Other Informative Links

American Academy of Dermatology Hair Loss Pamphlet: This site provides information on normal hair loss along with information on disorders that can affect normal hair growth. This site is sponsored by The American Academy of Dermatology.

American Home Care Products: This site provides an allergy/back pain/maternity products store. This site is sponsured by American Home Care Products.

Ask Ken!: This site is an advice column where you can pose questions and receive advice/tips. This site is sponsored by Ask Ken! Industries Unlimited, Ltd.

Body Electric: This site explains basic cosmetic surgery procedures, provides a physician locator and lists a case of the week. This site is sponsored by Surgery.com.

Caregiver Network: This site provides links to resources for caregivers-day care programs, social issues, publications and home support.  This site is sponsored by the Caregiver Network, Inc.

Cheney Clinic Information Service: This site provides information and consultation services on the diagnosis and management of chronic fatigue syndrome.  This site is sponsored by The Cheney Clinic.

Childhood Glaucoma: This site offers a reference guide for families that may be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat including all the basic aspects of childhood glaucoma (symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options). This site is sponsored by the Glaucoma Research Foundation staff, in cooperation with the National Association for Parents of the Visually Impaired

Cure Paralysis Now Home Page: This site provides information on the causes, nature of, attitudes about, research on and possible cures for spinal cord injuries.  This site is sponsored by Cure Paralysis Now.

Digital Anatomist-Interactive Atlases:
This site provides medical students and teachers with two and three-dimensional views of the brain, the brainstem and the thorasic vicera produced from digitized cyosections and MRI scans.  This site is sponsored by The University of Washington.

eBody.com: This site provides information about cosmetic surgery and cosmetic dentistry, a physician locator along with health and beauty articles.  This site is sponsored by eBody.

Endocrine Web
Category: Women’s Health A web site for Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, and Pancreas disorders, including Diabetes and Osteoporosis. This information is intended for the education of patients and their families

Excedrin Headache Resource Center:
This site provides information on headaches and how to manage them along with a diary to track occurrences of headache for better management, tips on stress relief and instructions on how to start an exercise program.  This site is sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

Global Medic: This site provides software specializing in Online Health and Wellness Programs and Services. This site is sponsored by Global Medic.

Good Health: This site provides good health references along with an online magazine. This site is sponsored by Central Texas Seton Facilities.

HazardNet: This experimental site provides information about preventing and preparing for large-scale natural and technological disasters.  This site is sponsored by Simon Fraser University.

Health Care: This site provides health information, and medically related news. This site is sponsored by University of Pennsylvania Health System.

Health Data Management: This site provides in-depth analysis of the latest trends in electronic health care delivery including industry rankings regarding healthcare information systems, claims processing and electronic medical records. This site is sponsored by Faulkner & Gray, Inc.

Healthfront.com: This site provides information on health conditions and various health topics. This site is sponsored by Whitehall Robins.

Health Grades.com: This site provides a directory of specialty-specific outcomes data for hospitals across the country along with health and wellness information. This site is sponsored by HealthGrades.com.

Health Lab: This site provides advice, information and support on herbs, vitamins, sports training and nutrition. This site is sponsored by Twin Laboratories, Inc.

Health Law News: This site provides health law news updates and summaries of articles in major law journals such as The National Law Journal. This site is sponsored by The New York Law Publishing Company.

Health Magic: This site provides interactive care tools, web-enabled management applications for hospitals and networks. This site is supported by HealthMagic, Inc.

Health Mall: This site provides an online health and nutrition shopping mall, health food stores and links to online health stores. This site is sponsored by The Health Mall.

Health Status Questionnaire: This site is an experimental site which sets out to collect health data online by providing the Rand 36-question questionnaire along with online scoring. This site is Supported in part by a grant from the National Library of Medicine (USPHS G08 LM05705) for IAIMS planning at the Medical College of Wisconsin

Health Street: This site provides information to find and compare physicians, search for insurance providers, along with reviews of hospitals. This site is sponsored by HealthStreet Interactive.

Health OnLine: This site is a private-labeled website which includes a physician registry to find a physician.   This site is sponsored by Health OnLine, Inc.

Healthwise Incorporated: This site produces educational healthcare materials and software. This site is sponsored by Healthwise Incorporated.

Home Care On-Line: This site provides news, legislation and regulations, meetings and conferences along with state associations. This site is sponsored by The National Association for Home Care.

