Ken's WebSampler: Medical/Health

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• Advisors, Consultants & Doctors
• Advocacy Organizations
• Allergy/Asthma
• Articles
• Associations, Organizations, & Alliances (Professional)
• Cancer
• Children
• Commercial
• Death, Dying, and Bereavement
• Depression
• Diet / Healthy Eating / Weight Loss
• Disabilities Information
• For Doctors
• Financial Resources for the Terminally Ill
• General Medical/Health
• Huntington's Disease
• Institutions (Hospitals, Medical Centers, Medical Schools)
• Melatonin
• Mental Health, Depression & Suicide
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Neuromedicine
• Parkinson's Disease
• Sleep Disorders
• Substance Abuse
• Suicide & Depression
• Thyroid Disorders
• Unclassified Topics
• Veterinary Medicine
• Viatical Services

• State Medical Boards
• Other Medical Link Collections

Advisors, Consultants & Doctors

• ABMS Certified Doctors (Check your specialist's board certification, or find a doctor who's board certified in a given specialty)

• Perry Hookman, M.D., P.A., Medical Expert
  (Medical/healthcare questions answered free of charge.)
• Dr. Brad Jacobs, Plastic Surgeon (face, lipo, breast, other areas)
• Dr. Stall's Home Page (geriatric & hospice care)

Advocacy Organizations

• ADA Watch
• Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning
• American Association of People with Disabilities
• Center for Patient Advocacy (registration required)
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
• Health Hippo (funny name; serious collection of policy and regulatory information)
• National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
• National Organization of Physicians Who Care (advocates primary responsibility by doctor and patient, free of outside influence)
• Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses
• Prostate Cancer Foundation
• S.P.A.N. (Suicide Prevention Advocacy Network)
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

Allergy/Asthma

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
• Food Allergy Network
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (US Gov't - NIH)
• Pollen.com (Allergy forecasts)

Articles

• Identifying Depression in Children (from "Single Parenting in the 90's")
• Your Health Daily

Associations, Organizations, & Alliances (Professional)

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• Association for Applied and Theraputic Humor
• American College of Radiology
• American Medical Association
• American Occupational Therapy Association
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Canadian Medical Association
• The Endocrine Society
• La Leche League International (breastfeeding help)
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
• National Society of Genetic Counselors
• Oncology Nursing Society
• Radiological Society of North America

Cancer

General Cancer Links

• 4Cancer.com
• Amanda's Can.Survive Pages (Amanda is an adult with Hodgkin's)
• American Cancer Society
• American Institute for Cancer Research
• Association of Community Cancer Centers (care delivery Issues)
• Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide
• Can.Survive BMT
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Cancer Care, Inc
• CancerFatigue.org
• Cancer Group Institute (Cancer information center)
• Cancer Information Service (NIH)
• Cancer News on the Net
• Cancer Resources (at Galaxy)
• CancerGuide (by Steve Dunn)
• CancerNet (National Cancer Institute)
• CareCounsel (Commercial)
• International Cancer Academy for Research and Education (ICARE)
• International Union Against Cancer (UICC)
• Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
• Laetrile Information (American Cancer Society)
• M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (Univ. of Texas)
• National Cancer Institute (gopher site)
• National Cancer Institute (CancerNet)
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
• NCI CancerNet Database
• OncoLink (Univ. of Pennsylvania)
• Oncology Nursing Society
• Ottawa-Carleton Cancer Info and Support
• People Living With Cancer (ASCO)
• Radiology Information (ACR & RSNA)
• University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
• Yahoo's Cancer Resource List

Brain Cancer

• American Brain Tumor Association
• American Brain Tumor Association
• The Brain Tumor Pages
• Brain Tumor Center (Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School)
• Brain Tumor Resource Guide
• The Brain Tumor Society
• Neurooncology Resources (Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School)

Breast Cancer

• Art Myers: Winged Victory (Images - Coming to terms with mastectomy)
• ASCO Patient Information on Breast Cancer
• ASCO Patient Information on Bone Marrow Transplant Results
• Bosom Buddies: Fighting Breast Cancer Online
• Breast Cancer 800 Numbers
• The Breast Cancer Answers Project (Public Health Institute)
• Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade (Avon)
• Breast Cancer Information Clearing House
• Breast Cancer Network (ACS)
• Breast Cancer Resource Guide for Massachusetts
• Breast Cancer Support
• Breast Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients(NCCN)
• Breast Self-Examination
• BreastCancer.Net
• BreastCancerInfo.com (by Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation)
• FightingSpirit.org (hospital-sponsored support organization)
• Men's Crusade Against Breast Cancer
• MaleCare (Non-profit organization: has info on male breast cancer)
• National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
• National Breast Cancer Centre (Sydney, Australia)
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
• Yahoo's Search Results - Breast Cancer

