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CONSUMER HEALTH WEBSITES
Medical information found on the Internet may be used to prepare for a visit to a physician or to better understand a diagnosis or treatment. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical care and should not be used to diagnose or manage one's own health concerns. If you have or suspect you have a health problem, and/or wish to commence or modify any medical treatment, consult your health care provider.
Beware of commercially-motivated and poorly focused consumer health resources. Look for a reputable sponsor of the page, uptodatedness, and ease of navigation. Before you begin searching the Internet for health information, be sure to take a look at these sites, which will teach you how to assess consumer health websites' information and products:
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Additionally, the Consumer Health Journal is a free, online monthly journal dedicated to providing in-depth health information to consumers. It attempts to publish information that is otherwise difficult to find.
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BE SURE TO CHECK THE GENERAL MEDICAL WEBSITES IN ADDITION TO THOSE LISTED UNDER MORE SPECIFIC TOPICS.
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CBS Healthwatch by Medscape
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Contains a large library of health topics, a drug directory, a medical dictionary, information on self-care and first aid, and links to other sites.
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CHIDOnline: The Combined Health Information Database
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On this website you can choose from among 13 databases and 115 langugages to search for health information from AIDS to weight control.
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Consumer Health Resources on the Internet
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This website, from the Connecticut Consumer Health Information Network, offers a large number of excellent links divided into many categories.
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drkoop.com
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On this site you will find information from Reuters, the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Society, etc. on mental and physical health, news, drug interactions, insurance, clinical trials, prevention, diseases and conditions. drkoop.com also has bibliographies and message boards.
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DrugInfoNet
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Despite its name, you can find here not only drug information but medical news and helpful information about diseases.
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Health Literacy Resources
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Massachusetts General Hospital's Treadwell Library is a fine example of a library with numerous health literacy links.
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Hardin Meta Directory of Internet Health Sources
(University of Iowa)
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The staff of the Hardin Library at the University of Iowa has put together a wonderful list of websites divided into the following topics: general consumer health resources, alternative/complementary medicine, databases, drug information, medical tests and procedures, clinical trials, quackery/fraud/urban legends. This is one of the top ten consumer health websites.
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Health on the Net Foundation
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HON provides a medical search engine that provides links to many sites.
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Healthfinder
(US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
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The US Department of Health and Human Services's website has fact sheets on healthcare and diseases.
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Healthtouch: Online for Better Health
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Contains links to drug and health information copyrighted by reputable medical organizations.
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Healthy People 2010
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HealthyPeople 2010 is a statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.
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Information from Your Family Doctor
(American Academy of Family Physicians)
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Men's, women's, children's, elders' health; common conditions and illnesses; and tools such as a dictionary and a body mass indicator calculator.
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Intelihealth
(Johns Hopkins with Aetna-U.S. Healthcare)
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Covers a variety of topics from allergy to weight management, plus children's to seniorsÕ health, tools, and tips on leading a healthy lifestyle.
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MayoClinic.com
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Directed by Mayo Clinic physicians and updated daily, this page is divided into centers (allergy to working life); includes a cookbook, a free e-mail bulletin, and a basic textbook on many subjects including explanations of medical tests; tools, slide shows, quizzes.
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MDChoice.com
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In addition to information on diseases, this site contains news, interactive education pages, and images.
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The Medical Reporter
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Preventive medicine, primary care, patient advocacy, education and support, plus topics in sub-specialty medicine.
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MedicineNet Home Page
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MedicineNet's information is organized by diseases and conditions, symptoms and signs, procedures and tests, and medications (non-prescription and prescription drugs). You can also look up medical definitions in its medical dictionary. This site is written by physicians.
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MedlinePlus Health Information
(National Library of Medicine)
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Covers many health topics and includes dictionaries and glossaries, news items, adam.com medical encyclopedia with an extensive library of medical images, tutorials, information about specific diseases and conditions, and links to other types and sources of information.
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Medtropolis
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Excellent explanations of diseases, outlines for healthy lifestyles, drug information, and fun lessons in anatomy.
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MedWeb
(click on Consumer Health)
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A long list of resources for the health consumer: diseases and conditions, information on insurance, legal medicine, Medicaid, etc.
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Merck Manual Home Edition
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The full text of the manual's 2nd home edition explains disorders, who is likely to get them, their symptoms, how they're diagnosed, how they might be prevented, and how they can be treated. It also provides information about prognosis and includes drug tables, illustrations, and anatomical drawings.
