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Información sobre la Salud al Consumidor en Español
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Aging
AARP Caregiving
http://www.aarp.org/families/caregiving/
AGS (American Geriatrics Society) Foundation
http://www.healthinaging.org/
Alliance for Aging Research
http://www.agingresearch.org/
Centers for Medicaid Services
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp
Eldercare
http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare/Public/Home.asp
Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)
http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/home.jsp
FirstGov for Seniors
http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Seniors.shtml
Medicare
http://www.medicare.gov/
Merck Manual of Geriatrics
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmg/home.jsp
National Council on the Aging
http://www.ncoa.org/index.cfm?bType=ie4
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
http://www.nia.nih.gov/
NIA Senior Health - Health Information for Older Adults
http://nihseniorhealth.gov/
Social Security Online
http://www.ssa.gov/
U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA)
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/
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AIDS-HIV
AIDS Info - HIV-AIDS Information
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/
HIV-AIDS Information Center - National Library of Medicine (NLM)
http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv.html
Info-Net - Index of Fact Sheets
http://www.aidsinfonet.org/factsheets.php?catnum=&newLang=en
National HIV Testing Resources
http://www.hivtest.org/
Allergy & Asthma
Allergy & Asthma Network Morthers of Asthmatics
http://www.breatherville.org/
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
http://www.aaaai.org/
American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
http://www.acaai.org/
American Lung Association: Asthma & Allergy
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22542
Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
http://www.aafa.org/index_noflash.cfm
Environmental Protection Agency: Asthma
http://www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
http://www.foodallergy.org/
Alternative Medicine
About Herbs - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11570.cfm
Herbal Safety
http://www.herbalsafety.utep.edu/
HerbMed
http://www.herbmed.org/herbs/herblist.htm
NOAH - Complementary & Alternative Medicine
http://www.noah-health.org/en/alternative/
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Association HomePage
http://www.alz.org/
Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center - National Institute on Aging (NIA)
http://www.alzheimers.org/
Alzheimer's Foundation
http://www.alzfdn.org/
Arthritis
All About Arthritis
http://www.allaboutarthritis.com/portal/DPUY/AAA
American College of Rheumatology
http://www.rheumatology.org/public/factsheets/index.asp?aud=pat
Arthritis
http://www.arthritis.com/
Arthritis & Glucosamine Information Center
http://www.glucosamine-arthritis.org/
Arthritis Central
http://www.arthritiscentral.com/
Arthritis Foundation
http://www.arthritis.org/default.asp
Arthritis Insight
http://www.arthritisinsight.com/
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Arthritis pages
http://www.cdc.gov/arthritis/
Cleveland Clinic - Rheumatoid Arthritis
http://tinyurl.com/fdt5e
HealthLink - Reactive Arthritis (Reiter's Syndrome)
http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002614.html
Hypermobility Syndrome Association
http://www.hypermobility.org/
Johns Hopkins Arthritis pages
http://www.hopkins-arthritis.som.jhmi.edu/
Mayo Clinic - Arthritis pages
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/rheumatoid-arthritis/DS00020
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
http://www.niams.nih.gov/index.htm
National Osteoporosis Foundation
http://www.nof.org/
United States Bone & Joint Decade - Arthritis Pages
http://www.usbjd.org/patients_public/condition.cfm?pg=intro.cfm&conditionID=2
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Autism
American Academy of Pediatrics: Autism
http://www.aap.org/healthtopics/autism.cfm
Autism & PDD Support Network
http://www.autism-pdd.net/
Autism Info
http://www.autisminfo.com/
Autism Online
http://www.autismonline.org/
Autism Research
http://www.researchautism.org/
Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
Autism Speaks
http://www.autismspeaks.org/
Autism TV
http://www.up-to-date.com/autism.tv/index.html
Camp Makebelive
http://www.campmakebelievekids.com/AspergerSyndrome.htm
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - Autism Information
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/index.htm
Cure Autism Now Foundation
http://www.cureautismnow.org/site/c.bhLOK2PILuF/b.1021889/k.BFD8/Home.htm
Healing Thresholds
http://autism.healingthresholds.com/
International Rett Syndrome Association
http://www.rettsyndrome.org/
MAAP Services for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
http://www.maapservices.org/
Mayo Clinic - Asperger's Syndrome Overview
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/asperger-syndrome/DS00551
Mayo Clinic - Autism Overview
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/autism/DS00348
