Health Topics & Conditions
Other Sites
A list of online resources for health & wellness issues:
- The Alzheimers Association
http://www.alz.org/
A comprehensive Web site with information on Alzheimer's, clinical trials, how to contact your local chapter of the Association, and support for family caregivers. - American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/
Cancer survivors network and support programs, cancer and treatment option information, cancer-related medical news stories and local and national volunteer opportunities. - American Dental Association
http://www.ada.org/public/index.asp
Oral Health Topics A-Z, Patient's Rights, information for kids, parents, mature adults, teens and teachers. - American Diabetes Information
http://www.diabetes.org/main/application/commercewf
Basic diabetes information (Type I and Type II) and community information on advocacy and volunteer opportunities. - American Heart Association
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
Information on heart diseases and conditions, legislative advocacy (especially how individuals may get involved), CPR how-to, and healthy lifestyle information. - American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org
The "oldest voluntary health organization in the United States". Their Web site has a special emphasis on issues related to asthma, tobacco control and environmental health. - American Medical Association (AMA)
http://www.ama-asn.org
Includes information for patients and physicians, featuring an online AMA Journal library and an "Atlas of the Body". - BadgerCare Plus
http://www.badgercareplus.org
BadgerCare Plus is a new program for children under 19 year of age and families in Wisconsin who need and want health insurance. - Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS)
http://caphis.mlanet.org/
The Consumer and Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) provides a form for health science librarians. The " Web sites you can trust" page lists over one hundred Web sites categorized by topic. - Center for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov
Health Topics A to Z provides a listing of disease and health topics found on the CDC Web site." - Center for Sexual Health (Marshfield Clinic)
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/patients/default.aspx?page=urology_specialties
Marshfield Clinic's Center for Sexual Health is dedicated to providing patients with comprehensive evaluations leading to the diagnosis and treatment of male and female sexual dysfunction in a timely fashion, with care, consideration and confidentiality. - Epilepsy Foundation
http://www.efa.org/index.cfm
Disease information, a Mood Disorders Chart, and Web pages devoted to content for teens living with epilepsy (BLURT). Also offers an eCommunities bulletin board to interact with other people living with epilepsy, which is divided into discussion groups like: Parents Helping Parents, Seniors and Seizure Disorders, Kids Club, Young Professionals, Women With Epilepsy and Family, Friends and Loved Ones. - FDA Kids
http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/
A Web site created by the Food and Drug Administration with content developed for children and teens.Includes quizzes and puzzles, The Teen Scene, Parent's Corner and All About Vaccines. - healthfinder®
http://www.healthfinder.gov
An award-winning Federal Web site, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. Includes information especially for kids, and a Spanish language Web site. - Healthy Wisconsin People
http://www.healthywisconsin.org
A collection of links to health information, with an emphasis on Wisconsin agencies and companies (includes links to Hmong and Spanish resources). - Hmong Health/Hmoob Kev Mob Nkeeg
http://www.hmonghealth.org
Part of a Hmong Health Information Promotion partnership project funded by the National Library of Medicine (in Hmong and English). - Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ or www.medlineplus.org
A service of the National Library of Medicine. Includes Health Topics, Drug Information, Dictionaries, and medical provider Directories. MedlinePlus also has a Web page designed for low-vision users:http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lowvision.html.
Información disponible en español. - North American Guidelines for Children's Agricultural Tasks (NAGCAT)
http://www.nagcat.org/
NAGCAT helps parents and others assign age-appropriate agricultural tasks to children. Directing the guidelines are an understanding of childhood growth and development, agricultural practices, principles of childhood injury, and agricultural and occupational safety. - National Farm Medicine Center
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/
Addresses disease, injury and health promotion
issues related to agriculture. Established in 1981, the Center is dedicated to
improving the quality of life on our nation's farms and ranches through research,
education and community service. - National Institute of Health
http://www.nih.gov/
Health topics, information about conditions, research studies, drug information and literature references. - Nutrition Education for New Americans
http://monartch.gsu.edu/multiculturalhealth
Free to download and print, copyright free health literature in 30 languages. The Nutrition Education for New Americans Project is a program in the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Georgia State University. It is sponsored by USDA to assist low income immigrants, refugees, and children to learn about healthy eating practices. - Security Health Plan (SHP)
http://www.securityhealth.org
Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc., is a health maintenance organization dedicated to providing excellent health care coverage to its members in a 27-county area of central, northern and western Wisconsin in cooperation with its many affiliated providers. - USDA Food and Nutritional Information Center
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Food and Nutritional Information Center is part of the National Agricultural Library. - Wisconsin Health and Human Services
http://www.wisconsin.gov/
Information from federal, state and local agencies that provide "up-to-the-minute product recalls and safety alerts to consumer-fraud education". - Wisconsin Health and Safety
http://www.wisconsin.gov/state/core/health_and_safety.html
Learn about the health and safety resources available from state agencies or get vital records and valuable information about community services. - Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/
State government family services resource. - Wisconsin Health and Family Services Advance Directives and other forms
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/forms/AdvDirectives/index.htm - Wisconsin Health and Family Services Immunizations
http://dhfs.wisconsin.gov/immunization/
Immunization and vaccine information for Wisconsin residents.