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NetWellness
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(University of Cincinnati, Ohio State University, and Case Western Reserve University) Basic health information, including an excellent illustrated health encyclopedia and an African-American health page. The site also includes an explanation of clinical trials.
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Noah: NY Online Access to Health
(New York Public Library)
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Disease-specific, high quality full-text health documents for consumers. Information is provided by hospitals, the National Cancer Institute, the NYC Department of Health, etc.
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Postgraduate Medicine Patient Notes
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Fifty Patient Notes are categorized by topic and archived back to 1996.
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PubMed
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A searchable database of medical journal article citations from the National Library of Medicine.
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Reports of the Surgeon General
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The Reports of the Surgeon General website contains official reports, conference and workshop reports, and proceedings from the Office of the Surgeon General.
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WebMD
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WebMD is one of the most popular consumer websites. On it you can find health and wellness news, support communities, and interactive health management tools. You can also participate in real-time discussions with experts and with other people who share similar health conditions or concerns.
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Well-Connected
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WELL-CONNECTED is a library of reports on common diseases and wellness issues. Each report is an in-depth discussion of the latest information on treatments, risk factors, causes, diagnostic tests, and preventative measures.
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Prevline (National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information)
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Includes latest research, statistics, news, and a searchable databases of the Clearinhouse's publications.
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SAMHSA (Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration)
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Resources for people with or at risk for substance abuse and/or mental illness. Explains public policies on, contacts for, advice on, links to programs for substance abuse treatments, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse, criminal rehabilitation, etc.
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
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NIAAA's website provides pamphlets, brochures, and answers to frequently asked questions dealing with alcohol use and abuse. Also includes referral information and clinical trials data.
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National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
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You'll find here a wealth of information for parents, teachers, and students on news, research, common drugs of abuse, and mental health and substance abuse disorders that often occur together. Includes a list of related websites.
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Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
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The emphasis of this site is on prevention and treatment of substance abuse and mental illness.
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AARP
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AARP is a United States non-profit organization dedicated to the interests of older persons (aged 50 and up). Among its many activities, it advances the interests of aging populations through lobbying. It also negotiates reduced rates vacations, and medical and automobile insurance.
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Administration on Aging
(Department of Health & Human Services)
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Information for older persons and their families regarding AOA programs and services; also includes information about legislation, and help for caregivers.
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Alzheimer's Association
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Basic facts, diagnosis, treatment, research, news, and support.
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Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center
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A service of the National Institute on Aging, this organization gives you access to research updates, fact sheets, research and technical reports, a clinical trials database, and resources for information and referrals.
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Depression in Older Adults: There are several excellent websites, listed below:
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American Geriatrics Society Patient Education forum
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Depression in Late Life: Not a Natural Part of Aging
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Depression in Older Adults
The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness)
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Don't Accept the Blues: Depression in the Elderly is Treatable
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Older Adults and Mental Health (from Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General)
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Suicide Among the Elderly
(from National Strategy for Suicide Prevention)
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ElderWeb
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This award-winning website offers a regional directory of assistance organizations, very helpful legal and financial information, and information on diseases and conditions, statistics, medication, caregiving, and a multitude of other topics. This site is in compliance with accessibility guidelines.
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FirstGov for Seniors
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A truly incredible website offering links to other sites dealing with health; consumer protection; education, jobs, and volunteerism; laws and regulations; retirement and money; taxes, travel and leisure. It also provides a list of links to federal and state agencies. This site is a must if you are looking for helpful information for seniors.
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Merck Manual of Geriatrics
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This full-text geriatric care manual covers all of the body systems and offers health information as it relates to seniors.
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NIH SeniorHealth
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On this website you can find simple explanations of conditions from Alzheimers to Stroke. Added features include the ability to change text size and screen contrast, and to turn on the speech function so that the text is read to you.
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National Institute on Aging
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Health and research information related to aging.
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SAMHSA Mental Health Links: Elderly
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Contains links to online resources relating to mental health and the elderly.
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Older Adults and Sleep
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The National Sleep Foundation explains problems as they relate to hot flashes, snoring, medical problems, and dementia, and makes some suggestions for resolution of those problems.
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AllAllergy
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Contains a tremendous number of links to asthma, allergy, and intolerance information on the web. In addition, you will find links to organizations, publications, events, and products.
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American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology Patient and Consumers Center
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On this website, you can search by condition, or read about the topic of the month or current health headlines. The site also contains information specific to kids and seniors.
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American Lung Association
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Explanation of lung diseases, listing of ALA chapters, publications, statistics, tobacco control.
