Penn Elm Medical Group
488 E. Valley Parkway
Suite 411
Escondido, CA 92025
(760) 745-2000

• Alzheimer’s Disease
  Patients and caregivers can view Reflections of Memories Lost: Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease—a 30-minute online documentary that provides a comprehensive understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and highlights the most recent advancements in treatment options, as well as link to a variety of Internet resources, from organizations and associations to support groups.
• American Academy of Family Physicians
  The national membership organization for family physicians—a medical specialty that requires three additional years of training in the comprehensive diagnosis, care, and treatment of most medical problems that arise.
• Bosom Buddies
  An informative section of WebMD with nine pages dedicated to supporting and discussing breast feeding issues, how to incorporate bottle feeding infants, useful products to buy, and managing problems with breast feeding.
• CalMedicare.org
  Get the basics about Medicare in California, including information on managed plans, HMOs, medigap policies and Medicare for people with disabilities.
• Consumers Union Compares, Rates Prescription Drugs
  Information about prescription medications, their cost, and their comparative effectiveness. Includes tips for cost-saving, safety and possible side effects, and recommendations about generic versus brand name products.
• Dads & Daughters
  This site provides tools and advice on how to be better fathers and “advocates for their daughters.”
• Dietary Supplements
  Office of Dietary Supplements is a reliable source on the frequently conflicting and changing information regarding dietary supplements. Click on “Health Information” to find the latest reports.
• Drinking and Adolescents
  An alcohol awareness website targeting sixth- to eighth-graders. Colorful graphics and Japanese comic book-style characters engage these 11- to 13-year-olds. Includes a "Whaddya Know?" quiz with questions about the prevalence and risks of drinking, as well as about types of peer pressure.
• Drug Effectiveness/Safety/Cost Comparisons
  AARP's website now carries information on commonly prescribed drugs. Effectiveness, side effects, and cost information are noted for medicines for chronic pain, heartburn and stomach acid, high cholesterol, arthritis and muscle pain, menopausal symptoms, migraine headaches, muscle spasms, type 2 diabetes, and urinary incontinence.
• FamilyDoctor.org
  Excellent discussions about specific conditions, healthy lifestyle advice, how to quit smoking, website reviews, diet recommendations, and information geared to seniors, women, parents, and conditions particularly affecting men.
• GetSomeSleep.com
  Information about how good sleep promotes good health, a sleep habit questionnaire, information about treatment options, a description of the causes and types of sleeplessness, and a “Fact or Fiction?” test designed to help dispel some of the myths associated with sleeplessness.
• Hand Washing to Prevent the Spread of Illness
  Henrythehand.com encourages hand-washing and lists four "Principles of Hand Awareness" approved by AAFP and the AMA. Also offers materials for use at home and in schools, including posters, games, curricula, and guidance for parents of newborns and family members of people who have weak immune systems.
• Harvard Eating Disorders Center
  Click on "Understanding Eating Disorders" for a clear presentation on what constitutes an eating disorder and advice on how to help yourself or someone you know.
• Headache Center
  Articles that explain the symptoms, causes, prevention, and treatment of various types of headaches, plus other related topics, including "Alternative Complementary Approaches to Migraine and Cluster Headaches," "Migraine Headache in Children," "Tension Headache," and "Understanding Migraine, and Cluster Headache Medications."
• Health Consequences of Smoking on The Body
  Interactive animated video explaining the U.S. Surgeon General's 2004 report conclusively linking smoking with leukemia, cataracts, pneumonia, and cancers of the cervix, kidney, pancreas and stomach ... an impressive display to convince you or someone you know you who smokes why it is essential to quit.
• HHS Website Helps Parents Talk to Teens About Sex
  Communication tools to help parents talk to their adolescents about sex, relationships and abstinence from unhealthy behaviors. Includes "Parents, Speak Up," "Teen Chat" (sexually transmitted diseases, sex and relationships, peer pressure, and abstinence), and "Talk Topics" (teen pregnancy, condoms, and refusal skills).
• KidsHealth.org
  The largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence.
• Medicinenet.com
  Easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers via a robust, user-friendly, interactive web site. Nationally recognized, 100% doctor-produced by a network of over 70 U.S. Board Certified Physicians ... a trusted source for online health and medical information.
• National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)
  Check out Eating Disorders Info to discover a list of links from anorexia to “seeing treatment.” NEDA also offers support for family members of those with eating disorders, and works to improve treatment and access to treatment.
• National Pain Foundation
  Information and support site for the 75 million Americans who "live in chronic, debilitating pain" includes treatment information, support groups, and directories of practitioners using traditional and complementary therapies. All material is peer-reviewed.
• National Safe Kids Campaign
  The national non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury—the number one killer of children ages 14 and under.
• National Women's Health Information Center
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services's website and toll-free call center providing free, reliable health information for women.
• Neuroscience for Kids
  Explore the human nervous system through experiments, activities, and games to learn about the brain, spinal cord, neurons and senses. The site is appropriate for students of all ages.
• NIH Senior Health
  Jointly developed by NIH's National Institute on Aging and the National Library of Medicine, this senior-friendly website uses adjustable type sizes and optional audio to share to-the-point articles on a wide range of geriatric health topics such as how to cope with the loss of the sense of taste and smell, Alzheimer’s disease, balance problems, glaucoma, exercise programs, sleep disorders, and MANY more.
• Palomar Pomerado Health System
  Palomar Pomerado's 800-square mile hospital district offers a full spectrum of health services, state-of-the-art hospitals and convalescent centers (including a 319-bed acute care hospital in Escondido), doctors' offices, home health care and hospice services.
• 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. Includes access to more than 275 public and private patient assistance programs.
• Product Safety Websites:
  Whether it’s shampoo or weed killer, it’s important to pay attention to the products used for personal care and in and around homes. Organizations and government agencies have created searchable databases to help determine if the benefits of a product outweigh its risks...
  - EWG Report: Skin Deep
  The Environmental Working Group has assessed the safety of more than 7500 personal care products. You’ll also find a list of the top 10 "What to Buy" and "What to Avoid" products.
  - Mayo Clinic: Drugs & Supplements
  - Household Products Database
• QuackWatch.com
  A nonprofit corporation combating health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies.
• Scripps Clinic
  An internationally recognized multispecialty medical group and clinical research institution dedicated to preserving health as well as treating illness. Penn Elm is the ONLY Scripps Clinic Affiliate in Escondido.
• Stanford Health Library
  The Stanford Health Library houses a collection of resources from the free consumer health library of Stanford Hospital and clinics, and includes links to websites, electronic books and an online video collection.

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