RxAlert®

https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/ResourcesForYou/ucm163354.htm
Advice From The FDA
Drug Interactions: What You Should Know
Important information about the medicines you take. Read, learn, and ask questions to enhance safety.

https://www.jointcommission.org/SentinelEvents/SentinelEventAlert
Go to this link at JCAHO web site and learn of sentinel events that describe specific errors that have been reported to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Learn of these errors and be proactive in fixing the system so the errors do not happen again. By being an informed patient, you enhance your safety.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed
Get important background information on medications, drug therapy, and medical treatments at The National Library of Medicine's PubMed. Then discuss these issues with your physician.

https://www.fda.gov/cder/
Read about the latest drugs from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) A treasure trove of information including the Consumer Drug Information page.

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/postmarketdrugsafetyinformationforpatientsandproviders/ucm162833.htm
Sildenafil (marketed as Viagra and Revatio) Information
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Pfizer Inc. advised doctors in this 1998 bulletin about new warnings and information in the product labeling for Viagra (sildenafil) in response to post-marketing reports of serious adverse events. The information augmented the original drug labeling which warned against the concomitant use of Viagra and nitrates. At the FDA web site one can search for the latest information concerning comments from FDA on drugs. For example, a March 2005 search at the FDA web site using the word Viagra yields 10 pages of FDA web site links.

https://www.cdc.gov
Visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A must visit if you are planning foreign travel.
Includes 2014 EBOLA outbreak information and updates.

https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/
The CDC warns of the dangers of tobacco and smoking at this link. Christy Turlington, cover model and entrepreneur, says: "It's easier not to start, than it is to stop". Also 2014 Surgeon General Report on Smoking and Health.

https://www.hhs.gov/
Don't fail to visit the United States Department of Health and Human Services for safety and wellness information and much more.

https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/about/previous/biocarmona.html
Read about a recent United States Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, FACS, our Nation's doctor until 2006. This is a true American success story about a high school drop out who joined the Army's Special Forces and became a combat-decorated Vietnam veteran before beginning his life in the field of medicine. His speeches about the importance of public health are inspiring. Continue to follow his work to make Americans healthier.

https://jamanetwork.com/
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and Archives Journals. Lots of peer-reviewed medical information here.

https://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/ama-wire/ama-wire/post/keeping-unused-meds-out-of-wrong-hands-just-got-easier
Keeping unused meds out of the wrong hands just got easier.

https://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/education-careers/continuing-medical-education/physicians-recognition-award-credit-system/physician-resources-cme.page
Physician Resources for Continuing Medical Education (CME)

https://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/physician-resources/public-health/promoting-healthy-lifestyles/obesity/obesity-physician-resources.page
Obesity information from the American Medical Association including childhood obesity

https://www.mayohealth.org
Famous Mayo Clinic founded by the Mayo brothers in the early 1900's. This link contains a "free and award-winning Website that offers a wealth of easy-to-understand information on health and medical topics. New material is added every workday, all reviewed for accuracy by Mayo Clinic experts. Popular sections of the site include Headline Watch, Ask Mayo, Glossary, Library, Virtual Cookbook, and Housecall, a free e-mail bulletin service".

https://www.ihi.org
The National Patient Safety Foundation merged with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. The pervious link to NPSF will redirect to the IHI.

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/DrugSafety/default.htm
FDA and Drug Safety and Availability

https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/medicationerrors/default.htm
This FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) page has important safety information including drug products associated with medication errors.

https://www.ismp.org/default.asp
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices web site has much information about medication safety. Be sure to visit.

Health tip: Be sure to visit your doctor for routine checkups. One such advantage of this is that hypertension or high blood pressure, a condition that can be silent for a long time, can be detected and treated before serious complications occur.