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ADHD . AIDS and HIV . Advice Columns . Advice columns . Allergy . Alopecia Areata . Alternative medicine . Alzheimer's Disease . Amblyopia . Anatomy and embryology . Anemia . Anesthesiology . Angina . Anorexia . Anxiety . Arthritis . Asthma . Attention Deficit Disorder . Back Pain . Bedsores . Biomathematics and biostatistics . Biotechnology . Birth defects . Brain Tumors . Breast Cancer . Breast Diseases . Brochures . Cancer . Cardiology . Catalogs . Cataracts . Chewing . Chlamydia . Chronic Fatigue Syndrome . Chronic illness . Clinical Practice . Clinical practice . Clinical trials . Communication Disorders . Companies . Conferences and Calendars . Contact Lenses . Continuing education . Contraception . Cooking . Cryogenics . Cystic Fibrosis . Databases . Dentistry . Depression . Dermatology . Diabetes . Digestive System . Directories . Disabilities . Discussion groups . Diseases . Documents . Dyslexia . Eating Disorders . Educational resources . Electronic Documents . Electronic documents . Electronic publications . Emergency medicine . Employment Opportunities . Endocrinology . Environmental health . Ethnic Medicine . Evidence-Based Medicine . Eye Diseases . Family Medicine . Fibromyalgia . Frequently asked questions . Gastrointestinal . Gastroenterology . Genetic screening . Genetics and molecular biology . Geriatrics . Glaucoma . Guidelines . Guides . Gynecology and women's health . Headache . Health Education . Health Maintenance Organizations . Health Psychology . Health care policy . Health care reform . Health education . Health promotion . Hearing . Hearing Disorders . Heart Attack . Heart Diseases . Heart diseases . Hematology . Hepatitis . Herbals . Hereditary Diseases . Hernia . Herpes . History . Hospitals . Hydrocephalus . Hypertension . Immunology . Indices . Infectious Diseases . Influenza . Informatics . Institutes and agencies . Insurance . Irritable Bowel Syndrome . Legal medicine . Leukemia . Lice . Lists of Internet Resources . Lung Cancer . Lupus Erythematosus . Lyme Disease . Lymphedema . Medical Education . Medical Equipment . Medical Indigency . Medical Libraries . Medical Literature . Medical Products . Medicare . Medicine . Menopause . Mental Health/Psychiatry/Psychology . Mental health/Psychiatry/Psychology . Microbiology and Virology . Migraine . Mouth Abnormalities . Multiple Sclerosis . Muscular Dystrophy . Museums . Myasthenia Gravis . Neoplasms . Nephrology . Neurology . Neurosciences . Neurosurgery . New Zealand . News . Nutrition . Obstetrics . Occupational health and safety . Oncology . Ophthalmology and Optometry . Ophthalmology and optometry . Oral Surgery . Orthopedics . Osteoporosis . Otolaryngology . Ovarian Cancer . Parasitology . Parenting . Parkinson's Disease . Patents . Patient Advocacy . Patient Education . Patient Records . Patient care . Patient education . Pediatrics . Pediculosis . Pharmacy and Pharmacology . Phobic Disorders . Plastic surgery . Podiatry . Pregnancy . Preventive Medicine . Preventive medicine . Privacy . Prostate Cancer . Prostate Disease . Pseudofolliculitis Barbae . Psoriasis . Public Health . Publishing . Quackery . Quality of Health Care . Radiology and Imaging . Rare Diseases . Reproductive Medicine . Respiration Medicine . Restless Legs Syndrome . Review Literature . Rheumatology . Risk assessment . School Health . School health . Science . Self-help groups . Services . Sex Behavior . Sexually Transmitted Diseases . Shyness . Sickle Cell Anemia . Skin Cancer . Skin Diseases . Sleep Disorders . Societies and associations . Software . South Africa . Sports Medicine . Standards . Stroke . Student health . Substance Dependence . Support Groups . Support groups . Surgery . Syringomyelia . Terminology . Thyroid Diseases . Tinnitus . Toxicology . Transplantation . Travel Medicine . Tropical Medicine . Tuberculosis . Tutorials . Urinary Tract Infections . Urology . Wellness . What's New . Yeast Infection .

ADHD:


• Attention Deficit DisordersThis site is dedicated to all frustrated parents and teachers of children suffering from ADD/ADHD/ODD

AIDS and HIV:


• AIDS Services Foundation Orange County.
• Arrow Archer: AIDS and HIV on Guam.
• CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse gopher.
• CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse.
• Educational Information on HIV and AIDS, a medical education service for the public by Dept of STD Control, Singapore.
• Edward King's AIDS Pages (London).
• Florida Atlantic University Office of Student Health. HIV/AIDS Peer Educators.
• HIVpositive.com.
• Healthtouch HIV/AIDS.
• Hermanos de Luna Y Sol: an Empowerment HIV Prevention Program for Spanish-Speaking Latino Gay/Bisexual Men.
• Indiana Community Aids Action Network (ICAAN)
• Journal of HIV/AIDS prevention and education for adolescents and children (tables of contents and abstracts).
• Kentucky AIDS Training and Education Center (KATEC).
• Mediconsult.com AIDS Information for the Well Informed.
• Mining Company AIDS/HIV maintained by Edward King.
• People of Color Against AIDS Network.
• Pepsi's Contraceptive & Safe Sex Page
• Protease Inhibitors: What They Are, How They Work, When to Use Them by Martin Markowitz. Published by International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, September, 1997.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : HIV/AIDS.
• STOP AIDS Project AIDS Prevention Information.
• Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center (SEATEC) at Emory University.
• Stop AIDS Now Education Programs.
• U.C. San Francisco AIDS Program at San Francisco General Hospital Clinical Fact Sheet Topics.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Understanding HIV. Consumer Guide Number 7a. (for Adolescents and Adults). AHCPR Pub. No. 94-0574: January 1994.
• U.S. National Institutes of Health. Guide to NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services.
• University of South Florida Center for HIV Education and Research.

Advice Columns:


• Ask Dr. Warren maintained by Warren Silberstein.
• Ask the Foot Doctor.
• Dr. Frank MacInnis' Senior Clinic: a syndicated weekly newspaper column.
• Dr. Paula - Pediatric Questions & Answers (Paula Elbirt).

Advice columns:


• Ask Dr. Weil (HotWired's HealthClinic).
• Ask Happyshrink.
• Ask the Cardiologist: an interactive question and answer database supported by educational grants from Merck & Co., Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.
• Ask the Dentist by Kimberly A. Loos.
• Ask the Doc.
• Ask the Doctor (Beth Israel Medical Center).
• Medication Information Center run by Randall Prince and Thomas Sisca.

Allergy:


• AllergieNet le PREMIER site en français consacré aux allergies et à l'asthme
• On-Line Allergy Center.

Alopecia Areata:


• Alopecia areata FAQ and more maintained by Kevin McElwee.

Alternative medicine:


• Advanced Nutrition
• Ask Dr. Weil (HotWired's HealthClinic).
• Dr. Singha's Natural TherapeuticsMustard RemediesAyurvedic & Alchemical Formulas
• HANS (the Health Action Network Society).
• HealthWorld Online Children's Health Center
• HealthWorld Online Nutrition Center.
• HealthWorld Online.
• Mining Company Herbs for Health maintained by Juli Kight.
• Quality Health, Inc.
• The Feingold Association of the United States Diet Therapy Program for Attention & Behavioral Disorders
• Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology Health Psychology.

Alzheimer's Disease:


• Alzheimer Research Forum Layperson Websites.
• Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Alzheimer's Disease: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• National Institute on Aging. Alzheimer's disease: unravelling the mystery written by Caroline McNeil. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, October 1995. (NIH Publication No. 95-3782).
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Early Alzheimer's Disease: Patient and Family Guide (Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 19, Consumer Version) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0704a). September 1996.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Early Alzheimer's Disease: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guide Number 19) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0704). October 1996.

Amblyopia:


• Center for Current Research Inc. - Amblyopia: Late-Breaking Medical Research

Anatomy and embryology:


• Emory Vision Correction Center How the Eye Works.

Anemia:


• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anemia: Late-Breaking Medical Research

Anesthesiology:


• Anaesthesia for Non-Anaesthetists maintained by John G. Ascah (Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital).
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Managing Cancer Pain (Consumer Guide Number 9) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0595). March 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Pain Control after Surgery: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 1) (AHCPR Publication No. 92-0021). February 1993.

Angina:


• Center for Current Research Inc. - Angina: Late-Breaking Medical Research

Anorexia:


• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anorexia: Late-Breaking Medical Research

Anxiety:


• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anxiety: Late-Breaking Medical Research

Arthritis:


• Arthritis Information Page from SkyDancer.
• Colorado HealthNet Arthritis Center.
• Elfstrom's Arthritis and Rheumatology Information maintained by David Elfstrom.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Arthritis/Rheumatology.
• Searle healthNet. Arthritis.
• Still's Disease: information for laymen, sufferers, others maintained by Thomas Kufahl.
• University of Birmingham Department of Rheumatology. ArthritisHelp Primer.

Asthma:


• AllergieNet le PREMIER site en français consacré aux allergies et à l'asthme
• Allergy & asthma (tables of contents).
• Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics (AAN/MA).
• Bodyware Asthmanager.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Asthma : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• alt.support.asthma FAQ maintained by Marie Goldenberg.

Attention Deficit Disorder:


• CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders).

Back Pain:


• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Understanding Acute Low Back Problems: Patient Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 14) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0644). December 1994.

Bedsores:


• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Preventing Pressure Ulcers: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 3) (AHCPR Pub. No. 92-0048). May 1992.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Treating Pressure Sores (Consumer Guide Number 15) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0654). December 1994.

Biomathematics and biostatistics:


• Mathematica Policy Research a health care policy research and data collection firm
• Your Health, the RAND Health Survey, based on the Medical Outcomes Study SF-36.

Biotechnology:


• Biocompatibles International Ltd
• Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Public Perspective in Human Tissue Engineering.
• Pyramidal Bio-Technologies
• VitaleTherapeutics, Inc.-a non-profit research organization.

Birth defects:


• Wide Smiles: Cleft Lip and Palate Resouces.

Brain Tumors:


• Brain Tumor Society Resources for Patients and Families: Online (Computer) Resources.

Breast Cancer:


• Arizona Cancer Center. Fast Facts About Breast Cancer.
• Atlantic Canada's Breast Cancer Archive (ACBCA).
• Avon's Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade.
• Breast Cancer Network.
• Breast Cancer Roundtable developed by Peggy Heffernan, Kim Loomis, Thelma Looms.
• Breast Cancer by Pat Connelly.
• Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services.
• ButterFly Image: a wealth of information on postmastectomy products.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Breast Cancer: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Foundation for Better Health Care Better Health Profiles: Breast Cancer.
• Information on Unconventional Therapies written by the Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Project (OBCIEP), adapted by the Atlantic Breast Cancer Information Project (ABCIP) and funded by Health Canada.
• Men's Crusade Against Breast Cancer A Family Guide to Fighting Breast Cancer.
• Mining Company Breast Cancer maintained by Susan C.Rossi.
• NABCO fact sheets from the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations.
• National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). National Breast Cancer Centre. A Consumer's Guide: Early Breast Cancer. 1995.
• Patient's Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment Anne Moore with Armand S. Cortese and the members of The New York Hospital Breast Cancer Tumor Board.
• Self Magazine's Breast Cancer Handbook '94.
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization Common Questions About Breast Cancer.

Breast Diseases:


• Community Breast Health Project (Stanford, California, USA).

Brochures:


• American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Health Education Program.
• Cheshire Medical Center Consumer Health Pick of the Week.
• Common Cold written by Peter J. Casano.
• Healthtouch Medical Tests, Procedures & Clinical Trials.
• Med Help General Library.
• National Center for Infectious Disease Brochures and Leaflets.
• Patient Support Centre (UK).
• Trakker Medical Brochures.
• U.S. National Institutes of Health. Guide to NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services.
• What Are Clinical Trials All About?: a Booklet for Patients with Cancer by Eleanor Nealon. Published by the National Cancer Institute in December 1989 and was converted to html at the Ohio State University Cancer Center in March 1995.

Cancer:


• CanCom - Women's Cancer Information Project co-ordinated by the European Institute of Womens Health.
• Gourdji, Judith; Hinton, Susan. Quick information about cancer for patients and their families. Feb. 15, 1996.
• Medscape Patient Info Cancer from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.
• Squirrel Tale Glossary created by Colleen O'Brien.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Managing Cancer Pain (Consumer Guide Number 9) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0595). March 1994.

Cardiology:


• Advocate Health Care Heart Care Index.
• After Your Heart Attack - What Now? maintained by Barbara Perra.
• American Heart Association Heart & Stroke A-Z Guide 1996.
• Aneurysm Support Page maintaned by Bill Maples.
• Ask the Cardiologist: an interactive question and answer database supported by educational grants from Merck & Co., Inc. and Pfizer, Inc.
• Atherosclerosis: a Major Cause of Cardiovascular Disease a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Atlanta Cardiology Group Education.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Hypertension : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Arteriosclerosis: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Angina: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Arrhythmias: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Comprehensive Cardiologic Program maintained by Conrado Norberto Weber.
• Congenital Heart Disease Resource Page maintained by Sheri Berger.
• Harvard heart letter.
• Healthy Fridge: Open the Door to a Healthy Heart.
• Heart Homepage sponsored by the Galichia Medical Group.
• Heart Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Heart and Stroke Facts a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Heart information news: medical news for heart patients.
• HeartInfo Cardiovascular Disease Information Center.
• HeartInfo Glossary of terms.
• HeartInfo Glossary.
• HeartInfo Heart Attack and Angina.
• Heartline.
• Heartsource Handbook - A free consumer guide to a healthy heart
• High Blood Pressure, an Informative Guide by Brad Baker.
• Hypertension Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Hypertension Network. Hypertension Question and Answer Section.
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA).
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention: Patient Information.
• Mayo Health O@sis Heart Resource Center.
• Medscape Patient Info Heart Disease and Stroke from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.
• Mining Company Cardiology maintained by Declan O'Kane.
• Mining Company Heart Disease maintained by S. Sivasubramanian.
• National Heart Support Association Heart Wise (UK).
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. NINDS Stroke Information Guide.
• National Stroke Association.
• New York State Department Of Health - Heart disease information for the conumer and patient.
• Newfoundland and Labrador Heart Health Program.
• Online journal of cardiology Wellness Frequently Asked Questions.
• Open the Door to a Healthy Heart.
• Risk Factors for Heart Disease a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Searle healthNet. Cardiovascular.
• SparkNet
• Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Managing Unstable Angina: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 10) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0604). March 1994.

