Health Links
One of the ways to better understand your health is through accessing
expert resources. Below is a list of links to health care sites
throughout the United States and the world on a number of health
topics. These sites are intended to provide you with more
information on selected topic and do not necessarily represent the
views of Enloe Medical Center. If you find
any broken links, please feel free to e-mail
us.
Topics
Bereavement & Hospice
Growth House, Inc. - provides an extensive list of bereavement
site links
www.growthhouse.org/death.html
Hospice Foundation of America
www.hospicefoundation.org
Hospice Net
www.hospicenet.org
Hospice Web
www.hospiceweb.com
MEDLINE Plus - provides an extensive list of bereavement site links
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bereavement.html
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
www.nhpco.org
Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer Care
www.breastcancercare.org.uk/splash
Breast Cancer Research Foundation
www.bcrfcure.org/
CancerNet (a service of the National Cancer Institute)
cancernet.nci.nih.gov/cancer_types/breast_cancer.shtml
National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/partners/fp_nabco.htm
The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
www.komen.org
Cancer
American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
American Institute for Cancer Research
www.aicr.org
National Cancer Institute
www.nci.nih.gov/
Cleft Palate
American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
www.cleftline.org/
Smiles
www.cleft.org
Wide Smiles (Cleft Lip and Palate Resource)
www.widesmiles.org
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/diabetes/
International Diabetes Federation
www.idf.org/tools/map.htm
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
www.jdfcure.org/
Emergency Preparedness
NorCalBT.com
Public Health - Bioterrorism/Disaster Preparedness Online (A California Office of Emergency Services Mutual Aid Region III Public Health Professionals Project including the following counties: Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity and Yuba)
www.norcalbt.com
San Francisco Office of Emergency Services
www.72hours.org
Emotional Well-Being & Living Well
American Psychiatric Association
www.psych.org
California Department of Mental Health
www.dmh.ca.gov
Cooking Light
www.cookinglight.com/healthyliving/default.asp
Freedom from Fear (Anxiety and Depression)
www.freedomfromfear.org
National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov
NAMI
www.nami.org
World Health Organization - Mental Health
www.who.int/mental_health
Fibromyalgia
USA Fibromyalgia Association
www.w2.com/fibro1.html
Fibromyalgia Network
www.fmnetnews.com/
The American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Association, Inc.
www.afsafund.org/
MEDLINE Plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fibromyalgia.html
Head Trauma
American Academy of Neurology
www.aan.com
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
www.asha.org
Brain Injury Association, Inc.
www.biausa.org
KidsHealth
kidshealth.org/parent/firstaid_safe/emergencies/head_injury.html
MEDLINE Plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000028.htm
National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders
cnet.shs.arizona.edu
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
www.nichd.nih.gov
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
www.nimh.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
www.ninds.nih.gov
Heart and Cardiac Care
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
CardioSource
www.cardiosource.com
HeartInfo
www.heartinfo.org
HeartPoint
www.heartpoint.com
Medtronic
www.medtronic.com/hic/heart.html
HIV/AIDS
AIDS.org
www.aids.org
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/hiv/hivinfo.htm
HIV Insight
hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite
John Hopkins AIDS Service
www.hopkins-aids.edu/
MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
About MRSA Among Athletes
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_AthletesFAQ.html
Community-Associated MRSA Information for the Public
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_ca_public.html
Handwashing
(Tacoma Pierce County Health Department)
http://www.tpchd.org/page.php?id=19
Living with MRSA
(Tacoma Pierce County Health Department)
http://www.tpchd.org/files/library/2357adf2a147d1aa.pdf
MRSA Infections
(Butte County Public Health Department)
http://www.buttecounty.net/publichealth/cder/mrsa.html
MRSA in Schools
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/ar_mrsa_in_schools.html
MRSA Skin Infections - Information Sheet
(Washington State Department of Health)
www.doh.wa.gov/Topics/Antibiotics/MRSA.htm
Newborn Jaundice
American Academy of Pediatrics: Questions and Answers on Jaundice and Your Newborn
http://www.aap.org/family/jaundicefaq.htm
Nemours Foundation: Jaundice in Healthy Newborns
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/common/jaundice.html
UpToDate Patient Information: Jaundice in Newborn Infants
http://patients.uptodate.com/topic.asp?file=c_health/4775
Pandemic Flu
California Department of Health's Pandemic Influenza Information
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/dcdc/izgroup/diseases/pandemic_flu.htm
Pulmonary
American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org/
The Internet Journal of Pulmonary Medicine
www.ispub.com/journals/ijpm.htm
National Institutes of Health
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/index.htm
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
www.phassociation.org/
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/
Spinal Cord Injuries
American Red Cross - Health and Safety Services
www.redcross.org/services/hss/lifeline/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/safeusa/home/sci.htm
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
www.apacure.com/index.cfm
Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury Prevention, Care and Cure
www.fscip.org/
MEDLINE Plus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spinalcordinjuries.html
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
www.spinalcord.org/
Spinal Cord Injury Information Network
www.spinalcord.uab.edu/
General
California Department of Health
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
www.jointcommission.org/
1-800-994-6610
MEDLINE Plus (National Library of Medicine)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi
National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
www.nih.gov/nia
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov/health/
National Library of Medicine
www.nlm.nih.gov/
World Health Organization
www.who.int/
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