Health Info Links

Allergies - The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Allergies - Food Allergy Network

Allergies - The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America

Allergies - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's Disease

Arthritis - American College of Rheumatology

Arthritis - The Arthritis Foundation

Attention Deficit Disorder - Site of the New York University

Attention Deficit Disorder - The National Institute of Health Site

Attention Deficit Disorder - Support for childhood ADD

Attention Deficit Disorder - Support for adult ADD

Cancer - Breast Cancer resource

Cancer - Risk assessment for developing breast, ovarian and cervical cancer

Cancer - Breast Cancer information

Cancer - The American Cancer Society - prevention and early detection

Cancer - Credible cancer information from National Institute of Health

Cancer - Credible government resources for cancer information

Cancer - Prostate Cancer

Cancer - Prostate Cancer

Children's Health Topics - Connecticut Medical Assistance Program website, which offers Medicaid providers a variety of resources, including provider manuals and bulletins, claim forms, and information on the Automated Eligibility Verification System.

Children's Health Topics - Information source for parents, teens, elders, people in crisis and people with disabilities.

Children's Health Topics - Official HUSKY website

Children's Health Topics - The Children's Health Council works to reduce the number of uninsured children in the state and to ensure that children receive the health care services available to them in the HUSKY health insurance program.

Children's Health Topics - Connecticut Birth to Three System

Children's Health Topics - National network for child care

Connectiut State Medical Society

Diabetes - Information from the American Diabetic Association

Diabetes - More information from ADA

Digestive Disorders

Digestive Disorders and Hepatitis - From GlaxoSmithKline

Geriatrics - The National Council on Aging

Geriatrics - The Social Security Administration

Geriatrics - National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Information Center

Geriatrics - Elderweb

Geriatrics - From Children of Aging Parents (CAPS)

Geriatrics - Government site from Healthfinder

Geriatrics - American Geriatrics Society

Geriatrics - National Meals on Wheels Foundation

Headaches - American Council for Headache Education to educate the public

Headaches - Disease awareness, triggers and treatment options

Headaches - Educational outreach program for headache sufferers

Headaches - National Headache Foundation, lists local support groups

Hearing Loss, ear Problems - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

Hearing Loss, Ear Problems - Hearing and language development resource

Hearing Loss, Ear Problems - American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck

Heart and Vascular Diseases - Heart health for patients and physicians

Heart and Vascular Diseases - Prevention of heart and vascular diseases

Heart and Vascular Diseases - National Stroke Association

Heart and Vascular Diseases - The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Heart and Vascular Diseases - National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke

HIV - Information about HIV and frequently asked questions

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS - Treatment Information Service

HIV/AIDS - HIV/AIDS Resource Center

Hospitals - Yale-New Haven Hospital

Hospitals - St. Francis Care System

Hospitals - Backus Hospital

Hospitals - Lawrence & Memorial Hospital

Hospitals - Hartford Hospital

Infectious Disease and Immunizations - US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Infertility - Infertility information and support from the International Council for Infertility Information and Dissemination

Insurance Companies - Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Connecticut

Insurance Companies - Aetna

Insurance Companies - Connecticare

Insurance Companies - Medspan

Insurance Companies - Physicians Health Services

Insurance Companies - Cigna Health Care System

Insurance Companies - Medicare program

Lung - American Lung Association

Medications - The Physicians Desk Reference

Mental Health - National Mental Health Organization

Mental Health - American Psychiatric Association

Mental Health - American Psychological Association

Mental Health - Depression and Related Affective Disorders

Mental Health - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Misc. - Information from the National Health Information Center

Misc. - Health and prevention information from Johns Hopkins University

Misc. - Patient information from the Mayo Clinic

Misc. - Former U.S. Surgeon General's site on prevention, specific conditions and diseases, nutrition and medications

Misc. - Online encyclopedia of medical topics where families can access clearly written medical information. Explains complex medical procedures in common language.

Misc. - Health Information from U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services

Misc. - Patient information on a variety of topics

Misc. - Information source for parents, teens, elders, people in crisis and peoples with disabilities

Misc. - Provides special disease awareness information

Misc. - HELIX (Healthcare Education Learning and Information Exchange) offers professional education and information for all health care providers and their patients.

Misc. - Medical search engine

Misc. - Medical search engine

Misc. - Customize CBS Health Watch for certain medical topics

Misc. - General health information - U.S. National Library of Medicine

Misc. - Contains a Health A-Z section from the Center for Disease Control

Nutrition - American Dietetic Association

Nutrition and Weight Loss - Fitness and nutrition resource and community

Nutrition and Weight Loss - Fast food facts

Nutrition and Weight Loss - USDA food and nutrition center

Nutrition and Weight Loss - University of Illinois' Nutrition Analysis Tool

Nutrition and Weight Loss - Tufts University Nutrition Navigator steers to diet and nutrition sites

Nutrition and Weight Loss - Vegetarian Resource Group

Osteoporosis - National Osteoporosis Foundation

Pediatrics - Devoted to the health of kids and teens

Pediatrics - A comprehensive index to the pediatric Internet

Pediatrics - The American Academy of Pediatrics

Physician Sites - Every month an editorial board of academic physicians evaluates and reviews medical content from the Web

Physician Sites - Government site form National Library of Medicine using PubMed and Internet Grateful Med as free systems that search MEDLINE

Physician Sites - American College of Preventative Medicine - Screening policy statements.

Physician Sites - A pay for service comprehensive site from journal watch, drug updates and weekly overview of what patients read in popular press. Full-text articles are available.

Physician Sites - Collaborative project of health sciences libraries of Greater Midwest region of the National Network of Libraries Medicine and Committee for Institutional Cooperation which provides links to evaluated non-commercial health related Internet resources

Physician Sites - Anything related to cancer for use by both physicians and patients

Physician Sites - Doctors' guide to the Internet with links to the latest medical news, new medical sites, new drugs or indications and medical conferences

Physician Sites - A listing of over 4000 clinical trials mostly sponsored by the NIH.

Physician Sites - National Guideline Clearing House

Physician Sites - Gateway to MEDLINE/PubMed, OLDMEDLINE, LOCATORplus, MEDLINEplus, DIRLINE, AIDS Meetings, Health Services Research Meetings, Space Life Sciences Meetings, and HSRProj.

Poison Control - Connecticut Poison Control Center - Call 1-800-222-1222 for emergencies, or 860-679-3531 for all other questions.

Pregnancy - Pregnancy News

Radiology - Description of and preparation for radiological procedures

Sleep Disorders - National Sleep Foundation

Thyroid Disease - Information from the Thyroid Society

Travel Medicine - International Society of Travel Medicine

Women's Health - The National Women's Health Information Center

Women's Health - National Council on Women's Health and Health Resource Center