazone
(Paraflex), cyclobenzaprine (Flexiril), metaxalone (Skelaxin), methocarbamol
(Robaxin)