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National Jewish Medical and Research Center
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This well-known institution offers information for consumers on bronchitis, hay fever, chronic obstructive lung disease, smoking cessation, sleep disorders, parenting the asthmatic child, croup. Offers free booklets on a variety of topics such as allergy, asthma, chronic bronchitis.
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Botanical.com Index of Poisonous Plants
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Description, consitutents, medicinal actions and uses, preparations, dosages, and antidotes of 40 poisonous plants.
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The Alternative Medicine Homepage (Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh)
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Links from a very reputable library to sources of information on unconventional, alternative, complementary, innovative, and integrative therapies.
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The Longwood Herbal Task Force
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Information on herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins and minerals, interactions and toxicity; contains in-depth monographs, clinical information summaries, and patient fact sheets.
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (National Institutes of Health)
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General information about alternative and complementary therapies, links to research centers currently conducting studies on alternative therapies for addiction, aging, AIDS, cancer, asthma, stroke, and neurologic conditions.
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Quackwatch's Non-recommended books
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You might want to check this website before buying certain alternative medicine products, believing certain alternative medicine "gurus" or using certain alternative medicine methods.
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Human Anatomy Online
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An interactive site divided into body systems (digestive, skeletal, etc.) that gives brief explanations of the functions of body parts.
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Medtropolis
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In addition to explanations of diseases, outlines for healthy lifestyles, drug information, this website offers fun lessons in anatomy.
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Arthritis Foundation
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Fact sheets on different types of arthritis, local services, newsletters, publications for sale.
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Your Orthopedic Connection (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Public Information)
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Contains patient education brochures on common ailments, and tips for prevention of accidents, by subject and by body part.
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(see also CLINICAL TRIALS and WOMEN'S HEALTH
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American Cancer Society
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Detailed information on various types of cancers; cancer news; coping help.
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Association of Cancer Online Resources
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Mailing lists, support groups, treatment options, clinical trials, publications, and more.
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Cancercare
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Medical news related to cancer research. Information about this organization's counseling and educational programs. Help in dealing with financial needs. The site contains many links to other sites.
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Cancereducation.com
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Research and clinical updates, information on specific types of cancer and their risk factors, diagnoses, staging, prognoses, treatment options, clinical trials, supportive resources, and social issues.
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CancerFacts.com Support Groups
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Support groups organized by state.
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Cancerlinks
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Many links to excellent sites with information on all types of cancers. The links include websites dealing with genetics, emotional support, treatments, advocacy and legislation, alternative medicine; insurance;and more.
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Inside Cancer
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Inside Cancer, created by Cold Spring Harbor's Dolan DNA Learning Center, is an interactive, animated, and textual introduction to cancer biology. Brief audiovisual clips of scientists add insidghts and interest to beautifully presented and easily understood information. |
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Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
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An online resource of the University of California-San Francisco, the Library and Center for Knowledge Management contains more than twenty million previously classified pages from tobacco industry files.
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(The) Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America
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Disease information, patient services, excellent up-to-date informational brochures.
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National Cancer Institute
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In addition to a lot of basic information regarding different types of cancers, this website lists clinical trials, and provides statistics and news about cancer research.
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National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)
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Guides to cancer resources, cancer support and information, advocacy, survivorship programs, conferences and events, media alerts.
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National Comprehensive Cancer Network
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This website provides information on clinical trials and cancer drugs. It includes patient guidelines, a physician directory; news about cancer research, and a long list of links to cancer resources on the Internet.
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Noah (NY Online Access to Health)
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In addition to a lot of disease-related information, this website provides links to many listservs and support groups.
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Oncolink Patient Guidelines for Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer (University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center)
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An award winning site, Oncolink provides information on specific types of cancer, support, screening and prevention, clinical trials, global resources. It also answers frequently asked questions, and lists recommended reading material.
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American Academy of Pediatrics Public Education Brochures
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Pages on many topics of interest to parents.
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Children with Diabetes
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An online community of kids, families, and adults with diabetes. News, health, advocacy, support.
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Congenital Heart Disease Information and Resources
(Children's Health Information Network)
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For professionals and consumers, information on child and adult congenital heart disease, links to Internet resources, book reviews, and support services and resources for parents.
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Cove Point Foundation
(University of Virginia Children's Heart Center)
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Edited by physicians at Johns Hopkins Children's Center, this website provides textual and graphical information on congenital heart disease.
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Immunization Action Coalition
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Childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization information and hepatitis B educational materials. Has an immunization schedule.