National Autism Association
http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
http://www.nichcy.org/resources/autism.asp
National Institutes of Health: Autims Spectrum Disorders
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/asd.cfm
Pathfinders for Autism
http://www.pathfindersforautism.org/
Yale Developmental Disabilities Clinic
http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/
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Bone & Joint DiseaseUnited States Bone & Joint Decade
http://www.usbjd.org/
Brain Disorders
American Brain Tumor Association
http://hope.abta.org/site/PageServer
Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer
Brain Connections
http://neuro-www.mgh.harvard.edu/brainconnections.html
Brain Matters
http://www.thebrainmatters.org/index.cfm?key=1.1.1
Child Neurology Society
http://www.childneurologysociety.org/
Huntington's Disease Society of America
http://www.hdsa.org/site/PageServer
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
Neurology Channel
http://www.neurologychannel.com/
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Cancer
American Brain Tumor Association
http://hope.abta.org/site/PageServer
American Cancer Society All About Breast Cancer
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/CRI_2x.asp?sitearea=LRN&dt=5
American Cancer Society Homepage
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/index.asp
American Cancer Society - Asian Language Materials
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ASN/ASN_0.asp
Inside Cancer
http://www.insidecancer.org/
Lung Cancer Online
http://www.lungcanceronline.org/
Lymphoma
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=7030
Melanoma Patients Information Page
http://www.mpip.org
National Breast Cancer Foundation
http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/about_us/index.html
National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/
Office of Cancer Complementary & Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
http://www.cancer.gov/cam/
Skin Cancer Foundation
http://www.skincancer.org/
Understanding the Risk
http://understandingrisk.cancer.gov/
Cerebral Palsy
United Cerebral Palsy
http://www.ucp.org/
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Children & Teens
For Children & Teens
CDC Tips for Teens (Center for Disease Control)
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm
Children With Diabetes Online Community
http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/index_cwd.htm
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Index pages
http://www.chop.edu/consumer/your_child/module_index.jsp
Diabetes - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103431
FDA Kids' Site (Food & Drug Administration)
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/
FEMA for Kids (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
http://www.fema.gov/kids/
Health Galaxy
http://www.chop.edu/kidshealthgalaxy/khg.shtml
Human Body - Blending in But Staying Special
http://library.thinkquest.org/5777/index.htm
Jump Into a Health Life
http://library.thinkquest.org/5407/
Just for Kids Who Stutter
http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/kids.html
Just for Teens Who Stutter
http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster/kids/teens.html
Kids Like Me with ADD
http://www.addcenters.com/kidshub.htm
KidsHealth
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/
Learning Disabilities OnLine: KidZone
http://www.ldonline.org/kidzone/kidzone.html
OHSU - Young Men's Health Page - Oregon Health & Science University
http://www.ohsu.edu/library/teenhealth/youngmen/
OHSU - Young Women's Health Page - Oregon Health & Science University
http://www.ohsu.edu/library/teenhealth/
TeensHelath
http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/
ToxMystery
http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/
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For Parents
Administration for Children & Families - US Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/
Allergy & Asthma Network Mothres of Asthmatics
http://www.breatherville.org/
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org/
American Academy of Pediatrics - Parenting Corner
http://www.aap.org/parents.html
American Dental Association - Give Kids a Smile
http://www.ada.org/prof/events/featured/gkas/index.asp
American Medical Association - Adolescent Health
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1947.html
Child Neurology Society
http://www.childneurologysociety.org/
Children With Disabilities - US Dept of Education
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/504faq.html
Children's Cancer Association
http://www.childrenscancerassociation.org/
Children's Hospice International
http://www.chionline.org/
Children's Hospital Boston
http://www.childrenshospital.org/
Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
http://www.childrens-mercy.org/ParentsChildren/default.asp?tab=PC
Council of Educatorrs for Students with Disabilities
http://www.504idea.org/
Family Education
http://www.familyeducation.com/home/
Health, Mental Health & Safety Guidelines for Schools
http://www.nationalguidelines.org/
Hemophilia Galaxy - Growing Up
http://www.hemophiliagalaxy.com/patients/growing/index.html