Catalogs:


• Welcon, Inc

Cataracts:


• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Cataracts : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Cataract in Adults: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 4) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0544). February 1993.

Chewing:


• Non Chew Cookbook by J. Randy Wilson.

Chlamydia:


• Community Outreach Health Information System Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Chlamydia.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome:


• CO-CURE List; Co-operate and Communicate for a Cure (chronic fatigue syndrome discussion list).
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS.

Chronic illness:


• Sapient Health Network.

Clinical Practice:


• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Prevention primer: an encylopedia of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention terms. Rockville, MD: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, 1993.
• Childhood Immunization Schedules: Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule -- United States, January 1995. (Published in MMWR Issue of January 6, 1995).
• Dr. Schueler's Online Medical Glossary.
• Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making.
• HealthGate.
• Heartsource Handbook - A free consumer guide to a healthy heart
• IQ NOW Healthcare Metropolis.
• Medi-Net.
• Medscape from SCP communications. (requires registration)
• National Practitioner Data Bank.
• Old Wives' Tales And Other Pediatric Myths created by F. Wayne van Saun.
• Perry Hookman M.D., P.A., Professional Associates Health Care Consultants.

Clinical practice:


• Weed, Lawrence L. New connections between medical knowledge and patient care BMJ 1997 July 26; 315 (7102): 231- .

Clinical trials:


• HealthWatch: enhancing informed choice through reliable information maintained by David A Bender.
• What Are Clinical Trials All About?: a Booklet for Patients with Cancer by Eleanor Nealon. Published by the National Cancer Institute in December 1989 and was converted to html at the Ohio State University Cancer Center in March 1995.

Communication Disorders:


• Dyslexia 2000 Network.

Companies:


• BASF Human Nutrition .
• Carlingswitch: Quality By Design.
• Freshe Ideas Consulting
• Health Communication Network (Syndey, Australia).
• Health Ink Communications (Moorestown, New Jersey, USA).
• Healthcare Metropolis a healthcare network.
• Krames Communications (San Bruno, California, USA).
• VitalWorks (Norwood, Massachusetts).

Conferences and Calendars:


• 1996 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference being held May 12-14, 1996, in Rancho Mirage, California, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, and IEEE-USA.
• 1997 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference Partnerships '97, April 14-16, 1997, Washington, DC.
• Advertising, Consumer Psychology, and Health Conference (1997 May 2-4 : Columbus,Ohio).
• Cambridge Healthtech Institute's Upcoming Biomedical Conferences.

Contact Lenses:


• CIBA Vision World All About Contact Lenses.

Continuing education:


• Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Arteriosclerosis: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Revista "Cérebro & Mente" = Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.

Contraception:


• Dr. Robert Hatcher's Choosing a Contraceptive.
• JAMA Women's Health Contraception Information Center.
• Pepsi's Contraceptive & Safe Sex Page

Cooking:


• Non Chew Cookbook by J. Randy Wilson.

Cryogenics:


• Brymill Cryogenic Systems

Cystic Fibrosis:


• Cystic Fibrosis Association of Western Australia.

Databases:


• Combined Health Information Database (CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government).
• HealthGate.
• Wellness Interactive Network Medical Data Bases.

Dentistry:


• Ask the Dentist by Kimberly A. Loos.
• Dental Consumer Advisor.
• Dental Site Dental Resources for Patients.
• Kurt A. Butzin, DDS Dental Information Website.
• QSINet - PC dental practice management system

Depression:


• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Depression is a Treatable Illness: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 5) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0553). April 1993.
• Wing of Madness: a Depression Guide by Deborah M. Deren.

Dermatology:


• AAD Derminfo Net Patient Information Pamphlet Index: a public service of the American Academy of Dermatology.
• Acne Support Group (ASG).
• Alopecia areata FAQ and more maintained by Kevin McElwee.
• American Academy of Dermatology. Skin Cancer News.
• American Head Lice Information Center.
• American Porphyria Foundation.
• Café Herpé sponsored by SmithKline Beecham.
• Head lice: Information and Frequently Asked Questions maintained by Richard J. Pollack, Anthony Kiszewski, Andrew Spielman.
• Headlice advice: multi-lingual advice for parents, teachers and health workers.
• Herpes Zone maintained by Bruce Bartholomew.
• Information on Common Skin Diseases: a medical education service for the public by National Skin Centre (Singapore).
• Joanna Strohn's Herpes: the hidden disease.
• Mark's Melanoma Hotlist maintained by Mark B. Weber.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Skin Conditions.
• Medscape Patient Info Skin Disorders from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.
• Pseudofolliculitis Barbae Sufferers of America.
• Psoriasis Information Center.
• Skin Channel Patient Information Resources.
• Skin Page (home of the Skin Archive which has coverage of the following Usenet news groups since July 1995: alt.support.skin-diseases alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis alt.support.psoriasis).
• Skin care today (tables of contents).
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Preventing Pressure Ulcers: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 3) (AHCPR Pub. No. 92-0048). May 1992.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Treating Pressure Sores (Consumer Guide Number 15) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0654). December 1994.

Diabetes:


• Children with DIABETES: on-line magazine for kids and families with juvenile diabetes.
• Comp-Pat-Able: diabetic links home page.
• DIABETIC Mailing List Home Page at Lehigh University.
• Diabetes Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Diabetes ProHEALTH
• Diabetes Well
• Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana.
• Diabetes and Hypoglycemia Forum on Compuserve.
• Diabetes monitor maintained by the Midwest Diabetes Care Center.
• Diabetes on the Web.
• Diabetes self-management (tables of contents and selected articles).
• Lilly Managing Your Diabetes.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Diabetes & Other Endocrine Conditions.
• MeLLiTis maintained by Pierre Yves Benhamou and Daniel Pagonis.
• MediLife Diabetes Center.
• Mining Company Diabetes maintained by Cynthia Black.
• Missouri Diabetes Directory.
• Virtual Diabetic Game.

Directories:


• Ask NOAH About: HMOs, New York City, State and Regional Hospital Web Sites, Patients' Rights and Resources, Physician Information researched by Patricia E. Gallagher.
• Canadian Directory of Genetic Support Groups courtesy of the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors.
• Cheshire Medical Center Consumer Health Pick of the Week.
• Directory of National Genetic Voluntary Organizations (list of support groups) produced by the Alliance of Genetic Support Groups (AGSG).
• Health Hotlines: Toll-Free Numbers from the National Library of Medicine (800 Numbers from DIRLINE).
• Health Hotlines: a compilation of organizations with toll-free telephone numbers derived from DIRLINE, the National Library of Medicine's Directory of Information Resources Online.
• Information and Referral Resource Network.
• Internet Health Resources Internet Health Newsgroups and Listserver Groups.
• Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions Information Network Patient Advocacy Numbers.
• Northern Virginia Health & Fitness Directory.
• Online Genetic Support Groups and Other Health Related WWW Sites maintained by Jeff Shaw.
• Pfizer Exploring Your Health Support Groups

Disabilities:


• Attention Deficit DisordersThis site is dedicated to all frustrated parents and teachers of children suffering from ADD/ADHD/ODD
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
• Dystonia Dialogue sponsored by the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation (DMRF).
• Easter Seal Society OnLine (Easter Seal Society of Ontario).
• Family Village, a global community of disability-related resources.
• Hearing Aids,etc: free information and referrals for the deaf and hard ofhearing by Eric J. Stenersen.
• IBM Special Needs Information Referral Center Resource Guide For Persons With Vision Impairments.
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) maintained by Julio G. Ciamarra.
• Rare Genetic Diseases In Children: an Internet Resource Gateway maintained by Paul Murphy.
• Syringomyelia .

Discussion groups:


• Alt.Support.Thyroid.
• CO-CURE List; Co-operate and Communicate for a Cure (chronic fatigue syndrome discussion list).
• Consumer Health and Patient Education (CAPHIS) Listserv maintained by the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association.
• DIABETIC Mailing List Home Page at Lehigh University.
• Diabetes and Hypoglycemia Forum on Compuserve.
• Friends' Health Connection.
• I SEE Mailing List.
• IQ NOW Healthcare Metropolis.
• Internet Health Resources Internet Health Newsgroups and Listserver Groups.
• Multiple Sclerosis Forum on CompuServe.
• SOLUTION Mailing List.
• San Diego Inter@ctive Health and Fitness Forum.
• Skin Page (home of the Skin Archive which has coverage of the following Usenet news groups since July 1995: alt.support.skin-diseases alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis alt.support.psoriasis).

Diseases:


• Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics (AAN/MA).
• Alopecia areata FAQ and more maintained by Kevin McElwee.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Antithyroid Drugs.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Graves' Disease.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid Thyroid Function tests.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid Thyroid Related Web Sites.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid.
• Alzheimer Research Forum Layperson Websites.
• Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet.
• American Academy of Dermatology. Skin Cancer News.
• American Council for Headache Education (ACHE).
• American Council for Headache Education What Causes Headache?.
• American Council for Headache Education What You Should Know About Headache.
• Arizona Cancer Center. Fast Facts About Breast Cancer.
• Arthritis Information Page from SkyDancer.
• Atlantic Canada's Breast Cancer Archive (ACBCA).
• Brain Tumor Society Resources for Patients and Families: Online (Computer) Resources.
• Breast Cancer Network.
• Breast Cancer Roundtable developed by Peggy Heffernan, Kim Loomis, Thelma Looms.
• Breast Cancer by Pat Connelly.
• Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services.
• CanCom - Women's Cancer Information Project co-ordinated by the European Institute of Womens Health.
• Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD).
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Asthma : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Breast Cancer: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Glaucoma : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Hypertension : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Osteoporosis : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Alzheimer's Disease: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Amblyopia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anemia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Angina: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anorexia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anxiety: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Children with DIABETES: on-line magazine for kids and families with juvenile diabetes.
• Colorado HealthNet Arthritis Center.
• Colorado HealthNet Fibromyalgia Center.
• Comp-Pat-Able: diabetic links home page.
• Cystic Fibrosis Association of Western Australia.
• Diabetes Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Diabetes ProHEALTH
• Diabetes Well
• Diabetes and Hypoglycemia Forum on Compuserve.
• Diabetes monitor maintained by the Midwest Diabetes Care Center.
• Diabetes on the Web.
• Diabetes self-management (tables of contents and selected articles).
• Eye Disorders - Floaters maintained by Suzanne Schnite.
• Fundamentals of Prostate Cancer Detection and Treatment by Tom Feeney.
• Glaxo Wellcome Migraine Resource Center (Glaxo).
• Gourdji, Judith; Hinton, Susan. Quick information about cancer for patients and their families. Feb. 15, 1996.
• Heart and Stroke Facts a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Hypertension Network. Hypertension Question and Answer Section.
• Information on Unconventional Therapies written by the Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Project (OBCIEP), adapted by the Atlantic Breast Cancer Information Project (ABCIP) and funded by Health Canada.
• Lilly Managing Your Diabetes.
• Lupus Home Page at Hamlin University.
• Mark's Melanoma Hotlist maintained by Mark B. Weber.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Arthritis/Rheumatology.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Diabetes & Other Endocrine Conditions.
• MediLife Diabetes Center.
• Medicine On Line Lung Cancer Information Center sponsored by the Glaxo Wellcome Division of Oncology.
• Men's Crusade Against Breast Cancer A Family Guide to Fighting Breast Cancer.
• MigraineZine: online journal of migraine.
• Mining Company Diabetes maintained by Cynthia Black.
• Myasthenia Gravis Links.
• NABCO fact sheets from the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations.
• National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). National Breast Cancer Centre. A Consumer's Guide: Early Breast Cancer. 1995.
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke.
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. NINDS Stroke Information Guide.
• National Institute on Aging. Alzheimer's disease: unravelling the mystery written by Caroline McNeil. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, October 1995. (NIH Publication No. 95-3782).
• National Lymphedema Network: a non-profit lymphedema information/education organization.
• National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).
• National Stroke Association.
• Online Genetic Support Groups and Other Health Related WWW Sites maintained by Jeff Shaw.
• Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center (ORBD~NRC).
• Patient's Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment Anne Moore with Armand S. Cortese and the members of The New York Hospital Breast Cancer Tumor Board.
• Prostate Cancer Dot Com.
• Pseudofolliculitis Barbae Sufferers of America.
• Psoriasis Information Center.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Hepatitis C.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Hepatitis B.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Urinary Tract infections (UTI).
• Self Magazine's Breast Cancer Handbook '94.
• Skin Page (home of the Skin Archive which has coverage of the following Usenet news groups since July 1995: alt.support.skin-diseases alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis alt.support.psoriasis).
• Squirrel Tale Glossary created by Colleen O'Brien.
• Still's Disease: information for laymen, sufferers, others maintained by Thomas Kufahl.
• Suite 101: Coping with Fibromyalgia by Cynthia Webber.
• Tri-County Eye Physicians & Surgeons Migraine Headaches.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Cataract in Adults: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 4) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0544). February 1993.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Depression is a Treatable Illness: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 5) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0553). April 1993.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Early Alzheimer's Disease: Patient and Family Guide (Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 19, Consumer Version) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0704a). September 1996.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Living With Heart Disease: Is It Heart Failure? (Consumer Guideline Number 11) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0914: June 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Managing Cancer Pain (Consumer Guide Number 9) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0595). March 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Managing Unstable Angina: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 10) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0604). March 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Middle Ear Fluid in Young Children: Parent Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 12) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0624). July 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Recovering After a Stroke: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guide Number 16) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0664). May 1995.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Recovering From Heart Problems Through Cardiac Rehabilitation: Patient Guide (Consumer Guide Number 17) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0674). October 1995.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Sickle Cell Disease in Newborns and Infants: a Guide for Parents (Consumer Guideline Number 6) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0564). April 1993.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Treating Your Enlarged Prostate: Patient Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 8) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0584). February 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Understanding Acute Low Back Problems: Patient Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 14) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0644). December 1994.
• University of Birmingham Department of Rheumatology. ArthritisHelp Primer.
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization Common Questions About Breast Cancer.

