Dr. Curran has chosen the following links for their usefulness and reliablity. No website is meant to take the place of a face-to-face consultation with your physician. However these sites should offer excellent and trustworthy information to guide your health quest.

General Health Topics

FamilyDoctor.org From the American Academy of Family Physicians.
AAP.org The American Academy of Pediatrics.
CDC.gov The Center for Disease Control is the federal health agency charged with reducing disease in America. The site offers a wide variety of information and statistics.
NIH.gov The National Institute of Health
Medline The National Library of Medicine
WHO.int The World Health Organization
WebMD.com A community of medical experts and journalists
HealthFinder.gov From the Department of Health and Human Services

Medication Guides

MedlinePlus Medline is produced by the National Library of Medicine
WebMD WebMD is a commercial site, but created by medical professionals
HealthTouch.com HealthTouch site by Cardinal Health

Health Care Directives

NC Secretary of State Includes Organ Donor, Living Will, and HC POA forms
Advance Directive NC Advance Directive - also called a Living Will

Vaccine Information

ImmunizeNC.org NC Department of Health and Human Services
CDC Vaccine Site Vaccine information from the Centers for Disease Control
CDC Vaccine Safety To clarify the safety of current vaccines
VaccineInformation.org The Immunization Action Coalition
KidsHealth.org Nemours is a nonprofit organizations devoted to children's health

Phone Resources

  • Pharmacies- List of phone numbers for local pharmacies.
  • 211WNC.org- Call 211 in Buncombe county for help finding most any resource.

Asheville and Local Resources