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iVillage Parents' Place.com
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Articles on pregnancy, breastfeeding, baby care, adolescence, children's health and education, family activities, a pregnancy calendar that explains what to expect throughout pregnancy, and more. Chat rooms for parents and personalized advice from a doctor, midwife, teacher, and nutritionist.
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
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In addition to providing information on clinical trials and new treatments, this site has a kids online section that includes pen pals, polls, and stories.
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Kidd Safety
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Brought to you by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, this website helps to prevent unreasonable risks of injuries to children associated with consumer products.
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National Cancer Institute Childhood Cancers
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Causes, prevention, testing, statistics, treatment, clinical trials, alternative and complementary medicine, support.
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parenthood.com
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Comprehensive site for links to other websites dealing with topics from conception through parenthood.
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Centerwatch Clinical Trials Listing Service
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Newly approved drug therapies, results of drug clinical trials and drugs currently in clinical research. Many links to other health associations.
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Clinicaltrials.gov
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At this site, you can either browse or search clinical trials by condition, funding organization, or recruitment status.
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National Cancer Institute Cancer Trials
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Search for information on 1,500 current research studies on cancer. Includes information defining clinical trials, how to search for studies, and how to participate.
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Matching and referral service for clinical trials at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Search the Studies
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From the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, this site allows you to search by diagnosis, sign, symptom, or other keywords or phrases.
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Community Resource Database
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With detailed information on nearly 12,000 community resources on Long Island, the CRD is a comprehensive online directory of health, education, social, and human service agencies and programs on Long Island.
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Consumer @ction
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Check out the publications on this site for helpful consumer information from banking to utilities (e.g., your electric services).
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Consumer Product Safety Commission
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Full-text of the Consumer Product Safety Commission's newsletter.
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Kidd Safety
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Brought to you by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, this website helps to prevent unreasonable risks of injuries to children associated with consumer products.
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Public Citizen
(from The Health Research Group)
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This consumer advocacy organization, partnered with The Health Research Group, "uses research and public education to promote system-wide changes in health care policy." Look here for "questionable doctors," medical devices, information on drug and food safety, and many other health topics.
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American Dental Association Online
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Covers a variety of topics from absessed teeth to X-rays. Also includes a list of ADA member dentists.
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The Wisdom Tooth Home Page
(University of Manitoba)
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Provides basic oral health information, including oral health concerns, tips for parents, and links to other dental websites.
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American Diabetes Association
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Basic diabetes information plus advice on nutrition, weight loss and exercise; legal resources and community programs.>
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Children with Diabetes
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An online community of kids, families, and adults with diabetes. News, health, advocacy, support.
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Diabetes Public Health Resources
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Translating diabetes research into daily practice, the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion's website offers answers to frequently asked questions, statistics, and summaries of CDC projects. The website inludes news about diabetes,and links to relevant websites, publications, and products.
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Diabetic Mailing List Home Page
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Discussion list for people with diabetes.
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Diabetes Mall
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Information on the types and causes of diabetes, medications and alternative therapies, tips for control, tools such as a body mass indicator calculator, and many useful products that can be purchased from the website.
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Diabetes Self-Management
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A bimonthly magazine for people with diabetes.
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The Diabetes Monitor
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"Monitoring diabetes happenings everywhere in cyberspace, and providing information, education and support for people with diabetes."
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Joslin Diabetes Center
(an affiliate of Harvard Medical School)
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News, research, education, and diabetes management. Also includes information about the Joslin Diabetes Center.
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Prevention and treatment; clinical trials and research reports. A booklet called "Prevent Diabetes Problems: Keep Your Teeth and Gums Healthy" can be found at diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_teeth/teeth.pdf.
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On-line Diabetes Resources by Rick Mendosa
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This website catalogs all the online resources that have substantive information about diabetes. Each one is listed, linked, and briefly described.
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American Gastroenterological Association Public Section
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act sheets on diseases and procedure, publications, news, a gastroenterologist locator service, and links to other websites.
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American Liver Foundation
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News, clinical trials, and chapter information regarding workshops and seminars.
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Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America
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Well-written all you want to know (that is known) about these diseases, including research information and advocacy.
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Hepatitis Foundation International
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How to live with hepatitis; also contains research news and contact information for support groups.
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Provides news and information on health, federal programs, and research; has links to other organizations, clinical trials, federal programs, and advocacy.
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United Ostomy Association
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Links to digestive disorders, cancer, and urology sites; has general information, information on food, support, and a bibliography and newsletter.
