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Health Topics Index

The door to hundreds of medical topics with emphasis on
chronic or disabling conditions, and self management

Health Topics	Stress/Depression	Occ. Exp/Toxic	Doctors & Boards	MCS
Pain & Treatment	RSI-CTD	CFS-FMS	Medical Refs.	Matthews on MCS
Spinal Conditions	Drugs and Herbs	Safety & Health	Gulf War-GWS	Veterans
Medical Politics	Sexual Health	Disability	FEHB	Vaccines

Click on a letter to jump to that section. Denotes special FedupFeds pages. Emphasis is on major chronic and/or disabling medical conditions. This is for information only, not medical or legal advice.

Abortion statistical sources from UMich

ADD Attention Deficit Disorder Talking Back to Ritalin, ADD from Johns Hopkins
Is ADD Overdiagnosed? from Johns Hopkins

Addiction Addiction Resource Guide facilities by state

Advance directives, end of life - Fact sheet from Johns Hopkins

Aging Administration on Aging, National Institute on Aging, Elderly Depression, Elderly Injuries from CDC

Accidents

AIDS/HIV The HIV/AIDS Information Outreach AIDS/HIV Fact Sheet from CDC
AIDS/HIV/STDs articles from Johns Hopkins

Alcohol, Alcoholism Index

Allergy American Academy of Allergy & Immunology, Latex Allergy,
Airborne Allergens fact sheet from Johns Hopkins, Allergy and asthma resources page
Gluten intolerance/Celiac disease long list of resources, See also Toxic exposure

Alternative medicine
	Alternative Health News Online
	Alternative/Integrative Medicine articles from Johns Hopkins
	Alternative and Complimentary Medicine
	In the Natural Health and Longevity site click on Health Links to jump to WWW Health Sites, which has at least 130 health-related site links, among other things.
	National Center for Alternative and Complementary Medicine (NCCAM)
	Rosenthal Center for Alternative and Complimentary Medicine

Alzheimer's - fact sheet from Johns Hopkins

American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

Ankylosing Spondylitis from AARDA

Anthrax FAQ from CDC See also Vaccines

Antibiotic resistance from CDC, METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS

Anger See Stress/depression See also Stress claims in Help Index

Anxiety See Stress/depression See also Stress claims in Help Index

Arthritis Arthritis Help Primer, Arthritis from CDC, Arthritis Foundation, Rheumatoid Arthritis,
Arthritis from Johns Hopkins

Asthma Occupational Asthma, fact sheet from Johns Hopkins, Occupational asthma,
PLS Group Doctors' Guide long list of sources, Allergy and asthma resources page

Back conditions See Spinal

Biosafety from CDC See Biohazard Information

Biotechnology WWW Virtual Library 1000 URLs

Blindness, vision impairment
	American Foundation for the Blind
	Glaucoma Research Foundation
	National Eye Health Education Program, National Eye Institute

Brain injury from CDC

Cancer See also Oncolink, extensive resources from CDC, Cancer fact sheet from Johns Hopkins

Caregiving INTERNET Aging Resources, Caregiving from Johns Hopkins

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome See Repetitive Strain Injuries

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Chemicals See MCS

See Occupational Health and Toxic Exposure

Child abuse statistics Childrens' Defense Fund

Cholera FAQ from CDC

Chronic conditions
	National Center for Chronic Disease and Health Promotion
	MORE on chronic illnesses
	National Institute on Aging Information Center
	Studies on Chronic Illnesses: Gulf War Illnesses and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia
	See specific conditions

CFS-FMS

Clinical trials See Clinical trials in Doctors

Communicable Diseases See Infectious diseases

Coronary, heart conditions See Heart disease

Deafness See Hearing impaired

Depression See Stress/depression

See also Stress claims in Help Index

Diabetes
	American Diabetes Association
	Diabetic Data Centre
	Center for Disease Control Diabetes and Public Health Resource
	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
	The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation
	Diabetes - from Johns Hopkins

Digestive Diseases Digestive Disorders from Johns Hopkins

Disability See Disability Resources

Diability Retirement in Retirement

Disasters
	Disaster assistance information from FEMA -- Federal Emergency Mgmt. Agency
	Current updated weather warnings from FEMA
	Radiation Preparedness at FEMA
	See Safety & Health See Trauma

