LINKS & RESOURCES

Mt. Vernon Primary Care Associates, PLLC

8101 Hinson Farm Road, Suite # 417

Alexandria, VA 22306

703/799-4000

• American Academy of Family Physicians' Patient Education Handouts
  

• American Academy of Family Physicians' Dictionary of Common Medical Terms - Medical dictionary
  

• MedlinePlus' Drug Information (prescription and over-the-counter)
  

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - National Center for Infectious Diseases' Travel Health Information
  

• American Academy of Family Physicians' site for patients called Family Doctor provides health information for the entire family.
  

• American Cancer Society & The National Cancer Institute - Help for those diagnosed with cancer, survivors, family and their support group.
  

• American Diabetes Association - Help for those with diabetes.  Provides nutrition information and recipes, weight loss and exercise information and much more.
  

• American Heart Association - Learn more about their efforts to reduce death caused by cardiovascular disease.
  

• WebMD Health's Check Your Symptoms
  

• WebMD's Health Tools - Quizzes, calculators, self-assessments and guides to manage your health
  

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's National Immunization Program - Stay current on your vaccinations and make sure your children receive all their immunizations
  

• Quest Diagnostics - Find convenient lab draw stations
  

• Lab Corp - Find convenient lab draw stations
  

• Partnership for Prescription Assistance - The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, other health care providers, patient advocacy organizations and community groups to help qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage get the medicines they need through the public or private program that’s right for them.
  

• AAFP's information page explaining Advance Directives and Do Not Resuscitate Orders.  Our providers can offer more information and forms, if requested.
  

• The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention presents Your Disease Risk - The Source  on Prevention.  There you can find out your risk of developing five of the most important diseases in the United States and get personalized tips for preventing them.
  

• HealthFinder - A Service of the National Health Information Center, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. 
  

WEBSITE: http://www.mvpca.net/PatientEd.html

LAST UPDATED:  2/8/07