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Cornucopia of Disability Information (CODI)
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An excellent website that provides links to government agencies, organizations, support groups, legal information, directories, information on employment, and much more.
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Family Village
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This website integrates information about specific disabilities, support groups, publications, research programs, recreational activities, and much, much more.
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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
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A compilation of disability resources by state; research summaries; and information on various topics such as autism, relevant US education laws, and learning disabilities. The site has an interesting newsletter that provides information on particular disabilities and offers many links to other helpful website.
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National Rehabilitation Information Center of Independence
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This is an online gateway to an abundance of disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information. There are three searchable databases: REHABDATA has publication abstracts; NIDRR Project Database has information on all projects funded by NIDRR; and the NARIC Knowledgebase is a collection of resources for information and referral. On this site you will also find publications of the Center, descriptions of services it offers, and a Did You Know column.
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Center for Drug Evaluation and Research: Consumer Education: What You About Medicine Safety
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Consumer Drug Information Sheets posted on this site give general information about newly approved prescription drugs. This government site also provides information on prescription, generic, and over-the-counter drug products, including advice on buying drugs on the Internet and outside the United States.
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Drug Digest
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In addition to the expected drug information, you will find helpful information on drug interactions.
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DrugInfoNet
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Despite its name, you can find here not only drug information but medical news and helpful information about diseases.
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FDA Consumer
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FDA Consumer is the official magazine of the Food and Drug Administration. This site includes the magazine"s archives back to 1989.
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FDA Easy to read publications
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About 20 easy-to-read brochures on common topics such as healthy eating and how to give medicine to children.
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Health AtoZ Drug Guide
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You will find more than 7000 drugs, with product information that includes conditions for which you should take the drug, proper dosage, information for women who are breast feeding, potential side effects, pharmacology, and warnings.
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Healthtouch Online for Better Health
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This site has won many awards and prominently displays the source of all of its articles. It is easier to understand than some of the other websites.
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Needy Meds
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For those who cannot afford their medications, Needy Meds supplies information about drug companies" special programs.
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Pharmacy and You
(American Pharmaceutical Association)
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Brochures on common health problems such as pain, asthma, sort throat, and heartburn.
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RxList
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Profiles of 300 drugs currently approved by the FDA; RxList's drug monographs are more complete than those at other similar sites. The website has a search engine that allows searching by drug name, keyword, imprint code, NDC, pill ID, side effects, or drug interactions.
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Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites
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Check this sight to verify that a particular online pharmacy is legitimate.
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worstpills.org
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Public Citizen's Health Research Group provides reliable information on more than 600 top selling drugs including 185 that they recommend you not use; an online searchable database; recommendations on safer alternatives to harmful drugs; alerts about newly discovered drug dangers, and more. A year's subscription costs $15.
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Chromosome Deletion Outreach
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This parent support organization is an excellent resource that describes chromosomal abnormalities.
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Genetic Alliance
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"In our central position in the genetics community, we are able to empower individuals and advocacy organizations to help better the lives of their constituents: individuals and families living with genetic conditions."
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Genetics Home Reference
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Each genetic condition page links to summaries for genes that are related to that condition. You'll also find a glossary to help you understand the technical terms found in each summary. In addition, for each condition, there are multiple links to other sites that provide information for that condition.
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Understanding Genetic Testing
(Dept. of Health & Human Services)
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Online brochure that covers basic patient questions about genetic testing.
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FirstGov for Consumers: Health
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This site includes articles from a broad range of federal agencies, arranged by topic, and agency press releases on issues in the news.
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Nassau County Department of Health
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Nursing home contact information, immunization schedules, and how to obtain birth and death records, and free HIV testing and counseling, and much, much more.
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State of New York Department of Health
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You'll find health news, information for consumers, information about vital records, and a public health forum.
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National Health Information Center
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The Health Information Resource Database includes 1,100 organizations and government offices that provide health information upon request, list of publications and telephone numbers, and Healthy People 2010.
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National Institutes of Health
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A gateway to the extensive resources of federal agencies, publications, health hotlines, clinical trials, health literature references, and to other sites.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
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An incredible source of information from the federal government, including dictionaries, statistics, health policies, and guidelines. There is also a wealth of information on topics such as disasters and emergencies, diseases, drugs, vaccines, Medicaid, and domestic violence.
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(ACHE) American Council for Headache Education
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Some general information on headache as it relates to women and to children; information on prevention, help in finding physicians and support groups. The site also offers a discussion forum and a glossary.