Pediatric Cancers

• Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance - Houston
• Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation - Canada
• Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation - USA
• Families of Children with Cancer (Ontario, Canada)
• Johns Hopkins Pediatric Oncology Division
• Kids' Home at National Cancer Institute
• KidsCope (support for kids of cancer patients)
• Melinda's Page (Melinda is a teenage cancer patient)
• National Childhood Cancer Foundation
• Pediatric Hematology & Oncology (Penn State)

Prostate Cancer

• The Facts About Prostate Cancer (Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia)
• Man to Man (American Cancer Society)
• MenWeb: Prostate Cancer Article
• MaleCare (Non-profit organization: support and resources for men's health issues)
• Prostate Cancer Foundation
• The Prostate Cancer Resource List
• Prostate Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Patients(NCCN)
• Prostate Cancer: Physician to Patient
• Prostate Health (Funded by Merck Pharmaceauticals)
• PSA Info (prostate-specific antigen blood test)
• US TOO (Independent network of support group chapters)

Other Cancers

• The Cancer Young Men Ignore At Their Peril (testicular)
• GrannyBarb and Art's Leukemia Links
• Hematology/Oncology Resources (at Galaxy)
• International Myeloma Foundation
• Leukaemia Busters (Children's Leukaemia Research - UK)
• MaleCare (Non-profit organization: support and resources for men's health issues)
• National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
• Ovacome (ovarian cancer support group - UK)
• Skin Cancer
• Testicular Cancer Resource Center

Children

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• BabyCenter.com (some commercial content)
• Identifying Depression in Children (article from "Single Parenting in the 90's")
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Mind-Steps (commercial site: behavioral/learning difficulties; includes a good links page)
• ParentsPlace
• Resources for Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs

Also, the Cancer section (above) contains numerous links related to cancer in children.

Commercial Sites

• Allysa Medical Products (canes, walkers, etc. for women)
• Bayer Aspirin (not just for pain relief; aspirin could save your life!)
• CareCounsel (counseling)
• Claritin (tm) (allergy relief)
• Crisis, Grief, and Healing: Gender Differences (has other links)
• HealthChoice (take charge of your own health)
• Mind-Steps (behavioral/learning difficulties in children)

Death, Dying, and Bereavement

General

• Bereavement Hospitality Services (Bereavement Travel Pre-Planning)
• Bereavement Journey
• Bereavement Resources
• Bereavement Support (Ontario, Canada)
• Beyond Loss
• Bruderhof Grief Companion (download full-length books on coping with grief - without charge)
• DyingWell.org (some commercial content )
• GriefNet
• Growth House
• Hospice Net: Bereavement and Grief
• National Hospice Organization

Suicide Bereavement

• 1000 Deaths (support for suicide bereavement)

• Writing Project (poetry, prose, quotes)

• S.O.L.O.S. (Survivors of Loved Ones' Suicides)
• Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One (for those who just need to talk to someone who's been through it)
• Survivors of Suicide Web Ring (scroll down toward bottom of page)
• When the Worst Has Happened (help for those left behind by suicide)

• Also, see the Depression section of this page

Diet / Healthy Eating / Weight Loss

Commercial Programs & Products

• beeSlender Weight Loss Program
• Slim-Fast
• Weight-Watchers

Resources

• U.S. Government
  • Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-Loss Program (NIH / NIDDK)
  • A Consumer's Guide to Fats (USDA)
  • Dietary Guidelines for Americans (USDA)
  • Physical Activity and Weight Control (NIH / NIDDK)
  • Weight Cycling (Yo-yo Dieting) (NIH / NIDDK)
• Other
  • Fad Diets (American Heart Association)
  • The Lean Plate Club (Washington Post column)

Disabilities Information

Note: ADA is the Americans With Disabilities Act

• Ability Online Support Network (young people with disabilities)
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Gov't Sites
  • ADA Watch
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice ADA Home
  • Disability.gov (Directory of federal programs, services and resources)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • National Council on Disability
  • President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities
• American Association of People with Disabilities
• Center for Disability Rights
• Cornucopia of Disability Information
• Disability Rights Activist
• Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
• DO-IT Project Gopher (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology)
• Family Village
• New England INDEX (Information on Disabilities)

For Doctors

• Alzheimer's Disease Review Archives
• American Academy of Neurology
• American Medical Association
  • Journal of the American Medical Association
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
• The Lancet
• New England Journal of Medicine
• NeuroNet: On-line Neurology Resource Center
• PSYCHE: An interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness
• Talaria: Hypermedia Assistant for Cancer Pain Management