KidsHealth for Parents
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/
Learning Disabilities OnLine - Parent Information
http://www.ldonline.org/parents.htm
National Cancer Institute - Childhood Cancers
http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov/cancertopics/types/childhoodcancers
Non-verbal Learning Disorder
http://www.nldontheweb.org/
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
http://www.stjude.org/
USDA-ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine
http://www.kidsnutrition.org/
Zero to Three
http://www.zerotothree.org/ztt_parents.html
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Clinical Trials
Association of Clinical Research Professionals - Information on Trial Participation
http://www.acrpnet.org/resources/trial/
Clinical Trials
http://clinicaltrials.gov/
Health & Age - Clinical Trials
http://www.healthandage.com/html/res/clinical_trials/index.htm
Medline Plus Clinical Trials
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/clinicaltrials.html
Consumer Safety
MedWatch - US FDA
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/
Quackwatch
http://www.quackwatch.org/
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
http://www.cpsc.gov/
Cosmetic Surgery
See - Surgery, Cosmetic, Plastic & Reconstructive
Cystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
http://www.cff.org/home/
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Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/home.jsp
American Dietetic Association - Eat Right
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/index.html
BD Diabetes
http://www.bddiabetes.com/us/
Diabetes
http://www.diabetes.com/
Diabetes & Me (CDC - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/consumer/index.htm
Diabetes New Day
http://www.diabetesnewday.com/new_day/diabetesnewday/index.jsp
FDA Diabetes Information
http://www.fda.gov/diabetes/
Meals for You
http://www.mealsforyou.com/
National Diabetes Education Initiative
http://www.ndei.org/
National Diabetes Education Program
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
http://www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/
Dictionaries
Dorlands Medical Dictionary
http://tinyurl.com/caa3m
Disabilities
Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing
http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx
American Disability Association
http://www.adanet.org/
American Foundation for the Blind
http://www.afb.org/
Disability Info.gov
http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/
Job Accommodation Network
http://janweb.icdi.wvu.edu/
March of Dimes
http://www.marchofdimes.com/
National Association for the Deaf
http://www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=91587
National Center for the Dissemination of Disability Research
http://www.ncddr.org/
National Organization on Disability
http://www.nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=27
National Rehabilitation Information Center
http://www.naric.com/
Drug Information
DailyMed
http://dailymed.nlm.nih.gov/dailymed/about.cfm
Electronic Orange Book - Approved drug products w/
Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations from the FDA
http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/
Medicines - MedLINE Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicines.html
E
Eating Disorders
American Dietetic Association
http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/index.html
American Obesity Association
http://www.obesity.org/
America on the Move
http://aom.americaonthemove.org/site/c.krLXJ3PJKuG/b.1524889/k.BFFA/Home.htm
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Overweight & Obesity
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/obesity/
Center for Weight & Health - UC Berkeley
http://nature.berkeley.edu/cwh/
Eating Disorder Referral & Information
http://www.edreferral.com/
Eating Disorders - Mirror Mirror
http://www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm
National Institutes of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disorders - Weight-control Information Network
http://www.win.niddk.nih.gov/
National Institutes of Mental Health - Eating Disorders
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/eatingdisorders.cfm
Obesity in America
http://health.msn.com/reports/obesity/
Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity (Yale)
http://www.yaleruddcenter.org/home.aspx
US Department of Agriculture, Food & Nutrition
http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=1
US Department of Health & Human Services - Small Step
http://smallstep.gov/
US Department of Health & Human Services - Women's Body Image
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/index.cfm
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Fibromyalgia
National Fibromyalgia Association
http://www.fmaware.org/
Foot & Ankle
American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society
http://www.aofas.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
Podiatry Channel
http://www.podiatrychannel.com/
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General Reference Sources
American Academy of Family Physicians
http://familydoctor.org/
A-Z Health Topics
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/topics/index.html
Beehive!!