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American Heart Association
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Comprehensive cardiac information: A-Z heart and stroke encyclopedia, diseases and conditions, CPR, health lifestyle advice.
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Congenital Heart Information Network
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For professionals and consumers groups, this webiste provides information, support services, and resources to families of children with congenital heart defects and acquired heart disease, and to adults with congenital heart defects.
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HeartCenterOnline for Patients
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With information provided by board-certified heart surgeons, and excellent illustrations and animations of cardiac procedures, this website is a must.
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HeartPoint
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Health tips, healthy recipes, very good multimedia presentations explaining conditions, and surgery and other treatment.
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Yale University School of Medicine Heart Book
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This is the full text of an online book dealing with all sorts of heart-related information.
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The American Hospice Foundation
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A searchable database of hospices with websites. The site also has many links to caregiving and advocacy resources; useful articles; various publications including videos and manuals; and grief workshops.
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American Bar Association Estate Planning Answers
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Information on the important topics of living wills, health care proxies, and advance health care directives.
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American Bar Association Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
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An explanation of health care proxies and advance directives and other "after death" decisions to think about now.
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Medicare: The Official US Government Site for People with Medicare
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Helpful information for choosing among the Medicare plans.
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Medline Plus Health Insurance
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General information about health insurance, Medicare & Medicaid, statistics, laws, etc. from the National Library of Medicine.
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MedWeb
(click on Consumer Health)
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A long list of resources for the health consumer: diseases and conditions, information on insurance, legal medicine, Medicaid, etc.
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National Committee for Quality Assurance
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Helps you to rate health insurance plans.
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20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors
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From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality come these easy ways to become more involved in your healthcare.
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American Diabetes Association Youth Zone
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Basic information explaining diabetes, a section on legal rights of diabetics, and fun games.
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Children with Diabetes
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An online community of kids, families, and adults with diabetes. News, health, advocacy, support.
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FDA Kids's Home Page
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A great site for kids that explains the work of the FDA, food and drug news, and select special topics such as "All About Vaccines" and "What to Do About Flu." It also includes games and Yorick, a skeleton that explains medical devices.
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FEMA for Kids
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Attractive and fun site that offers information on protection against and emergency action during disasters (floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, thunderstorms, volcanoes, earthquakes, wild fires, winter storms, AND national security emergencies). It prepares the reader to put together a home supply kit and to protect pets and other animals. The site also includes games and quizzes.
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Go Ask Alice!
(Columbia University)
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Directed at a teenage/college-age audience, Go Ask Alice! Is the world's leading health question and answer service with an archive of over 2500 straightforward and in-depth responses to questions sent anonymously to Alice!'s e-mail box.
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Healthfinder for Kids
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The US Department of Health and Human Services has put together a list of health website links suitable for children.
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Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
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In addition to providing information on clinical trials and new treatments, this site has a kids online section that includes pen pals, polls, and stories.
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KidsConnected
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Provides support to children whose parents have cancer.
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Kids Helping Kids
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This is a support groups for children and teens who are cancer patients.
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KidsHealth.org
(The Nemours Foundations and the Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children)
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An age appropriate source of information about health issues with which kids and teens are concerned.
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Mercy Bear's Big Adventures
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This wonderfully illustrated site from Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics in Kansas City, Missouri, provides easy to understand explanations of what to expect from same-day surgery, exam room visits, and overnight hospital stays.
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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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"Facts for Families" provides easy to understand fact sheets describing psychiatric disorders.
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American Psychological Association Help Center
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APA's Help Center offers facts on mental health and disorders, including work related issues, teen violence, family relationships, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, phobias, and schizophrenia. It also has guides on choosing a therapist and what to expect from therapy.
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National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
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This is the site of the nation's largest organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons affected by serious mental illness. Here you will find information on policy, research, books, meetings, and news concerning psychological disorders.
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National Mental Health Association
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This site provides good, basic information on many psychological disorders; and information on advocacy, prevention, referral, public education, and legislative alerts on public policies affecting people with mental illness.
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CNN.com: Health
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Top medical news stories of the week with links to related CNN stories and to other websites. The webiste allows for keyword searching of its entire database.
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New York Times
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The last month of all health-related articles are freely available, as are some older ones.
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News In Health
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NIH News in Health is a free monthly newsletter bringing you practical health information based on research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation's medical research agency.
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Reuters Health
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Daily free medical news for the consumer, archived for one week.
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World Health News
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Published Wednesdays and updated throughout the week.