Documents:


• American Psychiatric Nurses Association Mental Health Care: a Consumer's Guide.
• Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
• High Blood Pressure, an Informative Guide by Brad Baker.

Dyslexia:


• Dyslexia 2000 Network.

Eating Disorders:


• ANRED - Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anorexia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Healthy Weight.

Educational resources:


• AllergieNet le PREMIER site en français consacré aux allergies et à l'asthme
• Atlanta Cardiology Group Education.
• Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Alzheimer's Disease: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Amblyopia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anemia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Angina: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anorexia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anxiety: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Arrhythmias: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Combined Health Information Database (CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government).
• EMIS, Inc. Medical Reference Publisher34 Medical Reference Publications
• Indiana Community Aids Action Network (ICAAN)
• Kentucky AIDS Training and Education Center (KATEC).
• Making Connections: a partnership of the University of Washington, Pacific Science Center, Group Health Cooperative and the Washington, Association for Biomedical Research.
• MeLLiTis maintained by Pierre Yves Benhamou and Daniel Pagonis.
• Medical Links maintained by Christine Wardle.
• People of Color Against AIDS Network.
• Pfizer Exploring Your Health
• Revista "Cérebro & Mente" = Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
• Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center (SEATEC) at Emory University.
• Stop AIDS Now Education Programs.
• West HealthEd (educational materials by Greg West) (many require Acrobat Reader).

Electronic Documents:


• American Association for Respiratory Care Respiratory Health Tips.
• Arthritis Overview edited by Frederick Matsen, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics.
• Block, Barry H. Foot Talk Forest Hills, New York: Foot Health, 1996-
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Prevention primer: an encylopedia of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention terms. Rockville, MD: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, 1993.
• Gynecological And Reproductive Health, chapter 1 of the Barnard/Columbia Women's Handbook. 1992.
• Health Care FAQs .
• Huntington's Disease Association's Facing Huntington's Disease: a handbook for families and friends.
• New York State Department of Health Consumer health information.
• Put Prevention Into Practice: the National Preventive Services Campaign to increase the awareness and use of clinical preventive services by providers, patients, and office staff.

Electronic documents:


• National Cancer Institute Understanding Gene Testing.

Electronic publications:


• Allergy & asthma (tables of contents).
• Balance: the monthly lifestyle magazine.
• Biopresse (tables of contents and some articles).
• Black Health Net: health information for the African-American community.
• Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
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• Chicken soup report.
• Children with DIABETES: on-line magazine for kids and families with juvenile diabetes.
• Consumer choice news: publication of the National Institute on Consumer-Directed Long-Term Services, a partnership between the National Council on the Aging (NCOA) and the World Institute on Disability (WID).
• Contributions: the newsletter of the Boston University Medical Center Community Outreach Health Information System.
• Current topics in gastroenterology (American College of Gastroenterology).
• Diabetes self-management (tables of contents and selected articles).
• Electric apple journal: ideas and information for healthier living sponsored by Lowell General Hospital.
• FDA consumer.
• Facts about tobacco, alcohol and other drugs: a publication of the University of Florida College of Medicine.
• Good health magazine.
• Good medicine magazine.
• Harvard health letter.
• Harvard heart letter.
• Harvard mental health letter.
• Harvard women's health watch.
• Hawver's Capitol health magazine.
• Health & you (selected articles).
• Health advocate (Advocate Health Care, Oak Brook, IL).
• Health after fifty (Johns Hopkins medical newsletter) (tables of contents and selected articles).
• Health education journal (tables of contents and abstracts; selected articles).
• Health in perspective.
• HealthNews from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine.
• Healthline (tables of contents).
• Healthy Living with Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center.
• Heart information news: medical news for heart patients.
• Heartline.
• Journal of HIV/AIDS prevention and education for adolescents and children (tables of contents and abstracts).
• LifeLines medical journal from MedForum (requires registration).
• Lifetime health letter from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
• Mammography matters: a quarterly publication of the Division of Mammography Quality and RadiationPrograms (DMQRP), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
• Medical Reporter (TMR).
• Medical news.
• Mental health update: newsletter for families and consumers.
• MigraineZine: online journal of migraine.
• NCAHF newsletter (National Council against Health Fraud).
• Nutrition action healthletter (Center for Science in the Public Interest) (tables of contents and selected articles).
• Pharmasave healthnotes.
• Prevention (tables of contents and selected articles).
• Repetitive Strain Injury, RSI - Law Offices of Michael Pines - Google of RSI
• Revista "Cérebro & Mente" = Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
• Self-help psychology magazine.
• Skin care today (tables of contents).
• Stanford HealthLink.
• Stateting women's health: a quarterly magazine about women's health (Women's Health Statewide, North Adelaide, Australia).
• Suncoast health.
• Townsend letters for doctors & patients (selected articles).
• Wellness column from Emory report (coordinated by the Seretean Center for Health Promotion in the Rollins School of Public Health).
• Wellness letter (University of California at Berkeley) (tables of contents and selected articles).
• WellnessWise electronic journal (WEJ) : scripts from the daily syndicated radio program,
• Women's health hotline: a monthly newsletter providing the media with information on women's health.
• Women's health weekly.
• Your child and neurosurgery: an electronic journal (New York University Medical Center Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery ).
• Your health daily from the New York Times News Service and Medical Tribune News Service.

Emergency medicine:


• Common simple emergencies: a working draft of the second edition of a handbook copyright 1985 and 1996 by Philip M. Buttaravoli and Thomas O. Stair.
• David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages.
• Vermont SIRI Web Site A (Safety Information Resources on the InterNet).
• Vermont SIRI Web Site B (Safety Information Resources on the InterNet).

Employment Opportunities:


• Mathematica Policy Research a health care policy research and data collection firm

Endocrinology:


• Children with DIABETES: on-line magazine for kids and families with juvenile diabetes.
• Comp-Pat-Able: diabetic links home page.
• DIABETIC Mailing List Home Page at Lehigh University.
• Diabetes Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Diabetes ProHEALTH
• Diabetes Well
• Diabetes Youth Foundation of Indiana.
• Diabetes and Hypoglycemia Forum on Compuserve.
• Diabetes monitor maintained by the Midwest Diabetes Care Center.
• Diabetes on the Web.
• Diabetes self-management (tables of contents and selected articles).
• Glossary of Diabetes Related Terms maintained by Donald A. Lehn at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
• Lilly Managing Your Diabetes.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Diabetes & Other Endocrine Conditions.
• MeLLiTis maintained by Pierre Yves Benhamou and Daniel Pagonis.
• MediLife Diabetes Center.
• Mining Company Diabetes maintained by Cynthia Black.
• Mining Company Thyroid Disease maintained by Mary Shomon.
• Missouri Diabetes Directory.
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse. Diabetes Dictionary Bethesda, Md.: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, August 1994. NIH Publication No. 94-3016.
• On-Line Resources for Diabetics by Rick Mendosa.
• Rossini, Aldo A.; Lundstrom, Ruth; Mordes, John P. The Healing Handbook for Persons with Diabetes Worcester, MA: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 1995.
• Thyroid Foundation of Canada Health Guides on Thyroid Disease.
• Virtual Diabetic Game.

Environmental health:


• Human Ecology Action League (HEAL)HEALNatnl.
• MCSurvivors: a comprehensive resource web site for the multiple chemically sensitive. Designed and maintained by Lynda Hamilton.

Ethnic Medicine:


• Black Health Net: health information for the African-American community.

Evidence-Based Medicine:


• Bero, Lisa A.; Jadad, Alejandro R. How consumers and policymakers can use systematic reviews for decision making Annals of internal medicine 1997 1 July; 127:37-42.

Eye Diseases:


• Ask NOAH About: The Eye researched by Lynne Olver.
• Canadian Ophthalmological Society Public Information: Eye conditions, disorders and treaments .
• Eye Disorders - Floaters maintained by Suzanne Schnite.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Eye Conditions.
• Royal National Institute for the Blind (UK) Understanding Eye Conditions.

Family Medicine:


• Mining Company Family Medicine maintained by Mark Abell.

Fibromyalgia:


• Colorado HealthNet Fibromyalgia Center.
• Suite 101: Coping with Fibromyalgia by Cynthia Webber.

Frequently asked questions:


• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Antithyroid Drugs.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Graves' Disease.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid Thyroid Function tests.
• American Academy of Ophthalmology Eye Care FAQs.
• Lung Cancer by Pat Connelly.
• PharmInfoNet DrugFAQs: Frequently Asked Questions About Drugs.
• Vision and Eyecare Frequently Asked Questions by Grant Sayer.
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization Common Questions About Breast Cancer.
• alt.support.asthma FAQ maintained by Marie Goldenberg.

Gastroenterology:


• British Hernia Centre.
• Candida Page: Candida Albicans/Candidiasis Web Sites maintained by Don Wiss.
• Crohn's Disease / Ulcerative Colitis / Inflammatory Bowel Disease Pages.
• Current topics in gastroenterology (American College of Gastroenterology).
• Gastrosite: a service from Glaxo Wellcome.
• IBS Page: Irritable Bowel Syndrome Web Sites maintained by Don Wiss.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self-Help Group.
• National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse Digestive Health and Disease: a Glossary.
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Patient Information Documents on Digestive Diseases.
• No Milk Page: Lactose Intolerance/Milk Allergy/Casein Avoidance maintained by Don Wiss.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool: E coli O157 diarrhoea.
• United Ostomy Association.

Genetic screening:


• National Cancer Institute Understanding Gene Testing.

Genetics and molecular biology:


• Canadian Directory of Genetic Support Groups courtesy of the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors.
• Directory of National Genetic Voluntary Organizations (list of support groups) produced by the Alliance of Genetic Support Groups (AGSG).
• FRAXA Research Foundation Home Page: supporting research aimed at treatment for fragile X syndrome.
• Hereditary Disease Foundation.
• Huntington's Disease Information maintained by Renette Davis.
• Huntington's disease maintained by Robert Laycock.
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Genetic Counseling.
• National Cancer Institute Understanding Gene Testing.
• Rare Genetic Diseases In Children: an Internet Resource Gateway maintained by Paul Murphy.

Geriatrics:


• Alzheimer Research Forum Layperson Websites.
• Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet.
• Consumer choice news: publication of the National Institute on Consumer-Directed Long-Term Services, a partnership between the National Council on the Aging (NCOA) and the World Institute on Disability (WID).
• Dr. Frank MacInnis' Senior Clinic: a syndicated weekly newspaper column.
• Dr. Frank On Line (Frank MacInnis).
• Health after fifty (Johns Hopkins medical newsletter) (tables of contents and selected articles).
• National Council on the Aging (NCOA).
• National Institute on Aging. Alzheimer's disease: unravelling the mystery written by Caroline McNeil. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health, October 1995. (NIH Publication No. 95-3782).
• National Institute on Aging. Resource directory for older people: a cooperative effort of the National Institute on Aging and the Administration on Aging.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Early Alzheimer's Disease: Patient and Family Guide (Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 19, Consumer Version) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0704a). September 1996.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Early Alzheimer's Disease: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guide Number 19) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0704). October 1996.

Glaucoma:


• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Glaucoma : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Glaucoma: preventing blindness by Kevin Clark.

Guidelines:


• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Prevention primer: an encylopedia of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention terms. Rockville, MD: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, 1993.
• Childhood Immunization Schedules: Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule -- United States, January 1995. (Published in MMWR Issue of January 6, 1995).
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Early Alzheimer's Disease: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guide Number 19) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0704). October 1996.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Managing Unstable Angina: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 10) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0604). March 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Pain Control after Surgery: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 1) (AHCPR Publication No. 92-0021). February 1993.

