Family Medicine Websites

Handbook of United Kingdom and European clinical guidelines for primary and shared care. Published three times each year.

Established in cooperation with the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia to provide current, evidence-based, practical information on rational drug therapy.

Boston University Medical Center presents a web-based tutorial for students undertaking the Family Medicine clerkship, with guidelines for searching primary medical literature and online databases.

An article from the American Academy of Family Physicians provides a guide to finding clinically relevant information.

A list of publications for general practitioners and consumers, from the National Health and Medical Research Council in Australia. Available for purchase or free download as PDF files.

A source of clinical knowledge about the common conditions generally managed in primary and first contact care, which has been designed to be used by healthcare professionals together with patients.

The second part of a two-part series on fiber supplements, focusing on their effects in the large bowel, on the potential attentuation in marketed products, on why fiber supplements can cause gastrointestinal symptoms, and on how to avoid symptoms for better long-term compliance. [2015]

Part 1 of a two-part series on fiber supplements, describing the 4 main characteristics of fiber supplements that drive clinical efficacy, the 4 clinically meaningful designations that identify which health benefits are associated with specific fibers, and the gel-dependent mechanisms in the small bowel that drive specific health benefits. [2015]

Updated global, evidence-based recommendations on the intake of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in adults and children, with a particular focus on the prevention and control of unhealthy weight gain and dental caries. From the World Health Organization (WHO). [2015]

A systematic review of evidence of effectiveness, and recommendations for clinical preventive services. Developed under the auspices of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Argues that vitamin D should be used as evidence-based medicine in clinical practice, and that this will help mitigate the growing burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in India. [2016]