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The Food Guide Pyramid
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"The Pyramid illustrates the research-based food guidance system developed by the USDA and supported by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). It goes beyond the Ôbasic four food groupsÕ to help you put the Dietary Guidelines into action."
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America's Best Hospitals (US News and World Report)
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Searchable by hospital, specialty, and geographical location.
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American Board of Medical Specialties Certified Doctor Home Page
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Contains physician's name and specialty board certification. You must register in order to use this site.
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American Hospital Directory
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The free part of this website provides interesting summary hospital data.
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American Medical Association Physician Select
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Searchable by name or specialty of licensed MDs and DOs, the site provides address, phone number, specialty, confirmation of board certification, AMA membership, education, training, and type of practice.
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Hospital Web
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Links to more than 1900 American and 50 foreign hospitals' websites.
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MDHub
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This free service enables a patient to contact his or her physician for non-emergencies without annoying telephone calls. It is not intended for medical advice, consultations, or replacement of office visits.
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New York State Education Department Office of the Professions
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Search for physicians' schooling and licensure information.
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New York State Professional Misconduct & Physician Discipline
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This office investigates complaints about physicians, physician assistants, and specialist assistants. You can search individuals to see whether there have been complaints made or actions taken against them.
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UCompare HealthCare
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Free reports help you compare health care providers so you can make an informed health care decision.
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" target="_blank">New York State Professional Misconduct & Physician Discipline
This office investigates complaints about physicians, physician assistants, and specialist assistants. You can search individuals to see whether there have been complaints made or actions taken against them.
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Lab Tests Online
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From the American Association of Clinical Chemistry comes this website that explains what particular tests are, why and when to get tested, and what the results mean.
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TransWeb.org
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Overview of transplantation of specific organs, legal and ethical issues of transplantation, news, many references, an index with links to related sites, support, and personal stories.
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USTransplant.org: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
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The Registry monitors and evaluates advances in transplant surgery techniques and organ preservation, improvements in matching donor organs with recipients, and developments in immunosuppressive therapies in order to reduce the size of the waiting list and to improve transplant outcomes.
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The American Breast Cancer Guide
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Detection and prevention, sentinel node biopsies, explanation of several types of reconstructive surgery; support groups, services, products (such as wigs); and information for Breast cancer patients.
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FDA Office of Women's Health
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Women's Health (OWH) serves as a champion for women's health both within and outside the agency. On its website, it offers much free material on health topics as they relate specifically to women, such as: menopausal hormone therapies and progress in treating uterine fibroids. It also has a number of one-page brochures on topics from accidents to whole-body CT scanning.
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Health Resources and Services Administration: Women's Health
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An interesting website that provides the Women's Health USA Databooks, which "selectively include emerging issues and trends in women's health. Data and information on health care quality, women in clinical trials, organ donation, and hormone therapy are a few of the new topics included."
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Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition
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The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition has been committed to fighting the breast cancer epidemic through education, outreach, advocacy, spearheading changes to legislation affecting cancer issues, and continuously raising money to support innovative epidemiological cancer research projects at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories. |
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MLA Internet Health Resources
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Links to websites that contain information about all aspects of infertility.
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National Osteoporosis Foundation
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Information on prevention and treatment, educational news, physician directory, resources catalog.
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National Women's Health Information Center
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Sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services, this site links you to reliable and timely government and non-government resources on women's health.
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Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization
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Medical information, instructions for self-examination, information on male breast cancer, support, advocacy, many links to other sites.
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A Su Salud
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Here you will find links to many websites that have health information in Spanish.
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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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"Facts for Families" provides easy to understand fact sheets describing psychiatric disorders. They are in English and Spanish. Link to similar items in Dutch, French Polish, and Icelandic are offered.
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American Cancer Society
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Detailed information on various types of cancers; cancer news; and coping help.
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CancerIndex
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Resources in languages other than English: Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish.
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Cancerlinks
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Many links to excellent sites with information on all types of cancers. The links include websites dealing with genetics, emotional support, treatments, advocacy and legislation, alternative medicine; insurance;and more.
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CHIDOnline: The Combined Health Information Database
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On this website you can choose from among 13 databases and 115 langugages to search for health information from AIDS to weight control.
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Consumer @ction
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Check out the publications on this site to learn how to get the most out of your HMO and how to avoid medical fraud.
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Council on Family Health
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The purpose of this website is to educate consumers about the proper use of nonprescription and prescription medicines, dietary supplements, home safety and personal health. It contains some information in Spanish.
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Cross Cultural Health Care Program
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The CCHCP addresses broad cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families in ethnic minority communities.