Guides:


• American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute Questions and answers about pain control: a guide for people with cancer and their families.
• American Social Health Association ABCs of STDs.
• Arthritis Overview edited by Frederick Matsen, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics.
• Atherosclerosis: a Major Cause of Cardiovascular Disease a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Bero, Lisa A.; Jadad, Alejandro R. How consumers and policymakers can use systematic reviews for decision making Annals of internal medicine 1997 1 July; 127:37-42.
• BlueCross Blue Shield of Massachusetts's Wellness Information on the Internet.
• Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada Brain tumor patient resource book -- pediatric version.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Infectious Diseases. Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Lyme Disease: a public information guide.
• Children's Brain Tumor Foundation's Resource Guide For Parents of Children With Brain or Spinal Cord Tumors.
• Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide.
• Common simple emergencies: a working draft of the second edition of a handbook copyright 1985 and 1996 by Philip M. Buttaravoli and Thomas O. Stair.
• Disaster Preparedness and Recovery from the University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service Disaster Resources.
• Doctor's Guide to the Internet Patient's Guides.
• Health care guidelines for individuals with Down Syndrome (Down Syndrome Preventive Medical Check List). Edited by William I. Cohen, M.D. for the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group. [Reprinted from Down Syndrome Quarterly, Volume 1, Number 2, June, 1996].
• Heart and Stroke Facts a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Internet health watch by John H. Renner.
• Introduction to Parkinson's by Ken Bernstein at Parkinson's Web.
• Iowa Health Book.
• Medicare 1996 Handbook.
• National Institute on Aging. Resource directory for older people: a cooperative effort of the National Institute on Aging and the Administration on Aging.
• Parents of H-I Children FAQ.
• Patient's Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment Anne Moore with Armand S. Cortese and the members of The New York Hospital Breast Cancer Tumor Board.
• Put Prevention Into Practice: the National Preventive Services Campaign to increase the awareness and use of clinical preventive services by providers, patients, and office staff.
• Rees, A. M. Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.
• Richard and Annette Bloch's Fighting Cancer (originally appeared on Compuserve's Cancer Forum).
• Risk Factors for Heart Disease a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Roxane Pain Institute Pain Patient FAQ.
• Sexuality and the Gynecologic Oncology Patient from the University of Washington Divsion of Gynecologic Oncology.
• ToxFAQx (tm) developed by the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Toxicology.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Understanding HIV. Consumer Guide Number 7a. (for Adolescents and Adults). AHCPR Pub. No. 94-0574: January 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Policy and Research Consumer Health.
• Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Family Alliance's What you Need to Know about VHL 1993.

Gynecology and women's health:


• Ann Rose's Ultimate Birth Control Links.
• Arizona Cancer Center. Fast Facts About Breast Cancer.
• Atlantic Canada's Breast Cancer Archive (ACBCA).
• Avon's Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade.
• Breast Cancer Network.
• Breast Cancer Roundtable developed by Peggy Heffernan, Kim Loomis, Thelma Looms.
• Breast Cancer by Pat Connelly.
• Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services.
• CanCom - Women's Cancer Information Project co-ordinated by the European Institute of Womens Health.
• Cathy's Pregnancy Web Page maintained by Cathy Nance.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Breast Cancer: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• College of American Pathologists. Pap Examination: It Can Save Your Life.
• College of American Pathologists. Understanding Fibrocystic Changes of the Breast.
• Dear Doc: Women's Health Questions.
• Dr. Plain Talk.
• European Institute of Womens Health EuroHealth.
• Forum for Women's Health.
• Foundation for Better Health Care Better Health Profiles: Breast Cancer.
• Gilda's Club.
• Gyn 101.
• Gynecological And Reproductive Health, chapter 1 of the Barnard/Columbia Women's Handbook. 1992.
• Harvard women's health watch.
• Health Square.
• HomeArts Breast Health Center.
• Information on Unconventional Therapies written by the Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Project (OBCIEP), adapted by the Atlantic Breast Cancer Information Project (ABCIP) and funded by Health Canada.
• JAMA Women's Health Contraception Information Center.
• JAMA Women's Health Information Center.
• JAMA Women's Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases Information Center.
• Just For Women.
• Mammography matters: a quarterly publication of the Division of Mammography Quality and RadiationPrograms (DMQRP), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
• March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. Genetic Counseling.
• Mayo Health O@sis Pregnancy and Child Health Resource Centers.
• Medscape Patient Info Women's Health from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.
• Medscape Women's Health.
• Melpomene Institute.
• Men's Crusade Against Breast Cancer A Family Guide to Fighting Breast Cancer.
• Menopause Matters.
• Menopause Online.
• Metro Phoenix Women's Center
• Mining Company Breast Cancer maintained by Susan C.Rossi.
• Mining Company Pregnancy and Childbirth maintained by Robin Elise Weiss.
• Mining Company Women's health maintained by Tracee Cornforth.
• NABCO fact sheets from the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations.
• National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). National Breast Cancer Centre. A Consumer's Guide: Early Breast Cancer. 1995.
• New York State Department of Health - Women's Health Issues
• Pap Test maintained by Patrick J. Connelly.
• ParentsPlace.com Breastfeeding Articles and Resources.
• Patient's Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment Anne Moore with Armand S. Cortese and the members of The New York Hospital Breast Cancer Tumor Board.
• Pepsi's Contraceptive & Safe Sex Page
• Searle healthNet. Women's health.
• Segal, Tricia; Lea, Julie. Guide to women's health issues. December 19, 1996.
• Self Breast Examination and Mammography.
• Self Magazine's Breast Cancer Handbook '94.
• Society of Gynecologic Oncologists Active Prevention: a woman's guide to using information and intuition to detect and prevent female reproductive cancers.
• Stateting women's health: a quarterly magazine about women's health (Women's Health Statewide, North Adelaide, Australia).
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Things To Know About Quality Mammograms: a Woman's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 13) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0634). October, 1994.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Information for Women on Food Safety, Nutrition and Cosmetics.
• Women's Fitness and Health maintained by Vivan Tran.
• Women's Health Information from the Health Department of Western Australia.
• Women's Health Statewide: health and information service for South Australian women.
• Women's health hotline: a monthly newsletter providing the media with information on women's health.
• Women's health weekly.
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization Common Questions About Breast Cancer.
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization.
• yeast infection homepage maintained by heather eisthen.

Yeast Infection - Home Remedies

Headache:


• American Council for Headache Education (ACHE).
• American Council for Headache Education What Causes Headache?.
• American Council for Headache Education What You Should Know About Headache.
• Basilar Artery Migraine (BAM) Page maintained by Karyn Huntting.
• Glaxo Wellcome Migraine Resource Center (Glaxo).
• MigraineZine: online journal of migraine.
• Tri-County Eye Physicians & Surgeons Migraine Headaches.

Health Education:


• Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health.

Health Maintenance Organizations:


• Medicare HMO Web Site .

Health Psychology:


• Vanderbilt University Department of Psychology Health Psychology.

Health care policy:


• Mathematica Policy Research a health care policy research and data collection firm
• Medicaid Clearinghouse maintained by Families USA.
• Medicare 1996 Handbook.
• Medicare HMO Web Site .
• Medicare Rights Center (MRC).
• Mr. Long-Term Care
• National Decisions for Health Network (NDHN).
• National Decisions for Health Network Health Resource Database.
• Pacific Business Group on Health California Consumer Health Scope.

Health care reform:


• Children Now -- Children's Health.
• Concerned Healthcare Users of America (CHUA).
• Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making.
• Health Fraud Page: an Information Center on Legislation and Resources to Protect Those Who Encounter Unethical Counseling, Unscientific Evaluations, or Questionable Practices maintained by Dean Hughson.
• Healthcare Users Group (H.U.G.).
• Mathematica Policy Research a health care policy research and data collection firm
• Medicaid Clearinghouse maintained by Families USA.
• Texas Alliance of Health Care Consumers.
• openseason.com: an interactive health information & health insurance site.

Health education:


• Health Education Page.
• Healthier People Network.

Health promotion:


• Healthier People Network.

Hearing Disorders:


• Hearing Aids,etc: free information and referrals for the deaf and hard ofhearing by Eric J. Stenersen.
• Patrick's Tinnitus - Informationen maintained by Patrick Koehne.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Middle Ear Fluid in Young Children: Parent Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 12) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0624). July 1994.

Hearing:


• American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Patient Information.
• Aural Habilitation maintained by Pratibha Srinivasan.
• Coping with Dizziness: resources for patients with vestibular disorders (the Vestibular Disorders Hotsheet).
• Ear, Hearing and Hearing Aid Information Site maintained by Robert J. Olsson.
• Ear, Nose, and Throat Information Center maintained by Head and Neck Surgical Group and Peter J. Casano.
• Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH).

Heart Attack:


• After Your Heart Attack - What Now? maintained by Barbara Perra.
• HeartInfo Heart Attack and Angina.

Heart Diseases:


• American Heart Association Heart & Stroke A-Z Guide 1996.
• Medscape Patient Info Heart Disease and Stroke from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.
• Mining Company Heart Disease maintained by S. Sivasubramanian.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Living With Heart Disease: Is It Heart Failure? (Consumer Guideline Number 11) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0914: June 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Managing Unstable Angina: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 10) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0604). March 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Recovering From Heart Problems Through Cardiac Rehabilitation: Patient Guide (Consumer Guide Number 17) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0674). October 1995.

Heart diseases:


• Healthy Fridge: Open the Door to a Healthy Heart.

Hematology:


• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anemia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Leukaemia Research Fund Patient Information Booklets and Leaflets.
• Mediconsult.com Leukemia/Lymphoma.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Sickle Cell Disease in Newborns and Infants: a Guide for Parents (Consumer Guideline Number 6) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0564). April 1993.

Hepatitis:


• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Hepatitis C.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Hepatitis B.

Herbals:


• Mining Company Herbs for Health maintained by Juli Kight.
• University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden.

Hereditary Diseases:


• Human genetic disease: a layman's approach by Kelley Moremen & Dag Malm.
• Online Genetic Support Groups and Other Health Related WWW Sites maintained by Jeff Shaw.

Hernia:


• British Hernia Centre.

Herpes:


• Café Herpé sponsored by SmithKline Beecham.
• Joanna Strohn's Herpes: the hidden disease.

History:


• Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Bob McCoy, proprietor.

Hospitals:


• Ask NOAH About: HMOs, New York City, State and Regional Hospital Web Sites, Patients' Rights and Resources, Physician Information researched by Patricia E. Gallagher.
• Heartsource Handbook - A free consumer guide to a healthy heart

Hydrocephalus:


• Hydrocephalus Fact Sheet.
• MGH Developmental Neurosurgery's Hydrocephalus and Allied Disorders Resource Guide.

Hypertension:


• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Hypertension : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Hypertension Network. Hypertension Question and Answer Section.

Immunology:


• AllerDays. Allergy-Free Atlanta '96 Daily Pollen Forecast.
• AllergieNet le PREMIER site en français consacré aux allergies et à l'asthme
• Allergy Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics (AAN/MA).
• Allergy and Asthma Rochester Resource Center.
• Asthma Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Bone Marrow Transplants: a book of basics for patients by Susan L. Stewart. (based on the first 12 issues of the BMT newsletter).
• Childhood Immunization Schedules: Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule -- United States, January 1995. (Published in MMWR Issue of January 6, 1995).
• Facts about Psittacosis by Deborah Wisti-Peterson. (version 2.1) Copyright April 1996.
• Food Allergy Center.
• Food Allergy Network.
• Food and Hypersensitivity Diseases: Hypersensitivity Mechanisms, Disease Phenomena, and Food Allergy / by S. J. Gislason.
• Lupus Home Page at Hamlin University.
• MCSurvivors: a comprehensive resource web site for the multiple chemically sensitive. Designed and maintained by Lynda Hamilton.
• National Allergy Bureau Pollen Count Information.
• Natural Immunity Information Network (NIIN).
• No Milk Page: Lactose Intolerance/Milk Allergy/Casein Avoidance maintained by Don Wiss.
• On-Line Allergy Center.
• Sniffles & sneezes online: allergy & asthma care and prevention. Maintained by Louise H. Bethea and Suzanne Weakley.

Indices:


• healthfinder consumer health information web site from the U.S. govt.

Infectious Diseases:


• American Lyme Disease Foundation.
• Candida Page: Candida Albicans/Candidiasis Web Sites maintained by Don Wiss.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Infectious Diseases. Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Lyme Disease: a public information guide.
• Common Cold written by Peter J. Casano.
• Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases maintained by Cheryl Thompson.
• Hackensack University Medical Center Immunization Qs & As.
• Hawaii Department of Health. Communicable Disease Division. Epidemiological Fact Sheet: a list of contagious diseases, their causes, sypmtoms, and steps that can be taken to avoid contracting and/or spreading the disease.
• Hepatitis B Foundation.
• Hepatitis C Info and Support Groups.
• Hepatitis Haven maintained by Jeanne McLaughlin and Kevin Burchett.
• Herpes Zone maintained by Bruce Bartholomew.
• Joanna Strohn's Herpes: the hidden disease.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Infectious Diseases.
• NY State Communicable Diseases Factsheets gopher.
• National Center for Infectious Disease Brochures and Leaflets.
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID Fact Sheet: Flu. December 1997.
• People's Plague Online a companion to the public television program The People's Plague: Tuberculosis in America.
• Pepsi's Contraceptive & Safe Sex Page
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Common viral Infections.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Lyme Disease (tick borne borreliosis).
• yeast infection homepage maintained by heather eisthen.

 

Influenza:


• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases NIAID Fact Sheet: Flu. December 1997.

Informatics:


• 1996 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference being held May 12-14, 1996, in Rancho Mirage, California, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, and IEEE-USA.
• 1997 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference Partnerships '97, April 14-16, 1997, Washington, DC.
• CAPCOM, Inc.
• Glasgow University Centre for Consumer Health Informatics (GUCCHI).
• Health Communication Network (Syndey, Australia).
• Healthcare Metropolis a healthcare network.
• Internet health watch by John H. Renner.
• QSINet - PC dental practice management system
• VTMEDNET: The Rural Health Village.
• Weed, Lawrence L. New connections between medical knowledge and patient care BMJ 1997 July 26; 315 (7102): 231- .
• creehan, mchenry inc. - Healthcare Systems Solutions

Institutes and agencies:


• Combined Health Information Database (CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government).
• National Health Information Center (NHIC) established in 1979 by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• Ticino Cantonal Health Office (Tinet Sagl, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland).
• U.S. General Services Administration Consumer Information Center.
• US Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Insurance:


• Patient Access to Specialty Care Coalition
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research Choosing and Using a Health Plan (AHCPR Pub. No. 97-0011) March 1997.
• UNICARE

Irritable Bowel Syndrome:


• IBS Page: Irritable Bowel Syndrome Web Sites maintained by Don Wiss.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self-Help Group.

Legal medicine:


• Medical Opinions, Inc.
• Patient Access to Specialty Care Coalition

Leukemia:


• Leukaemia Research Fund Patient Information Booklets and Leaflets.
• Mediconsult.com Leukemia/Lymphoma.

