With all of the emphasis on healthy living, I investigated Revolution Health - the 1st Place winner in the Health category. As with any site relating to health it is far from comprehensive, but there is a vast amount of information available - from researching drugs and treatments to conditions, getting a brief (non-medical) report on symptoms, information on nutrition, ways to manage stress, information about insurance, and a locator for doctors, dentists and hospitals. It also offers a membership feature for creating a personal health record. There is a Store for purchasing health related items; it might be a little pricey but I would have to compare it item for item. The only problem I encountered was an inability to move through the alphabetized list of medications, which may have been a temporary glitch. I have bookmarked it to revisit at another time; I could spend days...weeks...months at this site and still not feel like I've been thorough in my exploration.
From the perspective of School Counseling, this site has a number of assets. Students with diagnosed conditions - both medical and learning - will need for me to have information about their disease/disorder and any medications they may be taking routinely. It could also be helpful in giving information to parents who may be new to the community. In addition, teachers in Health/PE might find this site an excellent resource in reinforcing healthy lifestyles for their students.
Please note the application of a new skill from this assignment: I used the words to the link rather than posting the url. I have been curious about how to do that for some time now, and today I learned how to do it. Yea me! :)
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