Idea Central-Health Policy Page: This site provides articles and reports on public policy and healthcare issues. This site is sponsored by The Electronic Policy Network.

International Network for Interfaith Health Practice: This site provides nothing but links to hundreds of medical sites including medical libraries, disease specific resources, etc. This site is sponsored by St. Francis Hospital.

Internet Medical Products Guide: This site provides a directory of medical and dental products and services by company and by product category. This site is sponsored by Medical Internet Communications, Inc.

Jocularity: This site provides nursing humor from the Nursing humor magazine. This site is sponsored by Journal of Nursing Jocularity.

Lifemasters: This site provides online care management for those who suffer from chronic conditions, information and support.  This site is sponsored by Lifemasters, Inc.

Magic Foundation Category: Associations MAGIC is a national non-profit 501(c)(3) organization providing support and education regarding growth disorders in children and related adult disorders, including adult growth hormone deficiency.

Management of Alopecia & The Growth and Loss of Hair: This site provides information on the management of Alopecia (Hair loss). This site is sponsored by The University of Texas Galveston ENT Department.

Medical Breakthroughs: This site provides news reports on “groundbreaking, life-saving achievements in the world of medicine.” This site is sponsored by Ivanhoe Broadcast News.

Medical Resources on the Internet: This site provides links to Internet medical resources including areas of medical practice, medical sources, computer, etc.  This site is sponsored by Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.

MedWeb: This site provides a directory of medical equipment companies (for both new and used medical instruments). This site is sponsored by Med X Change.

National Center for Biotechnology Information: This site provides a directory of bioscience products, services, information resources, companies, news and research services.  This site is sponsored by the Biological Data Transport.

National Clearinghouse of Plastic Surgery: This site provides data on procedures performed by board-certified plastic surgeons, data on all aspects of plastic surgery including cosmetic and reconstructive procedures. This site is sponsored by The American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (ASPRS).

National Council Against Health Fraud: This private, non-profit health organization that investigates healthcare articles and health claims about products for fraud and misinformation along with links to related sites. This site is sponsored by The National Council Against Health Fraud.

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: This site provides educational material on endocrine and digestive systems, nutrition, diabetes dictionary, research and funding, patient recruitment of clinical trials and end-stage renal disease. This site is sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Kidney Diseases.

PersonalMD: This site allows consumers to enter clinical and medication history into own personal file and physicians can access in case of emergency.  This site is sponsored by PersonalMD.

Plastic Surgery Network: This site provides information on surgical procedures, news on conferences, a find a surgeon service along with a directory of products and services. This site is sponsored by Medical-Web Network.

Real Age: This site provides news, an active online support community, and interactive health assessment tools. This site is an active and thriving on-line health community dedicated to promoting optimum health and longevity.

RENAL Net: This site provides a strong collection of educational materials, research information, conference agenda, product information and consumer information. This site is sponsored by Gamewood Data Systems, Inc.

Self Care.com: This site provides health and wellness content, chats and message boards, condition centers, health news, health advisor and health and wellness stores. This site is sponsored by Medical Self Care, Inc.

The Skin Diseases Page: This site provides noncommercial Psoriasis support and self help. Shortcuts to search all the past messages in the skin-diseases newsgroups and other research databases are collected here.. This site is sponsored by unknown.

Slice of Life: This site develops multimedia programs for health science education purposes including software demos. This site is sponsored by University of Utah.

Sleep Medicine Home Page: This site provides information on sleep disorders, newsgroups, sleep-disorder centers, services and products. This site is sponsored by The National Sleep Foundation.

SoftWatch-Internet Solutions for Selfcare: This site provides internet software for consumers to manage their personal health in partnership with their healthcare providers, diet watch and a diary system. This site is sponsored by SoftWatch, Ltd.

Surgery.com: This site provides pictures and information about cosmetic procedures, an ask the plastic surgeon feature, featured cases and a directory of plastic surgeons worldwide. This site is sponsored by Surgery.com.

The Virtual Hospital: This site provides a source of medical information along with a collection of useful links. This site is sponsored by The Dept of Radiology (University of Iowa).

Thrive Online: This site provides medical, fitness, serenity, nutrition, and other content. This site is sponsored by Oxygen Media.

Tulane Tropical Medicine Home Page: This site provides information on Tropical Medicine including links to other health databases. This site is sponsored by Tulane University.

Whole Brain Atlas: This site contains x-ray images of the brain, brain diseases, normal brain functions and infectious diseases.  This site is sponsored by the Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School.

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