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The Alzheimer's
Association
The Alzheimer's Association maintains a website
that provides access to descriptions of the
disease, issues in diagnosis and treatment,
and updates on research
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University
of Texas Center for Alternative Medicine
This website presents information about the
University of Texas Center for Alternative
Medicine, one of the 10 centers established
by the Office of Complementary and Alternative
Medicine at the National Institutes of Health
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CancerNet
CancerNet is a service offered by the National
Cancer Institute to help people navigate government
information about cancer. The option for Basic
Researchers offers information about research
funding and other research matters, but it
also allows users to access the full text
of current and back issues of the Journal
of the National Cancer Institute. (Direct
access is also available at http://jnci.oupjournals.org/
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National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
is part of the U.S. National Institutes of
Health, and their webpage can be accessed
through a link to that webpage or directly.
An interactive site is oriented toward helping
people with high cholesterol to take steps
to lower their risk by changing their diet,
exercising and taking their medication.
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American
Heart Organization
An obvious place to explore on the Internet
is the American Heart Organization's webpage,
and it is a good one. The site contains many
options, beginning with an option that shows
warning signs and a What's Your Risk assessment.
The Science and Professional option also presents
the Compliance for Professionals material.
This feature has worksheets to help people
comply to health advice related to decreasing
risks for cardiovascular disease, such as
quitting smoking, controlling high blood pressure,
lowering cholesterol, increasing physical
activity, and taking appropriate medications.
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National
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion
The National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion is sponsored by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. The site
offers options for exploring risk behaviors,
types of prevention efforts, targeted populations,
and related links.
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Stress
Management and Emotional Wellness
The University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point
Health Service website contains several options,
including a stress assessment titled Stress
Assess, designed as an educational tool to
teach about stress.
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Healthfinder
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
maintains this gateway website, and it is
an excellent place to access information and
other sites devoted to health information.
The hot topics choice allows users to access
common topics, such as AIDS, diabetes, cancer,
tobacco, and several more. Each selection
presents information and links to other sites
and organizations, along with contact information.
Healthfinder includes a search engine that
will allow access to a variety of resources
and organizations dealing with stress- related
issues.
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Society of
Behavioral Medicine
The Society of Behavioral Medicine has a
website, which is devoted to providing information
about health and behavior-related issues in
medicine, psychology, nursing, and public
health. This site also contains links to other
organizations that maintain websites related
to health.
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Pain Assessment
This commercial site contains several interesting
options. Under the Consumer Info option, users
can choose a Pain Assessment, which offers
a self-assessment of pain that users can complete.
Another option is Pain Doctor's Advice, to
which users can submit questions.
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American
Pain Society
This website is the one maintained by the
American Pain society.
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Medscout
This section of the Medscout webpage presents
many choices for exploring information on
pain.
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Psychology
at Work
The Psychology at Work option includes a
focus on stress and several articles about
problems associated with workplace stress.
The Mind/Body Connection option includes several
articles on topics related to health psychology,
including one on psychoneuroimmunology.
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Office
of Behavioral and Social Sciences
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences
Research website includes an option titled
Research Advances, which presents summaries
of research from this agency. This site is
a good place to look for the range of topics
related to behavior and health.
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Canadian
Mental Health Association
This website from the Canadian Mental Health
Association, Metro Toronto Branch offers a
great deal of information on stress
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| University
of Wisconsin at Stevens Point Health Service
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| Brain
Injury Association of America |
| BIAUSA
Chat Room |
| TBI
Chat Room |
| Brain
Injury Association of MICHIGAN |
| Ontario
Brain Injury Association |
| CDC
- Centers for Disease Control |
| TBI
Model Systems Project |
| "Care
Givers Survival Guide" |
| Head
Injury Awareness Foundation |
| Medicine
Net's Pharmacy |
| The
NeuroTrauma Law Nexus |
| Journal
of Cognitive Rehabilitation |
| Pediatric
Trauma and Head Injury |
| Untangling
the Web - find Disability-Related Information |
| ThinkFirst
- for KIDS! |
| The
Work Site - Social
Security Administration |
| American
Academy of Neurology |
| Bicycle
Helmet Effectiveness |
| SCI
Model Systems group |
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Psych
Web
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Trauma, Terriosm and Related Stress Resource
Links
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Liberty
Unites -
Ways to contribute
to the relief efforts.
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Music
Therapy -
How to find Music Therapist
in your neighborhood
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National
Assoc. of School Psychologists -
Resources
and links for working with children and schools.
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American
Psychiatric Association
Resources
for professionals and the public.
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National
Organization for Victim Assistance -
Children's
reations to terrism and coping strategies.
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American
Psychological Assoc. -
Trauma -realted stress,
children, coping with the aftermath
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National
Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
-
For professionals and
the public
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Americans
For The Arts -
Articles on coping
with diaster and responses from the arts community.
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| General
Resources, Memorials, Coping, Children, Diaster
Information |
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National
Association for Music Education -
Music resources, songbooks,
and activities.
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