• Alliance for Aging Research
• The AGS Foundation (American Geriatrics Society)
• Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS)
• Care Search Palliative Care Knowledge Network (Funded by the Australian Government; information for patients and families).
• International Longevity Center
• Long-Term Care Glossary (end of-life decision-making)
• Medicare nursing home information
• MedlinePlus Information on Advance Directives (legal documents conveying your decisions about end-of-life care ahead of time)
• Mourning the death of a spouse (from the National Institute on Aging)
• National Association for Home Care and Hospice (consumer information)
• ·National Association of State Units on Aging
• National Center for Assisted Living (assisted living information from the American Health Care Association)
• National Institute on Aging

• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

• American Academy of Asthma Allergy & Immunology
• Arthritis Foundation
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• International Scleroderma Network
• National Psoriasis Foundation
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• Scleroderma Research Foundation

• Southwest Autism Resource and Research Center
• Click here for more autism resources

• American Association for Cancer Research (patients & family information)
• American Cancer Society
• The Assertive Cancer Patient
• Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
• Breastcancer.org
• Cancer-Pain.org
• Cancer Survivors Project
• The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• Living Beyond Breast Cancer
• Lung Cancer Alliance
• National Breast Cancer Coalition
• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Comprehensive Cancer Network treatment guidelines
• Oncolink (from the University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center)
• Skin Cancer Foundation

• MedlinePlus development of baby teeth
• MedlinePlus impacted tooth
• Familydoctor.org: How to care for your baby’s teeth
• Familydoctor.org: Mouth and teeth, how to keep them healthy

• American Academy of Dermatology Public Center
• Burn Institute
• Burn Survivors Online
• BurnSurvivor.org
• DermAtlas.org (images of skin problems)
• Phoenix Society (for burn survivors)

• American Council for Fitness and Nutrition
• American Dietetic Association Consumer Information
• Dietary Supplements Labels Database (from the National Library of Medicine)
• Gluten-Free Girl
• Gluten Intolerance Group
• Nutrition Source (from the Harvard School of Public Health)

• American Diabetes Association
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Diabetes Public Health Resource
• HealthFinder.gov
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International
• MedlinePlus information on Diabetes and Pregnancy (Gestational Diabetes)
• National Diabetes Education Program
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

• EndocrineWeb.com
• The Hormone Foundation
• MedlinePlus Endocrine System

• AMD.org (help for age-related macular degeneration)
• Lighthouse International (a non-profit dedicated to vision loss)
• National Association for Visually Handicapped
• National Eye Institute
• National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (their “Health Information” link)

• National Library of Medicine & National Institutes of Health, genetics home reference
• National Organization for Rare Disorders

• The American College of Gastroenterology, patient information
• American Gastroenterological Association, Patient Center
• Children with Crohn’s and Colitis
• Crohn’s 4 Young Adults
• Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation
• Gluten Intolerance Group
• Gluten-Free Girl
• The International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD)
• The J-Pouch Group
• National Association for Continence
• Shaz’s Ostomy pages (an interactive support page for new and experienced ostomates)
• True Guts—the movie (deals with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
• United Ostomy Associations of America

• American Urological Association (for patient information, see links at left)
• Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network
• Interstitial Cystitis Association
• Kidney Times
• National Association for Continence
• National Kidney Foundation
• National Kidney Foundation Hope Street Graphic novel
• National Vulvodynia Association
• RenalWeb Patient Education

• American Heart Association heart failure information
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention heart disease & stroke prevention
• Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) patient page on heart failure
• MedlinePlus heart failure page
• National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

• Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (from the University of Minnesota)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention infection control in health care settings
• HIV Insite (from the University of California San Francisco)

• American Lung Association
• American Thoracic Society patient education
• Arizona Smokers’ Helpline
• Lung Cancer Alliance
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• SmokeFree.gov

• National Library of Medicine (NLM) DailyMed
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Consumer Education/Information
• MedlinePlus Drugs & Supplements

Nervous System / Neurological Conditions

• Alzheimer’s Association 24-Hour Helpline: 1.800.272.3900
• Alzheimer’s Association (local Desert Southwest chapter)
• Alzheimer’s Association (national web page)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) heart disease and stroke prevention
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chronic fatigue syndrome
• Epilepsy Foundation
• National Institute on Aging section on Alzheimer’s disease.
• North American Spine Association glossary
• Pain in Dementia Family and caregivers guide
• Paralysis Resource Center (from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation)
• We Move (Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders)

• National Osteoporosis Foundation

• Cancer Pain.org
• American Pain Foundation
• National Pain Foundation anatomy of the spine and pain categories

• American Academy of Pediatrics (Parenting Corner” and “Health Topics” links at the top)
• FamilyDoctor.org How to care for your baby’s teeth
• National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders Health Information link

• American Pregnancy Association
• Banner Thunderbird Medical Center prenatal classes
• Baby Arizona (for pregnant women to start getting health care before the AHCCCS health insurance application is complete)
• FamilyDoctor.org (high blood pressure during pregnancy, preeclampsia)
• March of Dimes
• MedlinePlus Gestational Diabetes
• MedlinePlus teen pregnancy
• WomensHealth.gov Healthy Pregnancy

• American Council for Fitness and Nutrition
• American Sleep Apnea Association , ASAA support forum
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention chronic fatigue syndrome
• National Sleep Foundation

• MedlinePlus anesthesia
• Merck Online (surgery manual, includes a sketch of the equipment and personnel in a typical operating room)
• National Institute on Aging Considering Surgery?

• American Association of Sexuality Educators Counselors and Therapists Select the “for the public” tab at the top of the page.

• Lab Tests Online® (a public resource on clinical lab testing)
• Society of Interventional Radiology patient information

• EmpowerHer
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women’s Health
• Living Beyond Breast Cancer
• National Breast Cancer Coalition
• National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
• National Osteoporosis Foundation
• National Vulvodynia Association
• National Women’s Health Information Center
• Our Bodies, Our Selves
• Society for Women’s Health Research

• Health Insurance Glossary
• Long-Term Care Glossary (about end-of-life decision-making)
• MedlinePlus dictionary
• MedlinePlus health check tools
• Merck Online Manual
• North American Spine Association glossary