General Medical/Health

• AccentHealth (Excellent knowledge base)
• Breastfeeding Help
• Breasfeeding.com
• Dr. Koop's Community (Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop)
• Drug InfoNet (Drug information, disease information , health news, hospitals, govt sites, managed care orgs )
• Drugs.com (Drug information, interactions)
• EiNet Galaxy's Medical List
• Family Health (on Family Internet) [catalog of diseases, symptoms]
• FluTrack (Get the flu forecast for your area)
• Health/Medicine Expertise (The Mining Company)
• Health Information (U.S. Government: NIH)
• Health Links (University of Washington)
• Health on the Net Foundation
• Health Sciences Library at Stony Brook
• healthfinder (U.S. Government: Consumer Health Information)
• HealthTouch
• HealthWise
• International Health (collection of links)
• Internet Grateful Med (search 35 medical databases)
• La Leche League International (breastfeeding help)
• MaleCare (Non-profit organization: support and resources for men's health issues)
• Mayo Clinic
• Mayo Health Oasis
• Med Help International
• Medem Patient Information Library
• Medical Matrix
• Medicine and Health Gopher (extensive - Rice Univ.)
• Medicine Online (ULTITECH)
• MedGuide
• MedLine
• Medscape
• National Institutes of Health
• National Library of Medicine (Including MedLine & Visible Human Project)
• National SAFE KIDS Campaign
• Pharma-Lexicon (Medical/pharmaceutical acronyms & abbreviations)
• QuackWatch (Guide to health fraud)
• RxList (A great drug index)
• Sloane-Kettering Institute
• TalkMD (Catalog of diseases, medications, medical terms, and parenting/pregnancy info)
• Travel Health Information
• VillageDoc (Medical/health info, news, referrals)
• Virtual Hospital
• WebMD

Huntington's Disease

• Caring for People with Huntington's Disease
• CureHD Foundation (a personal site)
• CureHD.com
• Enfermedad de Huntington [Información en Español]
• Huntington Society of Canada [English / French]
• Huntington's Disease Information (a personal page)
• Huntington's Disease Lighthouse
• Huntington's Disease Links
• Huntington's Disease Society of America (HDSA)
  • Illinois Chapter
  • Massachussetts Chapter
  • Northeast Ohio Chapter
  • Western Pennsylvania Chapter
• Huntington's Disease Webring

Institutions (Hospitals, Medical Centers, Medical Schools)

• Emory University School of Medicine (Atlanta, Georgia)
• Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore, Maryland)
• Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School (Boston, Massachusetts)
• Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota)
• Stanford School of Medicine/Medical Center (Stanford, California)
• UPMC Health System (University of Pittsburgh) (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• West Penn Allegheny Health System (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Melatonin

• Melatonin FAQ
• Melatonin (commercial site; includes some useful references)
• (Also see Sleep Disorders)

Mental Health

Depression

If you are thinking about suicide, please follow this link to http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/, or call 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
• Depression
• Depression and Seniors
• Depression Book List
• Depression Caused by Snoring and Sleep Apnea
• Depression Resource Directory
• Guide to Depression (A Mining Company site)
• HealthTouch (Click on Health Information, then search for "depression" in the Keyword Search section.)
• Identifying Depression in Children (article from "Single Parenting in the 90's")
• National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association (NDMDA)
• SA\VE (Suicide Awareness \ Voices of Education)
• Wing of Madness: A Depression Guide
• Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program

Other Mental Health Issues

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• American Psychological Association (PsychNet)
• Facts for Families (Psychiatric disorders affecting children and adolescents)
• David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages (emotional stress/trauma)
• Mental Health Disorders
• Mental Health World
• Psych Central (by Dr. John Grohol)

Multiple Sclerosis

• International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies
• International MS Support Foundation
• Jooly's Joint (support and free webpal service for those with MS)
• MS Crossroads
• Multiple Sclerosis Sucks (How to suffer from a chronic and incurable disease without appearing to be a total loser)
• Myelin Project (Research)
• National Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain & Northern Ireland

Neuromedicine

• Acquired Brain Injury (ABI/TBI)
• Alzheimer's Association
• Alzheimer's Disease: Memory Impairment Study
• Alzheimer's Disease Review Archives
• The Brain Matters
• CMTnet for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
• Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
• The Myelin Project
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders
• NeuroGuide (index of neuroscience resources on the Internet)
• NeuroNet (neurology resources)
• Neurosurgery (Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School)

Also, see the Huntington's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson's Disease sections.