http://tinyurl.com/f3tg5
CAPHIS - Consumer & Patient Health Information Section
http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html
Discovery - Health
http://health.discovery.com/
eMedicine Health
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/hp.asp
First Gov for Consumer Health
http://www.consumer.gov/health.htm
Harvard Medicine
http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/info.asp
Health A to Z
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/default.jsp
Health Care - US Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/
Health Information - National Institutes of Health
http://health.nih.gov/
Healthfinder
http://healthfinder.gov/
Healthlink
http://healthlinkplus.org/
Healthology
http://healthology.com/
Internet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hea00.00.00/
InteliHealth
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html
JAMA Patient Pages
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/collection/patient_page
Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Medical Library - Medem
http://www.medem.com/medlb/medlib_entry.cfm
Medicine Net
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/hp.asp
MedlinePlus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medlineplus.html
Medscape
http://www.medscape.com/home
Merck Manual
http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_merckmanual_frameset.jsp
NIH MedlinePlus Online Journal
http://www.fnlm.org/FNLM%20Programs.html
NIH News in Health
http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/index.htm
NIH Office of Science Education
http://science-education.nih.gov/
NOAH - New York Online Access to Health
http://www.noah-health.org/
Northeast Texas Library System
http://www.av.netls.org/cgi-bin/welcome_MYDB.pl?NETLS
Stanford Health Library
http://healthlibrary.stanford.edu/
UpToDate Patient Information
http://tinyurl.com/m436y
WebMD
http://www.webmd.com/
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H
Headache
American Council for Headache Education
http://www.achenet.org/
National Headache Foundation
http://www.headaches.org/consumer/aboutindex.html
Heart Disease
American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
American Stroke Association
http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200037
Cleveland Clinic Heart Disease Guides
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/
Heart Failure Online
http://www.heartfailure.org/Heart Healthy Women
http://www.hearthealthywomen.org/reference/faq/cardiovascular_disease.html
Heart Info
http://www.heartinfo.org/
National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
National Stroke Association
http://www.stroke.org/site/PageServer?pagename=HOME
Hearing & Speech Disorders
Huntington's Disease
Huntington's Disease Society of America
http://www.hdsa.org/site/PageServer
Hypermobility Syndrome
Hypermobility Syndrome Association
http://www.hypermobility.org/
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J
K
L
Laboratory Test Procedures
ASCLS Laboratory Testing Information Page
http://www.ascls.org/labtesting/
Cancer Tests
http://www.cancure.org/tests_to_detect_cancer.htm
Harvard Medical School - Diagnostic Tests
http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/diagnostics.shtml
Lab & Diagnostic Tests
http://www.ecureme.com/emyhealth/labs/info_labs_labs.asp
Lab Tests Online
http://www.labtestsonline.org/
Languages
24 Languages - Health Information in Multiple Languages
http://library.med.utah.edu/24languages/
American Cancer Society - Asian Language Materials
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ASN/ASN_0.asp
National Library Of Medicine - Information in other languages
http://nnlm.gov/train/chi/multi.html
NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/health-public-affairs/mhcs/
SPIRAL - Selected Patient Information in Asian Languages
http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/spiral/
Leukemia & Lymphoma
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=7026
Lou Gehrig's Disease (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
ALS Association
http://www.alsa.org/
Lung Disease
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22542
Lyme Disease
American Lyme Disease Foundation
http://www.aldf.com/
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