Doctors See Doctors and Boards everything about doctors

Disease statistical sources from UMich

Domestic violence from CDC

Down Syndrome Down Syndrome Resources, National Association for Down Syndrome

Drugs See Drugs and Herbs Article on How HMOs abuse & overprescribe psychiatric Drugs

Drug Reform Coordination Network

E. coli FAQ from CDC

Eating disorders See also Stress/depression , Eating Disorders from John Hopkins

Environmental health See Toxic Exposure , Other environmental health resources from HHS

Epilepsy Epilepsy Foundation of America, EPILEPSY HOME PAGE, Epilepsy International Home Page
Epilepsy from Johns Hopkins

ERISA

Exercise Nutrition and Exercise, from UMich

Falls and Hip Fractures from CDC

Federal Employees Health Care Protection Act of 1998

FEHB Federal Employees Health Benefits page in FedupFeds

Fibromyalgia See CFS-FMS

Food Food Safety Organisms of Concern, Nutrition, Foodborne Illnesses from CDC

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Genetic engineering
	Genetic engineering, long list of links
	Splicing Away Regulations Down on the Animal Pharm

Genital Herpes from Johns Hopkins

Glaucoma from Johns Hopkins

Gluten intolerance/Celiac disease long list of resources

GWS Gulf War Syndrome

Hair loss from Johns Hopkins

HARP Home Page site for HMO reform and legal liability See also Medical Politics

Headache
	Migraine - Doctor's Guide to the Internet
	Migraine - from Johns Hopkins
	Headaches Vascular and Migraine
	What's New at National Headache Foundation
	Cluster Headaches - About Cluster Headaches

Health
	Health care statistics sources from UMich See also Health, U.S. 1998 (DHHS) Detailed report on status of health and disease in the United States. Report in Adobe Acrobat format is over 3 MEG. Press Release describing 1998 report links disease and death to income and education
	National Center for Health Statistics News releases on natality, marriage, divorce, mortality, and selected subjects
	FastStats is alphabetical list by subject and state/territory of brief descriptive data (e.g. teen births)
	Data Warehouse has extensive links to published and unpublished tables on mortality, natality, and behavioral risk factors
	Health, United States 1996-97 and Injury Chartbook is its annual report in pdf format Includes downloadable files for use with Adobe Acrobat
	Health 1998 draws relationship between health status, income, and race (pdf format) Links to Related Health Statistics web sites

Health insurance See FEHB

Hearing impaired National Association of the Deaf, Deaf World Web, Noise-Induced Hearing Loss from NIOSH

Heart Disease
	American Heart Association
	Heart and Circulatory Conditions articles from Johns Hopkins
	National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
	Coronary Institute of the South

Hemophilia National Hemophilia Foundation

Hemorrhoids and Other Anorectal Problems

Hepatitis fact sheet from Johns Hopkins

Herbal treatments See Drugs and Herbs

Hernia from Johns Hopkins

Herniated disc See Spinal Conditions

HMOs See Medical Politics

Hormone Replacement

Hospital Infections from CDC

Hospitals statistical sources from UMich

Huntington's Disease Huntington's Disease Society of America

Hurricanes from CDC

Hypertension from Johns Hopkins

ICD-9-CM International Classification of Disease from Sweden

Impotence from Johns Hopkins

Incapacity Checklist

Infectious Diseases National Center for Infectious Diseases See also Outbreak News releases on
emerging viruses and communicable diseases worldwide Includes morbidity and mortality data

Injuries, extensive information from CDC, Statistical sources from UMich See also Safety and Health

Injuries Occupational Injuries Fact Sheet from CDC

Insurance, health See FEHB

Irritable Bowel Syndrome from Johns Hopkins

Job Safety and Health See Effects of Workplace Hazards on Male Reproductive Health

Laryngeal and Voice Disorders from Johns Hopkins

Latex Allergy See Latex Allergy Alert from CDC, comprehensive

Legionnaires' disease FAQ from CDC

Life insurance see Health and life insurance in HelpIndex

Lung Diseases American Lung Association

Lupus See also Lupus Foundation of America, Lupus from AARDA

Lyme Disease - Arthritis Net Links, Lyme Disease from Johns Hopkins

Malpractice See Malpractice and medical boards in Doctors

MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

Medical Boards See Medical Boards and malpractice in Doctors

Medical Politics

Medical references, dictionaries See References, Medical

Medicaid See Medicaid in Federal Agencies

Medicare See HCFA in Federal Access

Medicine See Drugs and Herbs

Menopause from Johns Hopkins

Men's health See Men's Health in Sexual health

Mensana Pain Clinic See Pain

Mental health See Mental health issues in Stress/depression

, FEHB mental health benefits

Multiple Sclerosis National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Multiple Sclerosis,
Multiple Sclerosis from Johns Hopkins