Lice:


• American Head Lice Information Center.
• Head lice: Information and Frequently Asked Questions maintained by Richard J. Pollack, Anthony Kiszewski, Andrew Spielman.
• Headlice advice: multi-lingual advice for parents, teachers and health workers.

Lists of Internet Resources:


• @InsideHealthCare maintained by Barry L. Hock.
• AllergieNet le PREMIER site en français consacré aux allergies et à l'asthme
• Alt.Support.Thyroid Thyroid Related Web Sites.
• Alzheimer Research Forum Layperson Websites.
• Cancer Patient Resources Available Via WWW by Darrel Kilius.
• Candida Page: Candida Albicans/Candidiasis Web Sites maintained by Don Wiss.
• Children's Causes maintained by Linda Baker.
• Children's Medical Library (Sioux Falls, South Dakota).
• Consumer Links to Topics of Interest to National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine.
• Consumer and Patient Health Resources compiled by the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR) Staff.
• Dana BrainWeb (Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives).
• Drug Information by Jill Lampi.
• Edward King's AIDS Pages (London).
• Emory MedWeb - Consumer health.
• Family Village, a global community of disability-related resources.
• Gourdji, Judith; Hinton, Susan. Quick information about cancer for patients and their families. Feb. 15, 1996.
• Health Beat: Health & Medical Internet Web Links.
• Health Information Reference Sources developed by the Division of Library Development & Services, Maryland State Department of Education.
• HealthWeb: Consumer Health created by Peggy Jones and Laura Sklansky at the Library of the Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago; currently updated and maintained by Sunny Worel.
• Healthlines Central.
• IBS Page: Irritable Bowel Syndrome Web Sites maintained by Don Wiss.
• INFOMEDICAL Dictionary of Information for Patients and Support Groups maintained by Guo Li.
• Inter-Links Consumer Health Information.
• Internet Health Guide Health Information Categories.
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) maintained by Julio G. Ciamarra.
• Juhnke, Joanne; Powell, Chris. Emotional support: physical loss, chronic illness, and bereavement. July 1995, Version 2.1.
• LookSmart Health & Fitness.
• LookSmart Health & Fitness> Rights, Issues & Law> Patient Rights.
• Los Angeles Free-Net Medical Information.
• MD Net Patient Resources.
• Mark's Melanoma Hotlist maintained by Mark B. Weber.
• Mathematica Policy Research a health care policy research and data collection firm
• Med Help International Medical Support Library.
• Medical Links maintained by Christine Wardle.
• Midwifery, Pregnancy and Birth Related Information maintained by Donna Dolezal Zelzer.
• Mining Company AIDS/HIV maintained by Edward King.
• Mining Company Back and Neck Injury maintained by Diane Hunter.
• Mining Company Breast Cancer maintained by Susan C.Rossi.
• Mining Company Cardiology maintained by Declan O'Kane.
• Mining Company Diabetes maintained by Cynthia Black.
• Mining Company Family Medicine maintained by Mark Abell.
• Mining Company Heart Disease maintained by S. Sivasubramanian.
• Mining Company Herbs for Health maintained by Juli Kight.
• Mining Company Mental Diseases and Conditions maintained by Maureen McEachen.
• Mining Company Mental Health Resources maintained by Leonard Holmes.
• Mining Company Ophthalmology maintained by Ofer Eytan.
• Mining Company Pediatrics maintained by Warren Silberstein.
• Mining Company Pregnancy and Childbirth maintained by Robin Elise Weiss.
• Mining Company Thyroid Disease maintained by Mary Shomon.
• Mining Company Women's health maintained by Tracee Cornforth.
• Monash University Health Promotion on the Internet Internet Health Directory.
• NZ Health Online.
• National Decisions for Health Network Health Resource Database.
• No Milk Page: Lactose Intolerance/Milk Allergy/Casein Avoidance maintained by Don Wiss.
• North Memorial Health Care Medical Library Selective List of WWW Health Information Sites for Patients, Their Families and Community.
• On-Line Resources for Diabetics by Rick Mendosa.
• Online Genetic Support Groups and Other Health Related WWW Sites maintained by Jeff Shaw.
• Patient/Consumer Health Information maintained by Cheryl S. Pace and Christine M. Ernst at the University of Kansas Medical Center medical library.
• Patricia Wrean's Asthma and Allergy WWW Resources Page.
• Pfizer Exploring Your Health Glossary.
• Pfizer Exploring Your Health Trust the Web?
• Psych Web Psychology Self-Help Resources on the Internet.
• SC HealthNET.
• Santa Barbara Health Center Health and Fitness Information.
• Segal, Tricia; Lea, Julie. Guide to women's health issues. December 19, 1996.
• Steve Dunn's CancerGuide.
• Sympatico HealthyWay.
• University of California, Irvine Health Promotion Center UCIHPC's Gateway to Related Internet Sites.
• University of Exeter Health Education Unit Health hitlist Health (education) - related pages on the Web maintained by David Regis.
• Vermont SIRI Web Site A (Safety Information Resources on the InterNet).
• Vermont SIRI Web Site B (Safety Information Resources on the InterNet).
• Virgin Net: Health.
• Wellness Interactive Network Health Information Highway.
• You First Health Links.
• Your Health Online.
• Your Health is Your Business: a Health Promotion Resource Page for Individuals, Worksites, Communities, and Health Professionals. a joint cooperation of the Southern Illinois University Health Education Program, the Center for Injury Control and Worksite Health Promotion (CICWHP),
• healthfinder consumer health information web site from the U.S. govt.
• help! A Consumer's Guide to Mental Health Information.

Lung Cancer:


• Medicine On Line Lung Cancer Information Center sponsored by the Glaxo Wellcome Division of Oncology.

Lupus Erythematosus:


• Colorado HealthNet Lupus Center.
• Lupus Home Page at Hamlin University.

Lyme Disease:


• American Lyme Disease Foundation.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Infectious Diseases. Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Lyme Disease: a public information guide.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Lyme Disease (tick borne borreliosis).

Lymphedema:


• National Lymphedema Network: a non-profit lymphedema information/education organization.

Medical Education:


• Health education journal (tables of contents and abstracts; selected articles).

Medical Equipment:


• Shoppers Home Health Care

Medical Indigency:


• Edmund's Home Page Indigent Prescription Programs.

Medical Libraries:


• Borgess Medical Center Community Health Information Library (Kalamazoo, Michigan).
• Health Education Library for People (HELP) (Mumbai, India).
• Medical Library Association Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CaPHIS).

Medical Literature:


• Bero, Lisa A.; Jadad, Alejandro R. How consumers and policymakers can use systematic reviews for decision making Annals of internal medicine 1997 1 July; 127:37-42.

Medical Products:


• Apollo Products: Gages Fixtures Design- Aerospace Automotive Medical
• BASF Human Nutrition .
• Carlingswitch: Quality By Design.
• Electric-Medicine
• Health Products Direct Online
• Rocket & Co's NEWAYS for Good Health & Nutrition
• TeamUp & Voyager Healthsite

Medicare:


• Medicare HMO Web Site .

Medicine:


• @InsideHealthCare maintained by Barry L. Hock.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Arteriosclerosis: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Angina: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Arrhythmias: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Dr. Plain Talk.
• Health Beat: Health & Medical Internet Web Links.
• Medical Opinions, Inc.
• Mr. Long-Term Care
• Reuters Health Information Services.
• SC HealthNET.
• Suite 101: Medicine maintained by Michael Woo-Ming.
• Townsend letters for doctors & patients (selected articles).
• UNI Health Products

Menopause:


• Menopause Matters.
• Menopause Online.

Mental Health/Psychiatry/Psychology:


• Advertising, Consumer Psychology, and Health Conference (1997 May 2-4 : Columbus,Ohio).
• Alliance for the Mentally Ill/Friends and Advocates of the Mentally Ill (AMI/FAMI).
• American Psychiatric Nurses Association Mental Health Care: a Consumer's Guide.
• American Self-Help Clearinghouse/Mental Health Net Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine.
• Anxiety Disorder Association of America.
• Ask Happyshrink.
• Ask the Doc.
• At Health Mental Health Topics.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Alzheimer's Disease: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anorexia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anxiety: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Connecticut Clearinghouse: a program of Wheeler Clinic.
• David Baldwin's Trauma Info Pages.
• DeathNet.
• Dr. Bob's Virtual En-psych-lopedia: Psychopharmacology Tips: tips posted by members of the psycho-pharm discussion list run by Interpsych, then edited by Robert Hsiung.
• FRAXA Research Foundation Home Page: supporting research aimed at treatment for fragile X syndrome.
• FULL ACCESS: resources for persons with/or perceived to have psychiatric disABILITIES maintained by Patrick E. Bruckart.
• Georgia Alliance for the Mentally Ill.
• GriefNet - Bereavement and Loss Resources.
• Harvard mental health letter.
• Health care guidelines for individuals with Down Syndrome (Down Syndrome Preventive Medical Check List). Edited by William I. Cohen, M.D. for the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group. [Reprinted from Down Syndrome Quarterly, Volume 1, Number 2, June, 1996].
• Juhnke, Joanne; Powell, Chris. Emotional support: physical loss, chronic illness, and bereavement. July 1995, Version 2.1.
• Medscape Patient Info Mental and Emotional Health from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.
• Menninger Clinic. Articles on Mental Health.
• Mental Health InfoSource Ask the Expert.
• Mental Health InfoSource.
• Mental health update: newsletter for families and consumers.
• Mining Company Mental Diseases and Conditions maintained by Maureen McEachen.
• Mining Company Mental Health Resources maintained by Leonard Holmes.
• NYU Department of Psychiatry Psychiatry Information for the Public created by Waguih William IsHak.
• National Anxiety Foundation.
• National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA).
• PDD/Asperger Support Group Of Fairfield County, CT.
• Phobia List compiled and kept by Fredd Culbertson.
• Psych Web Psychology Self-Help Resources on the Internet.
• Royal College of Psychiatrists "Help is at Hand" Leaflet Series.
• SOLUTION Mailing List.
• Self-help psychology magazine.
• Society for Consumer Psychology.
• The Arc's Q&A Page.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Depression is a Treatable Illness: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 5) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0553). April 1993.
• Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (Melbourne, Australia).
• Wing of Madness: a Depression Guide by Deborah M. Deren.
• help! A Consumer's Guide to Mental Health Information.

Mental health/Psychiatry/Psychology:


• Mental Health Net Self-help resources.

Microbiology and Virology:


• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Common viral Infections.

Migraine:


• Basilar Artery Migraine (BAM) Page maintained by Karyn Huntting.

Mouth Abnormalities:


• Wide Smiles: Cleft Lip and Palate Resouces.

Multiple Sclerosis:


• Multiple Sclerosis Forum on CompuServe.

Muscular Dystrophy:


• Ask NOAH About: Neurological and Neuromuscular Disorders researched by Patricia E. Gallagher and Susan Voge.

Museums:


• Hall of Health, a community health-education museum and science center, cosponsored by Children's Hospital Oakland and Alta Bates Medical Center.
• Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Bob McCoy, proprietor.

Myasthenia Gravis:


• Myasthenia Gravis Links.

Neoplasms:


• Introduction to Cancer: a Primer for High School Students by Angela Thomas.
• Med Help Cancer Library (for Patients).

Nephrology:


• American Association of Kidney Patients.
• Kidney Patients' Resources maintained by Curtis L. Atkin.

Neurology:


• Alzheimer Research Forum Layperson Websites.
• American Council for Headache Education (ACHE).
• American Council for Headache Education What Causes Headache?.
• American Council for Headache Education What You Should Know About Headache.
• American Porphyria Foundation.
• Ask NOAH About: Neurological and Neuromuscular Disorders researched by Patricia E. Gallagher and Susan Voge.
• Basilar Artery Migraine (BAM) Page maintained by Karyn Huntting.
• Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
• Brain Tumor Society Resources for Patients and Families: Online (Computer) Resources.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Alzheimer's Disease: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Dana BrainWeb (Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives).
• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD).
• Glaxo Wellcome Migraine Resource Center (Glaxo).
• Huntington's Disease Association's Facing Huntington's Disease: a handbook for families and friends.
• Huntington's Disease Information maintained by Renette Davis.
• Huntington's disease maintained by Robert Laycock.
• MS news from sunny Arizona maintained by Jean Sumption and sponsored by the International MS Support Foundation.
• Making Advances in the Prevention of Stroke (MAPS).
• Multiple Sclerosis Forum on CompuServe.
• Myasthenia Gravis Links.
• Parkinson's Disease Information Center (PDIC) maintained by Jeffrey Kaye.
• Parkinson's Web from the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology.
• RLS, Restless Legs Syndrome Support Page maintained by the Northwest Ohio RLS Support Group.
• Revista "Cérebro & Mente" = Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
• Saint Anne's Hospital Pain Management Center Internet Resources for Patients.
• Syringomyelia .
• Tri-County Eye Physicians & Surgeons Migraine Headaches.

Neurosciences:


• Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.
• Revista "Cérebro & Mente" = Brain & mind: electronic magazine on neuroscience. Produced by the Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campinas, Brazil.

Neurosurgery:


• Brain Surgery Information Center.
• Your child and neurosurgery: an electronic journal (New York University Medical Center Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery ).

New Zealand:


• NZ Health Online.

News:


• Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National Transcripts: the Health Report.
• CNN Health.
• Good Health Web News Page.
• Health Philadelphia.
• HealthNews from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine.
• Heart information news: medical news for heart patients.
• Internet Daily News: Life and Health
• Medical news.
• Medicine Up to the Minute maintained by Charles A. Bertrand.
• NetWellness In the News page.
• Philadelphia Online Health Philadelphia (published by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News).
• Reuters Health Information Services.
• Reuters Health eLine Consumer News.
• WCVB 5 HealthBeat.
• WRAL-TV5 Health Team (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina).
• White House Social Statistics Briefing Room: Health.
• Your health daily from the New York Times News Service and Medical Tribune News Service.
• newsstand@thrive.

