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Assessment

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Osteoporosis 
Cancer

Evidence Based Medicine

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CVD & Hypertension

GI Disorders

 

             
     Healthfinder      American Cancer Society
     Tufts Newsletter       American Dietetic Association
     Intern. Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC)      American Heart Association
     Kimball's Biology Pages      Center for Science in the Public Interest
     Food Resource Oregon State University      American Public Health Association
     Mayo Clinic Health      American Institute for Cancer Research
     WebMD      American Academy of Family Physicians
     General Pathology      UpToDate (Clinical Information Database)
     Pub Med      Statistical Universe
     Medline Plus (Consumer Health Information)
     Health on Line (UWMC) (Restricted)
     Harrisons's Online     
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Food & Nutrition Board - National Academy of Sciences Nutrition.gov

          Health and Human Services - HHS
Health Resources and Services Administration - HRSA
Healthy People 2010 Home
   Centers for Disease Control    Food and Drug Administration
            Centers for Disease Control and Prevention             Food and Drug Administration
            NHANES - National Health & Examination Survey             FDA Consumer magazine
            Growth Charts
   NIH
           National Institutes of Health (NIH)            National Institute on Alcohol, Alcohol Abuse &                   Alcoholism (NIAAA)
           NIH Office of Dietary Supplements           National Genomic Research Institute
           National Cancer Institute (NCI)
           National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLIB)
           National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney                  Diseases (NIDDK)

          USDA
          USDA - Food & Nutrition Service           MyPyramid 2005
          USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference           Healthy Eating Index
          Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
          Dietary Guidelines - USDA 2005
     
    

       UW HealthLinks Sites
Access your MyUW account    
Links for Caregivers    

          Access the CINAHL: Nursing & Allied Health for information on: (Note - if you wish to access this site from a

             computer off the UW campus, obtain a username and password for OVID from the Health Sciences library.

                   Access "Books at Ovid"

                   "Nutrition Principles for Nursing Practice" has information on modified diets, enteral and parenteral nutrition.

                    "Fluid and Electrolyte Balance" has information relevant to laboratory values.   

          UWMC Health On-Line
     
          UW Healthlinks Nutrition resource page    
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Alcohol
Alcoholism - Medical Journal National Council on Alcoholism
National Institute on Alcohol, Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA) Alcoholics Anonymous
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency Washington State Wine Commission
UW Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit Northwest Enological Society

Anemia
Anemia - General Info from Mayo Clinic
Anemia - (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Anemia - Medline Plus Information

Assessment
   Dietary Assessment

   Laboratory Values

      Books at Ovid "Fluid and Electrolyte Balance" 

      Books at Ovid  "Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests"

Cancer
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center NCI's CancerNet Cancer Information
OncoLink: University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center American Cancer Society
AICAN Institute for Cancer Research Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Cardivascular Disease & Hypertension
American Heart Association Salt information from 'Megaheart'
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLIB) NHLBI:  National Cholesterol Education Program. Summary
DASH Diet

Cultural Competence
Culture Cues (UW web site) Ethnomed (Harborview)

Diabetes
American Diabetes Association National Instit. Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Dis. (NIDDK)
Joslin Diabetes Center "What I need to know about eating and diabetes" (NIDDK)

Eating Disorders
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Evidence Based Medicine
Center for Evidence Based Medicine Cochrane Collection: Search Abstracts of Reviews
Healthlinks - Evidence Based Practice An Introduction to Information Mastery- Michigan State University (Tutorials on EBM)
Glossary Clinical Evidence (BMJ)
Levels American Dietetic Association Evidence Based Library
National Guidelines Clearinghouse

GI Disorders / Fiber / Probiotics & Prebiotics
National Inst. Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Dis. (NIDDK)

Herbs/Functional Foods 
UW Medicinal Herb Garden Home Page National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
National Natural Foods Association Natural Medicines
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Obesity
NIDDK Weight Control Information Network (WIN) NIDDK Weight Loss
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance The North Am. Assoc.for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
American Obesity Association The International Association for the Study of Obesity
The National Weight Control Registry King County Overweight Prevention Initiative
NHLBI: Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults: The Evidence Report UW Exploratory Center for Obesity Research (ECOR)

Osteoporosis and Bone Health
National Osteoporosis Foundation
National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) - Osteoporosis
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Statistics
The Little Handbook of Statistical Practice (Tufts)
Statsoft
Principles of Epidemiology

BMJ Statistics Notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Nutritional Sciences: 

Instructor:  B. Bruemmer PhD, RD

Nutr 562: Nutrition and Chronic Disease Home Page

 

 

Last update

11/10/2009