Munchausen Syndrome Mothers Against Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Allegations

Muscular Dystrophy National Muscular Dystrophy Association

Musculoskeletal disorders See Repetitive Strain Injuries

See Spinal Conditions

Myofascial Pain Syndrome

NBC -- NATO Manual on medical aspects of NBC [nuclear, biological , chemical]

Needlesticks from CDC

Noise and Its Effects

Nutrition See also Nutrition and Exercise, from UMich, Nutrition articles from Johns Hopkins

Nothing

Occupational Health and Toxic Exposure
	See also Safety & Health See also MCS

Osteoporosis National Osteoporosis Foundation, Osteoporosis - Doctor's Guide to the Internet
Osteoporosis from Johns Hopkins

Paleolithic Diet

Pain See also Stress/depression

Paralysis American Paralysis Association See Spinal Conditions

Parkinsons disease National Parkinson Foundation, Parkinson's Disease - Doctor's Guide to the Internet
Parkinsons from Johns Hopkins

Politics, medical

Poisoning Poison Control Centers

Post Traumatic Stress See PTSD in Stress/depression See Veterans Resources

Pregnancy statistical sources from UMich

Prescriptions See Drugs and Herbs

Prozac Center for the Study of Psychiatry and Psychology

Psychiatry/witch doctors RadPsyNet The Radical Psychology Network
             Article on How HMOs abuse & overprescribe psychiatric Drugs Psychiatric drugs -
             Social control through psychiatric drugs and their long term side effects w/bibliography
             & references

Rare diseases database from NORD

References, Medical

Rehabilitation See Disability Resources

Restless Legs Syndrome from Johns Hopkins

Rheumatoid Arthritis See Arthritis

Ritalin Talking Back to Ritalin, more Ritalin Resources

RSD RSDHope, RSDHope - Other Medical Sites

RSI-CTD See Repetitive Strain Injuries

Safety See Safety and Health

Salmonellosis FAQ from CDC

Sexual health

Sexually transmitted diseases from Johns Hopkins

Shingles from Johns Hopkins

Sickle Cell Anemia from Johns Hopkins

Sleep disorders SleepNet Introduction, Insomnia - Doctor's Guide to the Internet
See also Stress/depression

SNFTAAS See MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

Spinal injury and disorders See Spinal Conditions

Stress/depression

See also Stress claims in Help Index

Stroke National Stroke Association, Stroke from Johns Hopkins

Substance abuse statistical sources from UMich See also The Drug Reform Coordination Network

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIDS

Suicide

Surgery statistical sources from UMich

Tardive Dyskinesia/Tardive Dystonia and psychiatric drugs

Tests, medical Complete Guide to Medical Tests

Tinnitus Frequently Answered Questions

Toxic exposure
	See Occupational Health and Toxic Exposure See MCS Multiple Chemical Sensitivities

Transplants
	Transweb FAQs on organ donations and personal stories, Directory of transplant centers , Search engine which can be used for both medical information and statistics, Statistics on the people waiting for organ donations and survival statistics also appear under Frequently-Asked Questions

Trauma
	National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio's Trauma Home Page
	National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Tuburculosis fact sheet from Johns Hopkins

Underlying conditions, in OWCP claims

Vaccines

Veterans health See Veterans resources

Violence
	See Dealing with Workplace Violence from OPM
	See Stress/Depression See also Stress claims in Help Index
	Workplace Violence from CDC, NIOSH Stress at Work

Viruses See Viruses, Emerging - AIDS & Ebola by Dr. Leonard Horowitz See also Outbreak News releases
on emerging viruses and communicable diseases worldwide Includes morbidity and mortality data

Vital records
	Vital Records Information State Index Where to write for birth, death, and marriage records for all states and most counties, Includes fees when available, Additional links to state and national genealogical web sites, Alternative CDC Site

Water quality See The Hidden Dangers of Water

Women's health See also Sexual health See Women's Health Place - Sapient Health Network
National Women's Health Information Center OBGYN.net - Obstetrics & Gynecology Network
Womens' Health articles from Johns Hopkins

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