Nutrition:


• Advanced Nutrition
• American Heart Association AHA Recipes of the Month.
• BASF Human Nutrition .
• Bhealthy Gym.
• Calorie Control Council.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anorexia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Consumer Information - Food & Nutrition from Consumer Information Center of the U.S. General Services Administration.
• Consumer MedHelp.
• Develop a Healthy Habit - Figure the Fat in Foods
• Dietetics Online.
• FOOD Questions and Answers On-Line.
• Fast Food Finder by Michael Olenick (based on the book Fast Food Facts by the Minnesota Attorney General's Office).
• Food Allergy Center.
• Food and Hypersensitivity Diseases: Hypersensitivity Mechanisms, Disease Phenomena, and Food Allergy / by S. J. Gislason.
• Freshe Ideas Consulting
• General Nutrition Centers
• Diet and Fitness Resource, The (This is on the Ultimate Coupons page, but seems useful.)
• Health Vision Weight Table Comparison Study.
• HealthWorld Online Nutrition Center.
• Healthy Fridge: Open the Door to a Healthy Heart.
• Healthy Weight.
• Intelligent Nutrition Systems
• Mayo Health O@sis Diet and Nutrition Resource Center.
• McHealth - A network of fast Health-food restaurants
• National Cancer Institute (US) 5 a Day: a national program to increase fruit and vegetable intake.
• Nutriquest, a service of Cornell's Division of Nutritional Sciences.
• Nutrition action healthletter (Center for Science in the Public Interest) (tables of contents and selected articles).
• Open the Door to a Healthy Heart.
• Rocket & Co's NEWAYS for Good Health & Nutrition
• The Feingold Association of the United States Diet Therapy Program for Attention & Behavioral Disorders
• U.S. FDA / Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Foodborne Illness.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Information for Women on Food Safety, Nutrition and Cosmetics.
• USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center.
• VitaleTherapeutics, Inc.-a non-profit research organization.
• phys: nutrition for normal people.

Obstetrics:


• Dr. Plain Talk.

Occupational health and safety:


• Amara's RSI Page.
• At Work With Julie: Workers' Compensation questions and answers written by Julie Carroll.
• CTDNews (Center for Workplace Health).
• Computer Related Repetitive Strain Injury.
• ErgoWeb: the place for ergonomics.
• Human Ecology Action League (HEAL)HEALNatnl.
• MCSurvivors: a comprehensive resource web site for the multiple chemically sensitive. Designed and maintained by Lynda Hamilton.
• New York State Department of Health Environmental and Occupational Health information.
• Vermont SIRI Web Site A (Safety Information Resources on the InterNet).
• Vermont SIRI Web Site B (Safety Information Resources on the InterNet).
• VitaleTherapeutics, Inc.-a non-profit research organization.

Oncology:


• Advanced Research Corporation Information on Cancer (includes a mirror of CancerNet).
• American Academy of Dermatology. Skin Cancer News.
• American Brain Tumor Association's A Primer Of Brain Tumors : a patient's reference manual 5th ed. 1991.
• American Brain Tumor Association's Dictionary for Brain Tumor Patients.
• American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute Questions and answers about pain control: a guide for people with cancer and their families.
• Arizona Cancer Center. Fast Facts About Breast Cancer.
• Atlantic Canada's Breast Cancer Archive (ACBCA).
• Avon's Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade.
• Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada Brain tumor patient resource book -- pediatric version.
• Brain Tumor Society Resources for Patients and Families: Online (Computer) Resources.
• Breast Cancer Network.
• Breast Cancer Roundtable developed by Peggy Heffernan, Kim Loomis, Thelma Looms.
• Breast Cancer by Pat Connelly.
• Burlington Breast Cancer Support Services.
• ButterFly Image: a wealth of information on postmastectomy products.
• CanCom - Women's Cancer Information Project co-ordinated by the European Institute of Womens Health.
• Cancer Group Institute.
• Cancer Patient Resources Available Via WWW by Darrel Kilius.
• Cancer Patients Aid Association (Mumbai, India).
• Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund - a national charity
• Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance (Houston, Texas).
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Breast Cancer: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Children's Brain Tumor Foundation's Resource Guide For Parents of Children With Brain or Spinal Cord Tumors.
• Foundation for Better Health Care Better Health Profiles: Breast Cancer.
• Fundamentals of Prostate Cancer Detection and Treatment by Tom Feeney.
• Gilda's Club.
• Gourdji, Judith; Hinton, Susan. Quick information about cancer for patients and their families. Feb. 15, 1996.
• Information on Unconventional Therapies written by the Ontario Breast Cancer Information Exchange Project (OBCIEP), adapted by the Atlantic Breast Cancer Information Project (ABCIP) and funded by Health Canada.
• Leukaemia Research Fund Patient Information Booklets and Leaflets.
• Lung Cancer by Pat Connelly.
• Lymphoma Research Foundation of America.
• Mark's Melanoma Hotlist maintained by Mark B. Weber.
• Mayo Health O@sis Cancer Resource Center.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Cancer.
• Medicine On Line Lung Cancer Information Center sponsored by the Glaxo Wellcome Division of Oncology.
• Mediconsult.com Leukemia/Lymphoma.
• Medscape Patient Info Cancer from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.
• Men's Crusade Against Breast Cancer A Family Guide to Fighting Breast Cancer.
• NABCO fact sheets from the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations.
• National Cancer Institute (US) 5 a Day: a national program to increase fruit and vegetable intake.
• National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia). National Breast Cancer Centre. A Consumer's Guide: Early Breast Cancer. 1995.
• National Lymphedema Network: a non-profit lymphedema information/education organization.
• New York State Department of Health - Women's Health Issues
• Oral Health Education Foundation (OHEF) Oral Cancer Information Center.
• Patient's Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment Anne Moore with Armand S. Cortese and the members of The New York Hospital Breast Cancer Tumor Board.
• Prostate Cancer Dot Com.
• Prostate Cancer InfoLink at the CoMed Communications Internet Health Forum.
• Richard and Annette Bloch's Fighting Cancer (originally appeared on Compuserve's Cancer Forum).
• Roxane Pain Institute Pain Patient FAQ.
• Sarcoma Central.
• Self Breast Examination and Mammography.
• Self Magazine's Breast Cancer Handbook '94.
• Sexuality and the Gynecologic Oncology Patient from the University of Washington Divsion of Gynecologic Oncology.
• Society of Gynecologic Oncologists Active Prevention: a woman's guide to using information and intuition to detect and prevent female reproductive cancers.
• Steve Dunn's CancerGuide.
• TransScan R&D Ltd.
• VitaleTherapeutics, Inc.-a non-profit research organization.
• Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Family Alliance's What you Need to Know about VHL 1993.
• What Are Clinical Trials All About?: a Booklet for Patients with Cancer by Eleanor Nealon. Published by the National Cancer Institute in December 1989 and was converted to html at the Ohio State University Cancer Center in March 1995.
• Why Me: helping children with cancer: a non-profit charitable organization.
• Women's Health Information from the Health Department of Western Australia.
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization Common Questions About Breast Cancer.
• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization.

Ophthalmology and Optometry:


• APHAKIC (Association of Parents Having A Kid In Contacts) created by Nancy Penney.
• Achromatopsia Network.
• American Academy of Ophthalmology Eye Care FAQs.
• American Academy of Ophthalmology Public Information.
• CIBA Vision Forsight Glossary.
• CIBA Vision World All About Contact Lenses.
• Campus Commons Eye Care The Eye !.
• Canadian Ophthalmological Society Public Information: Eye conditions, disorders and treaments .
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Cataracts : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Glaucoma : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Amblyopia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Columbia Visual Health & Surgical Center Eye Conditions and Diseases.
• Columbia Visual Health & Surgical Center Information about Eye Conditions and Diseases.
• Emory Vision Correction Center How the Eye Works.
• Eye Disorders - Floaters maintained by Suzanne Schnite.
• Eyesight Insight maintained by Alan Chandler.
• Foundation Fighting Blindness.
• Glaucoma: preventing blindness by Kevin Clark.
• I SEE Mailing List.
• IBM Special Needs Information Referral Center Resource Guide For Persons With Vision Impairments.
• International Glaucoma Association (IGA).
• International Glaucoma Association Patient Centre.
• Madelyn Hall's Pediatric Ophthalmology Consumer Resource File.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Eye Conditions.
• Mining Company Ophthalmology maintained by Ofer Eytan.
• Patients Guide to Refractive Surgery by Dr. William Ellis of the Eye Center of Northern California.
• Prevent Blindness America.
• Royal National Institute for the Blind (UK) Understanding Eye Conditions.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Cataract in Adults: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 4) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0544). February 1993.
• University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Scheie Eye Institue Patient Information.
• Vision Correction Website.
• Vision and Eyecare Frequently Asked Questions by Grant Sayer.
• YHi: Your Health Information Avoiding Eye Strain.

Ophthalmology and optometry:


• Ask NOAH About: The Eye researched by Lynne Olver.

Oral Surgery:


• Non Chew Cookbook by J. Randy Wilson.

Orthopedics:


• Medical Multimedia Group A Patient's Guide to Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
• Mining Company Back and Neck Injury maintained by Diane Hunter.
• Oh, My Aching Back: an investigative guide to maintaining a healthy back.
• Scoliosis: Information & Treatment from OrthoDoc: the Pain & Posture Clinic.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Understanding Acute Low Back Problems: Patient Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 14) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0644). December 1994.

Osteoporosis:


• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Osteoporosis : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center (ORBD~NRC).

Otolaryngology:


• Patrick's Tinnitus - Informationen maintained by Patrick Koehne.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Middle Ear Fluid in Young Children: Parent Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 12) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0624). July 1994.

Ovarian Cancer:


• Gilda's Club.

Parasitology:


• American Head Lice Information Center.
• Head lice: Information and Frequently Asked Questions maintained by Richard J. Pollack, Anthony Kiszewski, Andrew Spielman.
• Headlice advice: multi-lingual advice for parents, teachers and health workers.

Parenting:


• StorkNet: the online resource for parents-to-be and new parents.

Parkinson's Disease:


• Parkinson's Disease Information Center (PDIC) maintained by Jeffrey Kaye.
• Parkinson's Web from the Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Neurology.

Patents:


• VitaleTherapeutics, Inc.-a non-profit research organization.

Patient Advocacy:


• American Center for Patient Decisionmaking (ACPD).
• American Iatrogenic Association (AIA).
• Association for Responsible Medicine (ARM).
• Public Citizen Health Research Group.

Patient Education:


• Consumer Health and Patient Education (CAPHIS) Listserv maintained by the Consumer and Patient Health Information Section of the Medical Library Association.
• Medscape Patient Info Skin Disorders from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.

Patient Records:


• American Association for Medical Transcription. Guidelines on Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security of Patient Care Documentation Through the Process of Medical Dictation and Transcription.
• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Health Privacy and Confidentiality: recommendations of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Approved on June 25, 1997.
• Utility Consumers' Action Network. How Private Is My Medical Information? San Diego CA: Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 1997. (Fact Sheet # 8).

Patient care:


• Anaesthesia for Non-Anaesthetists maintained by John G. Ascah (Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital).

Patient education:


