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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/

Assisted Living Directory

http://www.assisted-living-directory.com/

Centers for Medicaid Services

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/default.asp

Eldercare

http://www.eldercare.gov/Eldercare.NET/Public/Home.aspx

Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA)

http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/home.jsp

FirstGov for Seniors

http://www.firstgov.gov/Topics/Seniors.shtml

Health & Age

http://www.healthandage.com/

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.gov/

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AIDS-HIV

AIDS Info - HIV-AIDS Information

http://www.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/categories/

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

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/

National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine

http://nccam.nih.gov/

NOAH - Complementary & Alternative Medicine

http://www.noah-health.org/en/alternative/

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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/

American Health Assistance Foundation

http://www.ahaf.org/

 

Arthritis

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/

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.com/index.html

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

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) - Autism Information

http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/index.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/Pages/Home.aspx

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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B

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 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/about.html

National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

Neurology Channel

http://www.neurologychannel.com/

 

C

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/

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/youth/index.htm

Center for Young Women's Health

www.youngwomenshealth.org

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/

Go Ask Alice

www.goaskalice.columbia.edu

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

KidsHealth

http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/

Learning Disabilities OnLine: KidZone

http://www.ldonline.org/kidzone/kidzone.html

MedlinePlus: Teen Health

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenhealth.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/

Teen Talk

www.plannedparenthood.org/teen-talk/

Teens Health

http://www.teenshealth.org/teen/

ToxMystery

http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov/

Young Men's Health

www.youngmenshealthsite.org

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For Parents

Administration for Children & Families - US Department of Health & Human Services

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

Allergy & Asthma Network Mothers 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

Center for Infant Mental Health & Development

http://www.cimhd.org/index.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/

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/site/
PageServer?pagename=homepage

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Clinical Trials

Clinical Trials

http://clinicaltrials.gov/

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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D

Depression

American Psychological Association: Depression

http://www.apa.org/topics/topicdepress.html

Depression & Bipolar Support Alliance

http://www.dbsalliance.org

Depression is Real Coalition

http://www.depressionisreal.org/

MentalHelp.net

http://www.mentalhelp.net/

National Institute of Mental Health

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

National Mental Health Information Center

http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/

Psych Central

http://psychcentral.com/

Psychology Information Online: Depression

http://www.psychologyinfo.com/depression/

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

MedTerms Medical Dictionary

http://www.medterms.com/script/main/hp.asp

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/

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 with
Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations from the FDA

http://www.fda.gov/cder/ob/

Medicines - MedLINE Plus

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/medicines.html

 

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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

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

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

http://www.4woman.gov/bodyimage/

 

End of Life Care

Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD)

http://www.abcd-caring.org/

Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA)

http://www.funerals.org/

Helping Your Child Deal With Death

http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/talk/death.html

Means to a Better End: A Report on Dying in American Today

http://www.rwjf.org/files/publications/other/meansbetterend.pdf

National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization: Caring Connections

http://www.caringinfo.org/

New York Online Access to Health(NOAH): Advance Directives by State

http://www.noah-health.org/en/rights/endoflife/adforms.html

 

Epilepsy

Epilepsy Foundation

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/index.cfm

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F

Fibromyalgia

National Fibromyalgia Association

http://www.fmaware.org/

 

Foot & Ankle

American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society

http://www.aofas.org/Scripts/4Disapi.dll/4DCGI/cms/
review.html?Action=CMS_Document&DocID=123

Podiatry Channel

http://www.podiatrychannel.com/

 

G

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

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 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/

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/education

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/

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/about.html

Hypermobility Syndrome

Hypermobility Syndrome Association

http://www.hypermobility.org/

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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://nnlm.gov/outreach/consumer/multi.html

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/outreach/consumer/multi.html

SPIRAL - Selected Patient Information in Asian Languages

http://www.library.tufts.edu/hsl/spiral/

 

Leukemia & Lymphoma

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

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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