Preventive Health Screenings

Select a subject below for a list of related links.

Know Your Family History

My Family Health Portrait -- A Tool From The U.S. Surgeon General
http://www.familyhistory.hhs.gov

Family History: Resources and Tools
http://www.cdc.gov/genomics/public/famhistMain.htm

Recommended Screenings and Tests

Immunizations Guidelines for Children
http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/immunizations.cfm

Screening Tests and Immunizations Guidelines for Men
http://www.womenshealth.gov/screeningcharts/men

Screening Tests and Immunizations Guidelines for Women
http://www.womenshealth.gov/screeningcharts/women

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Disease Prevention

Childhood Obesity: Prevention
http://www.obesity.org/subs/childhood/prevention.shtml

Diabetes—Causes and Prevention
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/diabetes/prevention/01.html

ABCs of Preventing Heart Disease, Stroke and Heart Attack
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3035374

Aim for a Healthy Weight
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/
heart/obesity/lose_wt/patmats.htm

Guides to Healthy Living

Pocket Guide to Good Health for Children
http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/childguide

Take Charge of Your Health: A Teenager's Guide to Better Health
http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/take_charge.htm

Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults
http://www.ahrq.gov/ppip/adguide/

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