• AAD Derminfo Net Patient Information Pamphlet Index: a public service of the American Academy of Dermatology.
• ANRED - Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders.
• After Your Heart Attack - What Now? maintained by Barbara Perra.
• AllergieNet le PREMIER site en français consacré aux allergies et à l'asthme
• Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet.
• American Academy of Ophthalmology Eye Care FAQs.
• American Academy of Ophthalmology Public Information.
• American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Patient Information.
• American Brain Tumor Association's A Primer Of Brain Tumors : a patient's reference manual 5th ed. 1991.
• American Brain Tumor Association's Dictionary for Brain Tumor Patients.
• American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute Questions and answers about pain control: a guide for people with cancer and their families.
• Ask NOAH About: HMOs, New York City, State and Regional Hospital Web Sites, Patients' Rights and Resources, Physician Information researched by Patricia E. Gallagher.
• Atherosclerosis: a Major Cause of Cardiovascular Disease a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Bone Marrow Transplants: a book of basics for patients by Susan L. Stewart. (based on the first 12 issues of the BMT newsletter).
• Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada Brain tumor patient resource book -- pediatric version.
• CIBA Vision World All About Contact Lenses.
• Cancer Group Institute.
• Cancer Patient Resources Available Via WWW by Darrel Kilius.
• Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund - a national charity
• Cathy's Pregnancy Web Page maintained by Cathy Nance.
• Center for Current Research Inc. Alzheimer's Disease: Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Amblyopia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anemia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Angina: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anorexia: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Anxiety: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Center for Current Research Inc. - Arrhythmias: Late-Breaking Medical Research
• Cheshire Medical Center Consumer Health Pick of the Week.
• Childhood Immunization Schedules: Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule -- United States, January 1995. (Published in MMWR Issue of January 6, 1995).
• Children's Brain Tumor Foundation's Resource Guide For Parents of Children With Brain or Spinal Cord Tumors.
• Columbia Visual Health & Surgical Center Eye Conditions and Diseases.
• Combined Health Information Database (CHID is a database produced by health-related agencies of the Federal Government).
• Comprehensive Cardiologic Program maintained by Conrado Norberto Weber.
• Consumer MedHelp.
• Dental Consumer Advisor.
• Dental Site Dental Resources for Patients.
• Diabetes Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Doctor is In (nationally syndicated television series on health).
• Doctor's Guide to the Internet Patient's Guides.
• Emory Vision Correction Center How the Eye Works.
• Friends' Health Connection.
• Guide to Health maintained by Eduardo J. Balbona.
• Health Education Page.
• HealthWatch: enhancing informed choice through reliable information maintained by David A Bender.
• HealthyLives created by GlaxoWellcome.
• Heart and Stroke Facts a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Heart information news: medical news for heart patients.
• HeartInfo Cardiovascular Disease Information Center.
• Human genetic disease: a layman's approach by Kelley Moremen & Dag Malm.
• Huntington's Disease Association's Facing Huntington's Disease: a handbook for families and friends.
• Hypertension Network. Hypertension Question and Answer Section.
• IBM Special Needs Information Referral Center Resource Guide For Persons With Vision Impairments.
• INFOMEDICAL Dictionary of Information for Patients and Support Groups maintained by Guo Li.
• International Glaucoma Association Patient Centre.
• Introduction to Cancer: a Primer for High School Students by Angela Thomas.
• Iowa Health BookPatient Information.
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention: Patient Information.
• Kidney Patients' Resources maintained by Curtis L. Atkin.
• Leukaemia Research Fund Patient Information Booklets and Leaflets.
• Lilly Managing Your Diabetes.
• LookSmart Health & Fitness> Rights, Issues & Law> Patient Rights.
• MD Net Patient Resources.
• MRI Patient Information by William H. Wright.
• Madelyn Hall's Pediatric Ophthalmology Consumer Resource File.
• Med Help International.
• Medical Multimedia Group A Patient's Guide to Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
• Medication Information Center run by Randall Prince and Thomas Sisca.
• Mediconsult.com AIDS Information for the Well Informed.
• Mediconsult.com: Information for the Well Informed.
• Narcotics Anonymous Aruba.
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Patient Information Documents on Digestive Diseases.
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. NINDS Stroke Information Guide.
• Old Wives' Tales And Other Pediatric Myths created by F. Wayne van Saun.
• Online journal of cardiology Wellness Frequently Asked Questions.
• Oral Health Education Foundation (OHEF) Oral Cancer Information Center.
• Parents of H-I Children FAQ.
• Patient Access to Specialty Care Coalition
• Patient Education Materials Available on the Net compiled and maintained by G. Stephen Nace.
• Patient Medical Assistant: For Common Out-Patient Primary Care Problems by Michael S. Cole.
• Patient Support Centre (UK).
• Patient Support Trust (UK).
• Patient's Guide To Breast Cancer Treatment Anne Moore with Armand S. Cortese and the members of The New York Hospital Breast Cancer Tumor Board.
• Patient/Consumer Health Information maintained by Cheryl S. Pace and Christine M. Ernst at the University of Kansas Medical Center medical library.
• Patients Guide to Refractive Surgery by Dr. William Ellis of the Eye Center of Northern California.
• Pepsi's Contraceptive & Safe Sex Page
• Professional Access Services.
• Recovery Related Resources maintained by John S.
• Richard and Annette Bloch's Fighting Cancer (originally appeared on Compuserve's Cancer Forum).
• Risk Factors for Heart Disease a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Rossini, Aldo A.; Lundstrom, Ruth; Mordes, John P. The Healing Handbook for Persons with Diabetes Worcester, MA: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 1995.
• Roxane Pain Institute Pain Patient FAQ.
• Saint Anne's Hospital Pain Management Center Internet Resources for Patients.
• Sapient Health Network.
• Scoliosis: Information & Treatment from OrthoDoc: the Pain & Posture Clinic.
• Searle healthNet. Arthritis.
• Searle healthNet. Cardiovascular.
• Searle healthNet. Women's health.
• Self Breast Examination and Mammography.
• Self Magazine's Breast Cancer Handbook '94.
• Sexuality and the Gynecologic Oncology Patient from the University of Washington Divsion of Gynecologic Oncology.
• Skin Channel Patient Information Resources.
• Thyroid Foundation of Canada Health Guides on Thyroid Disease.
• U.C. San Francisco AIDS Program at San Francisco General Hospital Clinical Fact Sheet Topics.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Cataract in Adults: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 4) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0544). February 1993.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Depression is a Treatable Illness: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 5) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0553). April 1993.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Early Alzheimer's Disease: Patient and Family Guide (Clinical Practice Guideline, No. 19, Consumer Version) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0704a). September 1996.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Living With Heart Disease: Is It Heart Failure? (Consumer Guideline Number 11) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0914: June 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Managing Unstable Angina: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 10) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0604). March 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Middle Ear Fluid in Young Children: Parent Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 12) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0624). July 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Pain Control after Surgery: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 1) (AHCPR Publication No. 92-0021). February 1993.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Preventing Pressure Ulcers: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 3) (AHCPR Pub. No. 92-0048). May 1992.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Recovering After a Stroke: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guide Number 16) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0664). May 1995.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Recovering From Heart Problems Through Cardiac Rehabilitation: Patient Guide (Consumer Guide Number 17) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0674). October 1995.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Sickle Cell Disease in Newborns and Infants: a Guide for Parents (Consumer Guideline Number 6) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0564). April 1993.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Things To Know About Quality Mammograms: a Woman's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 13) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0634). October, 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Treating Pressure Sores (Consumer Guide Number 15) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0654). December 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Treating Your Enlarged Prostate: Patient Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 8) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0584). February 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Understanding Acute Low Back Problems: Patient Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 14) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0644). December 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Understanding Incontinence: a Patient's Guide (AHCPR Publication Number 0685). March 1996.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. You Can Quit Smoking: Patient Guide (Consumer Guide Number 18) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0695). April 1996.
• UTH-HSC / Hermann Hospital Health Information Network (UTHH1N) Patient Information Sources maintained by Alan S. Tonnesen.
• University of Pennsylvania Medical Center Scheie Eye Institue Patient Information.
• Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Family Alliance's What you Need to Know about VHL 1993.
• Wide Smiles: Cleft Lip and Palate Resouces.
• Women's Health Information from the Health Department of Western Australia.
• YouFirst - Health assessment
• Your child and neurosurgery: an electronic journal (New York University Medical Center Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery ).
• e-help Home Page by Peter Migaly.

Pediatrics:


• APHAKIC (Association of Parents Having A Kid In Contacts) created by Nancy Penney.
• Applied Medical Informatics Medical Housecall Demo.
• Applied Medical Informatics Pediatric Housecall Demo.
• Ask Dr. Warren maintained by Warren Silberstein.
• Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada Brain tumor patient resource book -- pediatric version.
• Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance (Houston, Texas).
• Cerebral Palsy: Multimedia Tutorial for Children and Parents by Stephen M. Borowitz.
• Childhood Immunization Schedules: Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule -- United States, January 1995. (Published in MMWR Issue of January 6, 1995).
• Children Now -- Children's Health.
• Children with DIABETES: on-line magazine for kids and families with juvenile diabetes.
• Children's Brain Tumor Foundation's Resource Guide For Parents of Children With Brain or Spinal Cord Tumors.
• Children's Causes maintained by Linda Baker.
• Children's Medical Library (Sioux Falls, South Dakota).
• Congenital Heart Disease Resource Page maintained by Sheri Berger.
• Dr. Greene's HouseCalls: pediatric wisdom for the information age.
• Dr. Paula - Pediatric Questions & Answers (Paula Elbirt).
• Dr. Plain Talk.
• FRAXA Research Foundation Home Page: supporting research aimed at treatment for fragile X syndrome.
• HealthWorld Online Children's Health Center
• Healthfront.com.
• Impicciatore, Piero; Pandolfini, Chiara; Casella, Nicola; Bonati, Maurizio. Reliability of health information for the public on the world wide web: systematic survey of advice on managing fever in children at home BMJ 1997 June 28 ; 314 (7098).
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) maintained by Julio G. Ciamarra.
• KidsHealth @ the AMA developed by the American Medical Association and the Nemours Foundation.
• KidsHealthNet - Protecting Children Through Information.
• Madelyn Hall's Pediatric Ophthalmology Consumer Resource File.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Pediatrics.
• Mining Company Pediatrics maintained by Warren Silberstein.
• National Parent Information Network.
• New Parents Network.
• Old Wives' Tales And Other Pediatric Myths created by F. Wayne van Saun.
• Online Pediatrician maintained by Joe Matusic.
• Parents of H-I Children FAQ.
• Why Me: helping children with cancer: a non-profit charitable organization.
• Your child and neurosurgery: an electronic journal (New York University Medical Center Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery ).
• kidsDoctor maintained by Lewis A. Coffin.

Pediculosis:


• American Head Lice Information Center.
• Head lice: Information and Frequently Asked Questions maintained by Richard J. Pollack, Anthony Kiszewski, Andrew Spielman.
• Headlice advice: multi-lingual advice for parents, teachers and health workers.

Pharmacy and Pharmacology:


• Dr. Bob's Virtual En-psych-lopedia: Psychopharmacology Tips: tips posted by members of the psycho-pharm discussion list run by Interpsych, then edited by Robert Hsiung.
• Drug Infonet.
• Eckerd Pharmacy Consumer Guide to Over-the-Counter Drugs.
• Eckerd Pharmacy Rx Advisor.
• Edmund's Home Page Indigent Prescription Programs.
• Health Connection New Drugs.
• Home Doctor from MEDETAIL (UK).
• Medication Information Center run by Randall Prince and Thomas Sisca.
• PharmInfoNet DrugFAQs: Frequently Asked Questions About Drugs.
• Pharma-Response Consumer Information System (requires registration).
• Protease Inhibitors: What They Are, How They Work, When to Use Them by Martin Markowitz. Published by International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, September, 1997.
• University of Maryland Drug Information Service.
• University of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden.
• VitaleTherapeutics, Inc.-a non-profit research organization.
• e-pharmacy by Eckerd.

Phobic Disorders:


• Phobia List compiled and kept by Fredd Culbertson.

Plastic surgery:


• E-sthetics online information about cosmetic surgery.

Podiatry:


• Ask the Foot Doctor.
• Block, Barry H. Foot Talk Forest Hills, New York: Foot Health, 1996-
• Foot Health maintained by Barry H. Block
• Foot talk place on the Net.

Pregnancy:


• Mayo Health O@sis Pregnancy and Child Health Resource Centers.
• Mining Company Pregnancy and Childbirth maintained by Robin Elise Weiss.
• StorkNet: the online resource for parents-to-be and new parents.

Preventive Medicine:


• 1996 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference being held May 12-14, 1996, in Rancho Mirage, California, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Annenberg Center for Health Sciences, and IEEE-USA.
• 1997 Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information Conference Partnerships '97, April 14-16, 1997, Washington, DC.
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Prevention primer: an encylopedia of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention terms. Rockville, MD: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, 1993.
• Health care guidelines for individuals with Down Syndrome (Down Syndrome Preventive Medical Check List). Edited by William I. Cohen, M.D. for the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group. [Reprinted from Down Syndrome Quarterly, Volume 1, Number 2, June, 1996].
• Making Advances in the Prevention of Stroke (MAPS).
• Monash University Health Promotion on the Internet Internet Health Directory.
• Monash University Health Promotion on the Internet.
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke.
• Put Prevention Into Practice: the National Preventive Services Campaign to increase the awareness and use of clinical preventive services by providers, patients, and office staff.
• Quality Health, Inc.
• University of California, Irvine Health Promotion Center UCIHPC's Gateway to Related Internet Sites.
• University of California, Irvine Health Promotion Center.
• YouFirst - Health assessment

Preventive medicine:


• Self Health: an owner's guide for your body by All Saints Healthcare System.

Privacy:


• American Association for Medical Transcription. Guidelines on Confidentiality, Privacy, and Security of Patient Care Documentation Through the Process of Medical Dictation and Transcription.
• National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Health Privacy and Confidentiality: recommendations of the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics. Approved on June 25, 1997.
• Utility Consumers' Action Network. How Private Is My Medical Information? San Diego CA: Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, 1997. (Fact Sheet # 8).

Prostate Cancer:


• Fundamentals of Prostate Cancer Detection and Treatment by Tom Feeney.
• Prostate Cancer Dot Com.
• Prostate Cancer InfoLink at the CoMed Communications Internet Health Forum.

Prostate Disease:


• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Treating Your Enlarged Prostate: Patient Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 8) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0584). February 1994.

Pseudofolliculitis Barbae:


• Pseudofolliculitis Barbae Sufferers of America.

Psoriasis:


• Psoriasis Information Center.
• Skin Page (home of the Skin Archive which has coverage of the following Usenet news groups since July 1995: alt.support.skin-diseases alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis alt.support.psoriasis).

Public Health:


• Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases maintained by Cheryl Thompson.
• Community Breast Health Project (Stanford, California, USA).
• Hawaii Department of Health. Communicable Disease Division. Epidemiological Fact Sheet: a list of contagious diseases, their causes, sypmtoms, and steps that can be taken to avoid contracting and/or spreading the disease.
• Indiana Community Aids Action Network (ICAAN)
• Join Together substance abuse gopher.
• Kentucky AIDS Training and Education Center (KATEC).
• NY State Communicable Diseases Factsheets gopher.
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Info. PREVline (Prevention Online).
• National Health Information Center (NHIC) established in 1979 by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• New York State Department of Health Environmental and Occupational Health information.
• NicNet: the Arizona Nicotine and Tobacco Network.
• Partnerships for Networked Health Information for the Public.
• People of Color Against AIDS Network.
• People's Plague Online a companion to the public television program The People's Plague: Tuberculosis in America.
• Pueblo City-County Health Department
• Smoking From All Sides.
• Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center (SEATEC) at Emory University.
• ToxFAQx (tm) developed by the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Toxicology.
• US Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• Unspeakable: the Naked Truth about STDs produced by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.
• VTMEDNET: The Rural Health Village.
• Vermont SIRI Web Site A (Safety Information Resources on the InterNet).
• Vermont SIRI Web Site B (Safety Information Resources on the InterNet).
• White House Social Statistics Briefing Room: Health.

