ONLINE
RESOURCE SITES:
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Up Health: 1uphealth.com,
a
medical resource that provides comprehensive and authorative
information and news on diseases, symptoms, tests, surgery, injuries,
nutrition, medications, and poisons. Focuses on family and community
health.
Accent
Health
Alzheimer's:
Alzheimer's Association of Orange County (CA), 800-660-1993, alzoc.org
AHN.COM: A
site of the Health Network.COM. Features original news stories relaed
to health and medical news.
BioSites:
a Research Website
Cancer:
Breast Cancer: thebreastcancersite.com
| CEREBRAL
PALSY: |
CP is caused by damage to the brain, usually
occurring
before or during birth. It is still prevalent: 1 in every 1000 live
births. |
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A person with CP cannot:
- fully control motor functions (e.g walking)
- have difficuly with speech, balance, sight,
hearing or cognition.
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Cholesterol:
American Heart association's "Cholesterol
low Down" (sponsored by Pfizer and Parke-Davis)
Dairy Council of California:
Offers general information on nutrition
Doctor Koop: Medical
advice and information (careful of sponsorship arrangements)
Doctor Page.com
Dental X change:
Dentistry related site, #1 rated information.
| DIABETES: |
Know the signs of Diabetes |
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| Abnormal
Thirst |
Extreme
Fatigue |
| Frequent
Urination |
Possible
skin Problems; |
| Constant
Hunger |
Including
slow healing of sores |
| Sudden
Weight Loss |
Tingling
and Numbness in Hands and Feet |
| Blurred
Vision |
Consequences
may include blindness and amputation |
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DISABILITY
and SPORTS:
Disabled
Sports USA
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
Paralympics
US Cerebral Palsy Athletic Association
Wheelchair Sports USA
Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine
Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and
Athletic Trauma
DYSLEXIA:
International Dyslexic Association
(IDA: 800-ABCD-123)
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Eyesight
/ Blindness / Optical diseases: |
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eSupportGroups.com,
a health forums site.
Fibromyalgia
(AKA Myofascitis) see: National Fibromyalgia Association, (CA) 714-921-0150,
a condition of soft tissue inflammation characterized by frequent low
grade muscular pain associated with trigger points, fatigue and/or
depression, unsatisfactory sleep, weakness, joint pain, etc.
Food
& Nutrition Information Center: USDA run
website provides info regarding nutrition and food.
SPONSOR
E-LINKs (link exchange):
Title: Focus Night & Day Contact Lenses
Description: Home of the lowest prices on the best selection of
contact lenses. Great savings on all the major contact lens brands.
Title: Biomedics 55
Description: Brand name contact lenses for less
Health
Answers
Health
Index
Healthology.com:
It produces coverage of health and medical conditions in the form of
audio and video webcasts, and features articles and discussion boards.
HealthBizNews,
a MWC/Allied Healthcare group publication.
"INFONET"
run by the John hopkins University
Lung Disorders:
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Asbestos
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Asbestos.com
(Mesothelioma Center): With more than 3,000 pages of content, this site
features information on asbestos, mesothelioma, and other cancers that
are caused by asbestos exposure (lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate
cancer, etc.). Individuals’ afflicted by these ailments are put in
excruciating pain, and are forced to undergo numerous operations and
chemotherapy treatments in an attempt to stop the rapacious cancer from
progressing to a terminal state.
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Mesothelioma
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Mesothelioma Web,
has been one of the most comprehensive sites on asbestos and
mesothelioma for over ten years, providing information and support to
those who have been exposed to asbestos. Mesothelioma Web has achieved
HON (Health On the Net) code approval; HON is a non-profit organization
whose mission is to guide people to accurate medical information and
expertise online and thereby to contribute to improved health care
through patient empowerment and better informed health professionals.
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MEDEXPLORER:
Health/Medical search engine
Medhelp.org
Medical
Online: General medical information
MEDSCAPE: "Online
resources for better patient care (Medical/Clinical oriented).
MedNet
Technology: website development for medical
professionals, 877-633-6388
the
National Heart, lung and Blood Institute: this site
contains information regarding the numerous diseases that related to
the heart, lungs and blood.
Primal pictures: online
3D human anatomy (by Subscription)
Rx List: Internet Drug
Index
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RSDS
/ Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophic Syndrome |
also
"Complex Regional Pain" Syndrome |
NIH:
info sheet about RSDS
The
American Chronic Pain Association
Forgrace.org:
Site run by Cynthia Toussaint, a RSDS patient (public education and
non-profit)
Yourhealthcare.net:
Site run by Colleen Moran, a RSDS patient
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Disorder
of the Sympathetic nervous system that causes chronic intractible pain. |
| Scleroderma: |
a
chronic, sometimes progressive autoimmune disease, just like multiple
sclerosis, lupus or Rheumatoid arthritis. It affects >300,000
people
in the US, about 80% female. Collagen is over-produced in the skin
and/or internal organs |
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Leading
national organization, Southern
California Chapter: 310-477-8225
Provides
funding for Scleroderma related research: 805-563-9133 |
| Stroke: |
Sudden
and often severe attack caused by interuption of blood supply to the
brain |
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Watch
for:
- Sudden
numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of
the body.
- Sudden
confusion and trouble speaking or understanding or seeing in one eye.
- Trouble
walking, dizzyness or loss of balance.
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| Tarlov Cysts: Tarlovcyst.net
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Site
specific to Tarlov Cysts; a dilatation of the Arachnoid and Dura of the
spinal Posterior Nerve-root Sheath, containing collagen
fibers.Typically located in the Sacral Region, the Aetiology is
unknown. |
Science Komm: a Med-Bio
research website
Sickbay.com, also owns the fitness website:
Netsweat.com
Thrive Online.com
University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine
WWW.COM
Internet Medical info and Store
Other
sites: RealAge.com,
Intelihealth.com,
Health
central.com, Mediconsult.com,
OnHealth.com,
WebMD.com,
CBS/Healthwatch,
VARIOUS
"ALTERNATIVE HEALTH" SITES:
Please
go to our page especially created for "complementary", "alternative"
medicine not including Chiropractic (which is after all the main topic
of this site): Alternative
medicine.
Healthy
Alternatives Site devoted to alternative healthcare.
The Cancer Cure Foundation:
Purpose is to make available information about the alternative
therapies for the treatment of cancer.
Homestead
PriorityOne Vitamins.com:
"Our site currently receives a lot of traffic from medical college
students, medical professionals in a variety of industries, as well as
their patients. We have over 1000 pages of medical related information.
We provide wholesale supplements to medical professionals to offer to
their patients"
Vaccine Safety Website:
A critical view of vaccination.
INSURANCE
COMPANIES: HealthNet:
800-448-4411