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FDA Easy to read publications
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About 20 easy-to-read brochures on common topics such as healthy eating and how to give medicine to children.
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Healthy Roads Media
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Health Road Media, a partnership of organizations in North Dakota and Minnesota, offers free audio, written, and multimedia materials in plain, easy-to-read language. Health information is available in: Amharic, Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, English, Farsi, French, Khmer, Korean, Kurdish, Kurundi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, and Vietnamese.
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Healthfinder
(US Dept. of Health and Human Services)
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Government-sponsored fact sheets on healthcare and diseases; includes links to other websites, self-help groups, and clearinghouses.
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Immunization Action Coalition
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Childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization information and hepatitis B educational materials. It provides an immunization schedule.
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Institutos Nacionales de la Salud
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Consumer information from the National Library of Medicine.
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MedlinePlus
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Covers many health topics and includes dictionaries and glossaries; news items; adam.com medical encyclopedia with an extensive library of medical images; and links to other types and sources of information.
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National Cancer Institute
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In addition to much basic information regarding different types of cancers, this website lists clinical trials, and provides statistics and news about cancer research.
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National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS)
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Guides to cancer resources, cancer support and information, advocacy, survivorship programs, conferences and events, and media alerts.
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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
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Information on "what works" with children and students with disabilities.
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National Health Information Center
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This is a referral service that helps put you in contact with those who can help.
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
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Prevention and treatment; clinical trials and research reports. Some of the information is in Spanish.
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National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
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NIAAA's website provides pamphlets, brochures, and answers to frequently asked questions dealing with alcohol use and abuse. It also includes referral information and clinical trials data.>
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National Rehabilitation Information Center of Independence
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This is an online gateway to an abundance of disability- and rehabilitation-oriented information. There are three searchable databases: REHABDATA has publication abstracts; NIDRR Project Database has information on all projects funded by NIDRR; and the NARIC Knowledgebase is a collection of resources for information and referral. There are also lists of publications, descriptions of services offered by the center, and a "Did You Know" column.
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Noah: NY Online Access to Health
(New York Public Library)
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Disease-specific, high quality full-text health documents. Information is provided by hospitals, the National Cancer Institute, the NYC Department of Health, etc.
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Pharmacy and You
(American Pharmaceutical Association)
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Brochures on common health problems such as pain, asthma, sort throat, and heartburn.
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Reuters Health
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Daily free medical news for the consumer, archived for one week.
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US FDA Alphabetical list of Spanish Publications Fact Sheets
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Y-Me National Breast Cancer Organization
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Medical information, instructions for self-examination, information on male breast cancer, support, advocacy, and many links to other sites.
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Your Orthopedic Connection (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Public Information)
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Contains patient education brochures on common ailments and tips for prevention of accidents, by subject and by body part.
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OTHER LANGUAGES
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American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
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"Facts for Families" provides easy to understand fact sheets describing psychiatric disorders. Languages include Dutch, French Polish, and Icelandic.
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CancerIndex
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Cancer resources in languages other than English: Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish.
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CHIDOnline: The Combined Health Information Database
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On this website you can choose from among 13 databases and 115 langugages to search for health information from AIDS to weight control.
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Consumer @ction
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Consumer @ction is an non-profit organization that publishes educational materials in Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese and other languages.
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Cross Cultural Health Care Program
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The CCHCP addresses broad cultural issues that impact the health of individuals and families in ethnic minority communities.
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Diabetes Monitor
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This site contains links to other sites that deal with diabetes in languages from Belgian to Swedish.
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EthnoMed
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"The EthnoMed site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world."
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FDA Foreign Language Documents
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The FDA's site provides links to information in several languages on the topics of food and cosmetics safety, women's health, and cancer.
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HICUP (Health Information in Chinese Uniting Patients, Physicians and the Public) (NYU)
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Patient education handouts on disease information, insurance, and nutrition.
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MedInfoRus Patient Information
(Russian and Polish)
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This site provides links to information in Russian on over 100 medical topics, information on childhood medical topics such as diaper rash and coughs; and vaccine information sheets.
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My Medicines
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This easy-to-read pamphlet and medicine-tracking chart can be used to learn more about taking medicines correctly. It is written in many languages including: Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Polish, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai, and Vietnamese.
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National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
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This website provides answers to many common questions regarding aging, including Medicare, Medicaid, and long term care, and includes some articles in Asian languages.
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Saude (Portuguese)
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SUNY IT Culturally Appropriate Materials
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Links to health-related Web resources in many languages.
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