Publishing:


• Health Ink Communications (Moorestown, New Jersey, USA).
• Impicciatore, Piero; Pandolfini, Chiara; Casella, Nicola; Bonati, Maurizio. Reliability of health information for the public on the world wide web: systematic survey of advice on managing fever in children at home BMJ 1997 June 28 ; 314 (7098).
• Krames Communications (San Bruno, California, USA).
• Pfizer Exploring Your Health Trust the Web?

Quackery:


• Health Frontiers Center for Quackery Control maintained by George Nava True.
• Museum of Questionable Medical Devices Bob McCoy, proprietor.
• NCAHF newsletter (National Council against Health Fraud).
• National Council against Health Fraud (NCAHF).
• Quackwatch: Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisionmaking, operated by Stephen Barrett, M.D.

Quality of Health Care:


• Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry. Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities: report to the President of the United States. November 1997.
• Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care.

Radiology and Imaging:


• MRI Patient Information by William H. Wright.
• TransScan R&D Ltd.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Things To Know About Quality Mammograms: a Woman's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 13) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0634). October, 1994.

Rare Diseases:


• Genetic Conditions / Rare Conditions National Support Groups & Information Page.

Reproductive Medicine:


• Ann Rose's Ultimate Birth Control Links.
• Cathy's Pregnancy Web Page maintained by Cathy Nance.
• Dr. Robert Hatcher's Choosing a Contraceptive.
• Gynecological And Reproductive Health, chapter 1 of the Barnard/Columbia Women's Handbook. 1992.
• Menopause Online.
• Midwifery, Pregnancy and Birth Related Information maintained by Donna Dolezal Zelzer.
• Pepsi's Contraceptive & Safe Sex Page
• StorkNet: the online resource for parents-to-be and new parents.

Respiration Medicine:


• Action on Smoking and Health.
• AllerDays. Allergy-Free Atlanta '96 Daily Pollen Forecast.
• Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics (AAN/MA).
• Allergy and Asthma Rochester Resource Center.
• American Association for Respiratory Care Respiratory Health Tips.
• Asthma Information for the Well Informed at Mediconsult.com.
• Bodyware Asthmanager.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Asthma : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Consumer Links to Topics of Interest to National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine.
• Cystic Fibrosis Association of Western Australia.
• Lung Cancer by Pat Connelly.
• National Allergy Bureau Pollen Count Information.
• On-Line Allergy Center.
• Patricia Wrean's Asthma and Allergy WWW Resources Page.
• Smoking From All Sides.
• Sniffles & sneezes online: allergy & asthma care and prevention. Maintained by Louise H. Bethea and Suzanne Weakley.

Restless Legs Syndrome:


• RLS, Restless Legs Syndrome Support Page maintained by the Northwest Ohio RLS Support Group.

Review Literature:


• Bero, Lisa A.; Jadad, Alejandro R. How consumers and policymakers can use systematic reviews for decision making Annals of internal medicine 1997 1 July; 127:37-42.

Rheumatology:


• American Lyme Disease Foundation.
• Arthritis Information Page from SkyDancer.
• Arthritis Overview edited by Frederick Matsen, University of Washington Department of Orthopaedics.
• Center for Current Research HealthALERT Osteoporosis : Late-Breaking Medical Research.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Infectious Diseases. Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases Lyme Disease: a public information guide.
• Colorado HealthNet Arthritis Center.
• Colorado HealthNet Fibromyalgia Center.
• Colorado HealthNet Lupus Center.
• Dutch League of Associations of Patients with Rheumatic Disorders.
• Elfstrom's Arthritis and Rheumatology Information maintained by David Elfstrom.
• Lupus Home Page at Hamlin University.
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Arthritis/Rheumatology.
• Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases~National Resource Center (ORBD~NRC).
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Lyme Disease (tick borne borreliosis).
• Searle healthNet. Arthritis.
• Still's Disease: information for laymen, sufferers, others maintained by Thomas Kufahl.
• Suite 101: Coping with Fibromyalgia by Cynthia Webber.
• University of Birmingham Department of Rheumatology. ArthritisHelp Primer.

Risk assessment:


• Healthier People Network.

School Health:


• Duke University Student Health EducationThe Healthy Devil Handbook: How to Stay Healthy at Duke and What to Do When You're Not. Second Edition. 1994.

School health:


• Emory Student Health Service.
• New York University Health Services Virtual Medicine Cabinet.
• University of Georgia Health Center.
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign McKinley Health Center.
• University of Nevada Las Vegas Student Health Center.
• University of South Florida Student Health Services.
• University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point Health Center.

Science:


• Making Connections: a partnership of the University of Washington, Pacific Science Center, Group Health Cooperative and the Washington, Association for Biomedical Research.

Self-help groups:


• Self-help psychology magazine.

Services:


• Health Products Direct Online
• HealthGain

Sex Behavior:


• SHAPE, the University of Missouri's Sexual Health Advocate Peer Education.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases:


• Café Herpé sponsored by SmithKline Beecham.
• Community Outreach Health Information System Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Chlamydia.
• Florida Atlantic University Office of Student Health. HIV/AIDS Peer Educators.
• JAMA Women's Health Sexually Transmitted Diseases Information Center.
• STD Website For Teens (Georgetown University).
• Safer Sex Page .

Shyness:


• Shyness Home Page an index to resources for shyness: sponsored by the Shyness Institute, Portola Valley, California.

Sickle Cell Anemia:


• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Sickle Cell Disease in Newborns and Infants: a Guide for Parents (Consumer Guideline Number 6) (AHCPR Publication No. 93-0564). April 1993.

Skin Cancer:


• American Academy of Dermatology. Skin Cancer News.
• Mark's Melanoma Hotlist maintained by Mark B. Weber.

Skin Diseases:


• Information on Common Skin Diseases: a medical education service for the public by National Skin Centre (Singapore).
• Mayo Health O@sis Library References Skin Conditions.
• Medscape Patient Info Skin Disorders from Rees AM (ed): Consumer Health USA. Phoenix, Oryx Press, 1995.

Sleep Disorders:


• Phantom Sleep Page (Sleep apnea, snoring & other sleep problems).
• S.N.O.R.E. (Sleep apNoea / apNeaOnline Resource for Education): nformation on sleep apnoea (sleep apnea) presented by Doug Linder and updated by Jerry Halberstadt.

Societies and associations:


• Action on Smoking and Health.
• Alliance for the Mentally Ill/Friends and Advocates of the Mentally Ill (AMI/FAMI).
• American Association of Kidney Patients.
• American Center for Patient Decisionmaking (ACPD).
• American Council on Science and Health.
• American Iatrogenic Association (AIA).
• American Lyme Disease Foundation.
• American Porphyria Foundation.
• American Prostate Society.
• Anxiety Disorder Association of America.
• Association for Responsible Medicine (ARM).
• Association for the Health Enrichment of Large People.
• CH.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders).
• Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD).
• Cancer Patients Aid Association (Mumbai, India).
• Chemically Dependent Anonymous (C.D.A.).
• Concerned Healthcare Users of America (CHUA).
• Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care.
• Cystic Fibrosis Association of Western Australia.
• Dutch League of Associations of Patients with Rheumatic Disorders.
• Easter Seal Society OnLine (Easter Seal Society of Ontario).
• Hereditary Disease Foundation.
• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCMA).
• International Glaucoma Association (IGA).
• Lymphoma Research Foundation of America.
• Medical Library Association Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CaPHIS).
• NOAH (National Organization on Albinism and Hypopigmentation).
• National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA).
• National Council against Health Fraud (NCAHF).
• National Council on the Aging (NCOA).
• National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD).
• National Stroke Association.
• Public Citizen Health Research Group.
• Second Wind Lung Transplant Association.
• Society for Consumer Psychology.
• Society for Healthcare Consumer Advocacy (SHCA) of the American Hospital Association.
• Texas Alliance of Health Care Consumers.
• United Ostomy Association.

Software:


• Bodyware Asthmanager.
• CAPCOM, Inc.
• Eye/Cue Productions.
• HealthDesk Corporation.
• QSINet - PC dental practice management system
• creehan, mchenry inc. - Healthcare Systems Solutions

South Africa:


• medwebSA: the South African Medical and Healthcare Website.

Sports Medicine:


• ErgoWeb: the place for ergonomics.

Standards:


• Impicciatore, Piero; Pandolfini, Chiara; Casella, Nicola; Bonati, Maurizio. Reliability of health information for the public on the world wide web: systematic survey of advice on managing fever in children at home BMJ 1997 June 28 ; 314 (7098).
• Pfizer Exploring Your Health Trust the Web?

Stroke:


• American Heart Association Heart & Stroke A-Z Guide 1996.
• Heart and Stroke Facts a publication of the American Heart Association.
• Making Advances in the Prevention of Stroke (MAPS).
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Brain Basics: Preventing Stroke.
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. NINDS Stroke Information Guide.
• National Stroke Association.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Recovering After a Stroke: Patient and Family Guide (Consumer Guide Number 16) (AHCPR Publication No. 95-0664). May 1995.

Student health:


• State University of New York at Buffalo Counseling Center Self Help.

Substance Dependence:


• Action on Smoking and Health.
• Alcohol and Drug Information Center (ADIC).
• Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Prevention primer: an encylopedia of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention terms. Rockville, MD: National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, 1993.
• Chemically Dependent Anonymous (C.D.A.).
• Cocaine Anonymous Ottawa.
• Cocaine Anonymous.
• Connecticut Clearinghouse: a program of Wheeler Clinic.
• Drug Facts and Prevention (Somdahl Prevention Consultants).
• Drug Information by Jill Lampi.
• Facts about tobacco, alcohol and other drugs: a publication of the University of Florida College of Medicine.
• Georgia Prevention Network.
• HabitSmart.
• Join Together substance abuse gopher.
• Narcotics Anonymous Aruba.
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Info. PREVline (Prevention Online).
• National Institute on Drug Abuse Marijuana: facts for teens.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse Marijuana: facts parents need to know.
• NicNet: the Arizona Nicotine and Tobacco Network.
• Pride Belize Foundation.
• Recovery Related Resources maintained by John S.
• Smoking From All Sides.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. You Can Quit Smoking: Patient Guide (Consumer Guide Number 18) (AHCPR Publication No. 96-0695). April 1996.
• Web of Addictions.
• e-help Home Page by Peter Migaly.

Support Groups:


• Genetic Conditions / Rare Conditions National Support Groups & Information Page.
• Gilda's Club.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Self-Help Group.
• Pfizer Exploring Your Health Support Groups

Support groups:


• Online Genetic Support Groups and Other Health Related WWW Sites maintained by Jeff Shaw.

Surgery:


• British Hernia Centre.
• New York State Department Of Health - Heart disease information for the conumer and patient.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Pain Control after Surgery: a Patient's Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 1) (AHCPR Publication No. 92-0021). February 1993.

Syringomyelia:


• Syringomyelia .

Terminology:


• American Brain Tumor Association's Dictionary for Brain Tumor Patients.
• Bone Marrow Transplant Glossary (Appendix C of Bone Marrow Transplants - a Book of Basics for Patients).
• CIBA Vision Forsight Glossary.
• Dr. Schueler's Online Medical Glossary.
• Glossary of Diabetes Related Terms maintained by Donald A. Lehn at the University of Wisconsin Medical School.
• HeartInfo Glossary of terms.
• HeartInfo Glossary.
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse. Diabetes Dictionary Bethesda, Md.: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, August 1994. NIH Publication No. 94-3016.
• National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse Digestive Health and Disease: a Glossary.
• Pfizer Exploring Your Health Glossary.
• Squirrel Tale Glossary created by Colleen O'Brien.

Thyroid Diseases:


• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Antithyroid Drugs.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Graves' Disease.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid FAQ Information: FAQ on Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid Thyroid Function tests.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid Thyroid Related Web Sites.
• Alt.Support.Thyroid.
• Mining Company Thyroid Disease maintained by Mary Shomon.

Tinnitus:


• Patrick's Tinnitus - Informationen maintained by Patrick Koehne.

Toxicology:


• ToxFAQx (tm) developed by the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Division of Toxicology.
• U.S. FDA / Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Foodborne Illness.
• USDA/FDA Foodborne Illness Education Information Center.
• VitaleTherapeutics, Inc.-a non-profit research organization.

Transplantation:


• Bone Marrow Transplant Glossary (Appendix C of Bone Marrow Transplants - a Book of Basics for Patients).
• Bone Marrow Transplants: a book of basics for patients by Susan L. Stewart. (based on the first 12 issues of the BMT newsletter).
• Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Public Perspective in Human Tissue Engineering.
• Second Wind Lung Transplant Association.

Travel Medicine:


• Healthy Travel Guide.
• Medical College of Wisconsin International Travelers Clinic.

Tropical Medicine:


• YouFirst - Health assessment

Tuberculosis:


• People's Plague Online a companion to the public television program The People's Plague: Tuberculosis in America.

Tutorials:


• Cerebral Palsy: Multimedia Tutorial for Children and Parents by Stephen M. Borowitz.

Urinary Tract Infections:


• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Urinary Tract infections (UTI).

Urology:


• American Prostate Society.
• Fundamentals of Prostate Cancer Detection and Treatment by Tom Feeney.
• Not for Men Only! Male Health Center Internet Education Site.
• Prostate Cancer Dot Com.
• Regional Infectious Disease Unit INFO Pool : Urinary Tract infections (UTI).
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Treating Your Enlarged Prostate: Patient Guide (Consumer Guideline Number 8) (AHCPR Publication No. 94-0584). February 1994.
• U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Understanding Incontinence: a Patient's Guide (AHCPR Publication Number 0685). March 1996.

Wellness:


• Hawver's Capitol health magazine.

What's New:


• Mayo Health O@sis.

risk assessment:


• E2 Consulting HealthCalc Online and RiskCalc Online.

software:


• E2 Consulting HealthCalc Online and RiskCalc Online.

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