Family Practice Partners list of approved health links. Start here to research your questions on the web.
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After Breast Cancer
So you've finished your treatments- this site helps you figure out what to expect.
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Alcohol Information
Check out this site to find out all kinds of information about drinking- what is safe, what might not be and what can help.
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Anxiety in Children
Good information about anxiety disorders in the pediatric age range.
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Avoid Falls
Are you worried about falling, or care for someone who might? This site will tell you how to fall-proof your home.
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Bedwetting Help
This commercial site is a good resource for the difficult problem of bedwetting.
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BMI Calculator
BMI calculator - calculate your body fat level.
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Breast Cancer Survivor Support
Go here for a good site for women who are survivors of breast cancer.
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Cancer Information
Basic information about most cancers and their treatment can be found here.
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Cancer.org
American Cancer Society's site about prevention and treatment of all kinds of cancer.
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CDC
Information about vaccines, travel, health.
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Children's Health Information
Wonderful assortment of approved health information for parents and children from Dr. Paul.
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Cholesterol lowering diet
AHA site with good information about diets to lower cholesterol.
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Cholesterol management
AHA site about high cholesterol and its treatment.
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Chronic Back Pain support site
People who use this site have better control of their chronic back pain.
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Colon Cancer Screening
This site explains your choices for colon cancer screening.
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Council on Aging, Rutherford County
Rutherford County Council on Aging has a lot of support and information about aging and Alzheimers.
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Dash Diet
Great site for healthy diet education.
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Depression Screen
If you are feeling blue, take this quiz and bring it in to your doctor.
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Diabetes.org
The American Diabetes Association home page with helpful links on nutrition, weight loss, and exercise.
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Diabetes Site
NIH information site about diabetes
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Drug Checker
Find out about medication side effects and interactions here.
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Family Depression Awareness
Go to this site for help with identifying and helping family members with depression.
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Family Doctor Site
Start here to find out all kinds of health information for you and your family.
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Family Medical Book
This Family Doctor site is just like having a home reference library! Medical Information for the whole family right here!
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Food Safety
Check here for food safety information.
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Foreign Language Handouts
For handouts in another language, click here.
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FPP Kids Page
Kids, check this out for great sites and fun stuff!
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FPP Parents Page
Parents, get questions answered here.
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FPP Teen Page
Teens, check this site for all kinds of health info just for you!
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Harvard's Heath Site
As you might expect, Harvard provides another excellent source for health info.
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Health Agent/DPOA
Form that states your choice of the
person to make health care decisions
for you if you are unable to. Print
out this form, fill it out, then have
witnesses and a notary sign it.
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Health Exchange
Go to this site to sign up for health insurance through the Federal Exchange. You may qualify for subsidies- you may get a discount on insurance here.
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Health Information Potpourri
All kinds of health-related news and info, along with animation and cool tools are found at Dr Koop's site.
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Health News and Resource
This site from the UK comments on timely health topics and provides useful accurate reviews of health information.
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Healthy Diet
An excellent overview of a healthy approach to eating.
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Healthy Wage
Go here to earn money for losing weight- you contribute, then if you lose enough weight, you get more than that back.
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Hearing and Balance
Check here for useful information on hearing, balance, speech, taste, and smell!
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Helpful hints to stop tobacco use
You'll find a helpful handout about quitting smoking here.
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Interactive Tutorials
Using animated graphics each tutorial explains a procedure or condition in easy-to-read language. You can also listen to the tutorial.
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Irritable Bowel Diet
This site gives information on the Low FODMAP diet that is supposed to help people have fewer irritable bowel symptoms.
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Kidnetic.com
Super fun site for kids- interactive games make eating and moving healthy fun!
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Living Will
Check here for living will forms and information about living wills and durable power of attorney in TN.
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Living Will/Advanced Care Plan
TN Living will form.
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Lose It!
This site has an app to help you have a healthier lifestyle.
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Mayo Clinic Site
Mayo's great site for reliable medical info.
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Medication Assistance
If you can't afford your medications, check this program out and ask your doctor to refer you to the Dispensary of Hope.
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Mediterranean Diet
The Mediterranean diet is known to help prevent heart disease and strokes and to improve life expectancy. This site will give you information about the healthy way of eating.
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Medlineplus.gov
Health topics, drug information, medical encyclopedia and dictionary.
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Meds for the Needy
This site can help you find free medication.
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Men's Health
Men, check here for information about how to stay healthy.
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MTMC
Our hospital site with links to resources in Rutherford County.
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Nasal Rinses
This site has instructions and a video on how to use the neti-pot to rinse out your nose and improve sinus and cold symptoms.
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National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
NHLBI has great info about heart and lung problems, including how to prevent them.
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Patient Information Blurbs
Health information on various topics from the very respected publication UpToDate.
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Personal Med Scheduler
Use this site to keep up with your medications, schedules, when to reorder, etc.
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Prescription Drug Discounts!
FamilyWize gives people discounts on prescription medication.
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Preventive Services Calculator
This site helps you figure out what you need to have done to stay healthy or catch problems early.
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Quit Guide
A quit guide for smokers is at this site and is full of encouraging tips.
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Quit Smoking - AHA
The American Heart Association's quit smoking page.
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Quit Smoking from the Surgeon General
Need help to quit smoking? This site has several links to information.
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Reviews of Health News
Find out if what you are reading is reliable
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Senior Health Information
This site provides lots of health information for seniors.
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Skin Health
American Academy of Dermatology public resource center.
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Sleep Problems
Open the booklet found here to get good information on sleep and the disorders that affect it.
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Symptom Checker
Use this site to see if symptoms you have might be related to a drug you take.
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The Health Care Law and You
Go here for a video with information about the health care law.
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Tips to Avoid Falling
This site gives good advice to help you avoid falling.
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TN Living Will
Tennessee's living will- printable form
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TN United Way Help Center
Call *211 or go to this page to get assistance with problems of all kinds.
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Travel Information
This CDC site is the best resource for individuals traveling outside the country.
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UpToDate Patient Information
This site has great handouts about many illnesses and conditions and has information our doctors think is very accurate.
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Vaccine Information
This is the best ever web source for information about vaccines.
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Vanderbilt's Site
Check out the reference tools here for even more links.
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Vegetarian diet information
This vegetarian site can help everyone since vegetables are very important to a healthy diet.
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Want to quit smoking?
Great site to get help to quit smoking- including a FaceBook app.
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WebMD.com
Multimedia features are found here from a leader in medicine on the internet.
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Weight management
Go here for information about weight loss and healthy eating.
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