Parkinson's Disease

• American Parkinson's Disease Association (Parkinson's Web)
• Educational Literature
• Mass. General Hospital Neurosurgery
• Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
• National Parkinson Foundation
• Parkinson Drugs
• Parkinson's Society of Ottawa-Carleton
• Parkinson's Web (Harvard)
• Parkinson's Web [old URL]
• Young Parkinson's Handbook
• Young Parkinson's Support Groups

Sleep Disorders

• Depression Caused by Snoring and Sleep Apnea (also see Depression)
• Guide to Sleep Disorders (An About.com Guide)
• Jerry Halberstadt's home page (wrote a book on sleep apnea)
• Phantom Sleep Page (partly commercial, but good info)
• Restless Legs Syndrome
• RLS Foundation (Restless Legs Syndrome)
• Sleep Apnea Facts
• Sleep Apnea FAQ
• Sleep Disorders
• Sleep Medicine Home Page
• SleepNet
• (Also see Melatonin)

Substance Abuse

• Al-Anon
• Alcoholics Anonymous (official website)
• The Anti-Drug (How to talk to your kids about drugs)
• Cocaine Anonymous
• DrinkWise (How much is too much?)
• GHB (A relatively new and very dangerous class of drug, often used to facilitate date rape. Some other names are: fantasy, liquid ecstasy, scoop, GBL, blue nitro, enliven, thunder nectar)
• Moderation Management (To help you reduce your drinking)
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• National Families in Action
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America

Thyroid Disorders

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
• American Thyroid Association
• The Endocrine Society
• Endocrine Web
• Gland Central
• Guide to Thyroid Disorders (A Mining Company site)
• Synthroid(tm) (commercial)
• The Thyroid Society
• Thyroid Foundation of America
• Thyroid Foundation of America (another site)
• Thyroid Foundation of Canada
• Thyroid Page

Unclassified Topics

• 1997 Best Hospitals (US News Magazine)
• 4Weightloss.com
• Access America for Seniors (One-stop U.S. government access)
• Acne Resource Center (Info, research, support)
• Action Withoug Borders (directory of non-profit organizations)
• American Heart Association
• American Liver Foundation
• Bare Bones Radiology (a brief introduction to radiology)
• Bereaved Families Online Support Center
• British Medical Journal
• Canadian Health Network
• Centers for Disease Control (U.S. Government)
• Central Blood Bank (Pittsburgh)
• Childbirth.org
• Clinical Trials Database (US Gov't - NIH)
• Coalition of Silicone Survivors
• Community Breast Health Project
• Cosmetic surgery
• Diabetics Unite (Cure research and campaign information)
• Dietary Supplements Information (National Institutes of Health)
• Eve's Apple (trials and tribulations of pregnancy and motherhood)
• Foot Health
• Genetic Counseling Resources
• Genome Data Base - Home Page
• Health and Fatness (health info about obesity)
• healthfinder (US government consumer health information)
• Hemangioma and Vascular Birthmarks Foundation
• Hematology/Oncology Resources (at Galaxy)
• Hemochromatosis Links
• Impotence
• Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Sciences)
• Iron Overload Disease (Hemochromatosis)
• Johns Hopkins Center for Hearing and Balance
• Johns Hopkins Medical Library (gopher)
• Medical and Mental Health
• Medical Breakthroughs (news)
• Medical Research Council of Canada (gopher)
• Medical Source (the business of health care)
• Music Medicine (occupational hazards of piano playing)
• NCQA: National Commmittee for Quality Assurance (non-profit HMO accreditation organization)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (US Gov't - NIH)
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic
• Neuropsychology Central
• Office for Protection from Research Risks (US Gov't - NIH)
• Safe Computer Use Tips (ergonomics)
• Repetitive Strain Injury (including carpal tunnel syndrome)
• Restless Legs Syndrome
• RLS Foundation (Restless Legs Syndrome)
• Roxane Pain Institute
• RxList (drug name cross reference list)
• SeniorsSite
• Stadtlanders Pharmacy (mail-order prescription drugs)
• TB/HIV Research Laboratory
• University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery
• University of Pittsburgh Starzl Transplantation Institute
• U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
• Visible Human Project
• Women's Heart Health (American Heart Association)
• World Health Organization
• Worldwide Congress on Pain (lots of resources on pain)

Veterinary Medicine

• AltVetMed (Alternative therapies)
• American Canine Sports Medicine Association (For canine athletes and working breeds)
• How to Select a Veterinarian
• The Net Vet
• VetWorld (Internet resources)

Viatical Services/Insurance
(Financial Resources for the Terminally Ill)

• Affordable Life (life insurance for people with serious ailments)
• Ideal Life Insurance Redemption
• Life Assets
• Life Partners, Inc.
• Life Settlement Alliance
• Medical Escrow Society
• Settlement Benefits Association
• Viatical.com
• VSB Corporation
• Welcome Funds

State Medical Boards

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Other Medical Link Collections

• 1Up Health (Extensive!)
• MedicusLinks (Japanese & Global)
• Virtual Family Doctor's Office