Social networking has become a big part of life on the internet. It allows us to extend our circle of friends and contacts beyond our usual area of business and the cities we live in. This also increases our immediacy of knowledge which can be beneficial to our health and wellness. Keeping up with food alerts and new trends in health can help make our lives richer and fuller. One of those services is Twitter. If you use Twitter, whether on your computer or on your mobile phone, there are various government agencies that post alerts and current information on the social networking site. All you have to do is click on the link below and login in or join and click on the follow button to follow them You will receive the information as it is posted. Here are some that may be worth following:
MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), several government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and allow easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.
The Food Safety Information Center (FSIC) specializes in providing food safety information to educators, the industry, researchers and the general public. Using available technology, the FSIC staff develop solutions that disseminate information on a variety of food safety topics.
USDA’s Team Nutrition is an integrated, behavior based, comprehensive plan for promoting the nutritional health of our Nation’s children. This plan involves schools, parents, and the community in an effort to continuously improve school meals, and to promote the health and education of 50 million school children in more than 96,000 schools nationwide.
Nutrition.gov provides easy access to the best food and nutrition information from across the federal government. It serves as a gateway to reliable information on nutrition, healthy eating, physical activity, and food safety for consumers.
CDC.gov is the CDC’s primary online communication channel. Annually, there are close to 500 million page views to the site, averaging 41 million page views per month. The CDC.gov website provides users with credible, reliable health information on:
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· Data and Statistics |
· Diseases and Conditions |
· Emergencies and Disasters |
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· Environmental Health |
· Healthy Living |
· Injury, Violence and Safety |
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· Life Stages and Populations |
· Travelers’ Health |
· Workplace Safety and Health |
And more…
Disability.gov is a federal web site that contains disability-related resources for programs, services, laws and regulations to help people with disabilities lead full, independent lives. With just a few clicks, visitors can find critical information on a variety of topics, including benefits, civil rights, community life, education, emergency preparedness, employment, housing, health, technology and transportation. For help on how to find resources on this site, visit the How to Use this Site section of Disability.gov.
Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies. Using a comprehensive methodology and reproducible grading scales, information is created that is evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed, tapping into the collective expertise of a multidisciplinary Editorial Board. The mission of this collaboration is to provide objective, reliable information that aids clinicians, patients, and healthcare institutions to make more informed and safer therapeutic decisions. Natural Standard is one of the world’s premier sources of information in this area.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC’s work to ensure the safety of consumer products – such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals – contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
Established in 1997, the National Diabetes Education Program is a federally-funded program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and includes over 200 partners at the federal, state and local levels, working together to improve the treatment and outcome for people with diabetes, promote early diagnosis, and prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes.
And last, but certainly not least is AARP , which was founded in 1958. This is not a government site. AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organizationthat helps people 50 and over improve the quality of their life If you are over 50, this is a great organization for a variety of topics, resources, information and discounts.
We have such wonderful technology available these days to assist us in maximizing our quality and longevity of life, I hope you utilize and implement these social networks and reap the benefits to holistic wellness they have to offer.
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