Medical Links

Free/Low Cost Medical Care

• HRSA - Health Resources and Services Administration.
• eHOW - How to Get Free or Low-Cost Medical Care.
• Foundation for Health Coverage Education FHCE Mission: To simplify public and private health insurance eligibility information in order to help more people access coverage.
   

Free/Low-Cost Medications

• DrugInfoNet - Pharmaceutical information, with a searchable index of medications.

• Helping Patients - The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings together America’s pharmaceutical companies, doctors, patient- advocacy organizations and civic groups to help low-income, uninsured patients get free or nearly free brand-name medicines. Its mission is to is to increase awareness of and enrollment in existing patient assistance programs for those who may be eligible.
• The Medicine Program - The Medicine Program is an organization established by volunteers dedicated to helping people who cannot afford their prescription medication. The primary purposes of The Medicine Program are to inform potentially qualified applicants about the patient assistance programs for which they appear eligible and assist them in the enrollment process. For more information about the eligibility requirements, click here.
• Needy Meds - This site publishes a list of information about drug company programs that supply free medication to qualified people. This site lists the medications and contact information for the drug companies that produce the medication. If you want to go directly to the list of medications available, click here.
• Free and Low Cost Prescription Drugs from The Cost Containment Research Institute.
• Free Medicine
• Together RxAccess With the free Together Rx Access™ Card most cardholders save 25%–40% on over 275 brand-name prescription drugs and other prescription products, as well as save on a wide range of generic drugs.
• RxHope Research government and corporate sponsored patient assistance programs for over 1000 medications.
• BenefitsCheckUp helps thousands of people every day to connect to private or government programs that help them pay for prescription drugs, health care, utilities, and other needs.
• Rx Assist
• My Rx Advocate
• Free Medicine Program
• SCBN.org

Medicare Drug Benefit (Medicare Part D)

• For help paying for Medicare Part D go to www.ssa.gov - click on Need help paying for prescription drugs?
• Tips and Tools for People with Medicare

General Medical Information

• The Southern California Orthopedic Institute
• Healing Well Medical news, feature articles, patient stories, message boards & chat, free email, books, newsletters, and related links.
• Mental Health InfoSource MHI provides quality mental health information for the professional as well as the layperson.
• InfoMedical This site provides many links including links to specific disorders and online medical dictionaries.
• WebMD See our rating of this site in Vol. 1, Issue 1 of our newsletter.
• Medicare and Medicaid Information
• MedicineNet's Medical Dictionary
• The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy - The classic reference - 17th Edition, 1999.
• MedLine - Search access via HealthGate. A very direct MedLine Access/Search link. Note: The HealthGate access to MedLine offers the full text of articles by U.S. Mail, fax or courier - for a fee. For the free service, long abstracts are cut off at 250 words.
• Doctor's Guide to medical news
• Reuters Medical News
• Health Touch Find information about more than 10,000 prescription and over-the-counter medications.
• The American Psychological Association PsychNet
• AMA Physician Select - Find information on all U.S. MDs.
• Stanford University MedWorld - Amazing access to research tools.
• National Institutes of Health - and their powerful search engine.
• NIH National Library of Medicine - (fee service).
• Centers for Disease Control
• Yahoo! - Index of Internet information on Diseases and Conditions.

Specific Illnesses/Conditions

Amputees

• Amputee Online will get you on the right track for finding amputee resources on the Internet.
• AMP U T Chat A place for amputees, their families, friends, physicians and prosthetists.
• Western Amputee Support Alliance An informal association of amputee support groups located in the western United States that have voluntarily banded together.
• Amputee Resource Foundation of America It is our mission to disseminate timely and useful information, to perform charitable services, and to conduct research to enhance productivity and quality of life for amputees in America.

Arthritis

• Arthritis Foundation
• Arthritis Insight

Asthma

• AAAI - American Academy of Asthma & Immunology

Back Pain

• Low Back Pain - Understanding low back pain.
• Spine Health - Your comprehensive resource for back pain. 
• Spine Dr.

Bi-Polar

• About.com Bi-Polar Resources Contains articles and extensive net links to articles, resources and information regarding all aspects of Bipolar Disorder. Site is updated very frequently with the goal of being one of the best Internet resources for Bipolars and their loved ones.
• Consumer Guide to Mental Health Services This page is a guide to locating mental health services. Many individuals who are looking for help for themselves or a loved one ask the same questions. Following are some of the most commonly asked questions and their answers.

Bladder Conditions

• Interstitial Cystitis Association A not-for-profit health organization dedicated to providing patient and physician educational information and programs, patient support, public awareness and, research funding.
• MEDLINEplus: Interstitial Cystitis 

Brain Injuries

• The Perspectives Network for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Cancer

• Glossary of Oncology words

• OncoLink Psychosocial support and personal experiences: ways to cope with cancer, shared experiences of patients and survivors.
• Pancreatica.org - information and clinical trials for people with pancreatic cancer and their loved ones and physicians.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (See Repetitive Motion Injuries)

Chronic Fatigue (CFIDS) and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

• The CFIDS Association of America, Inc
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Depression

• Dr. Ivan's Depression Central - Get information on all types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood disorders 
• FocusOnDepression.com - Brought to you by MedicineNet.com
• NIMH - Booklets, Fact Sheets and Summaries
• Online Depression Test - From the NYU Department of Psychiatry

Diabetes

• This dictionary of diabetes terms defines words that are often used when talking or writing about diabetes.
• American Diabetes Association

Fibromyalgia

• National Fibromyalgia Association
• Fibromyalgia Network
• Fibromyalgia Support Group

Heart Disease

• High Blood Pressure Information From the American Heart Association
• Living with Heart Failure

HIV/AIDS

• HIV lnSite News, reviews, CME, textbook AIDS Knowledge Base

Migraines

• MAGNUM - National Migraine Association
• National Headache Foundation

Multiple Personality Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder

• http://www.psycomnet/mchuch.html

Multiple Sclerosis

• Glossary of related MS words By Nancy Pope, International MS Support Foundation.
• Multiple Sclerosis MedSupport Friends Supporting Friends International is dedicated to educating and assisting persons with disabilities, their caregivers and their families. We offer caring, support, and information through a variety of interactive moderated forums and chat areas as well as a bi-monthly newsletter and a wide range of hyperlinks to other sources of information.

Post-Polio Syndrome

• Polio-Remember Your Strength (P.R.Y.S) P.R.Y.S. is a site maintained for the purposes of education, communication, and as a forum to meet other PPS people around the world. 

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

• The National Center for PTSD This is a program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and carries out a broad range of activities in research, training, and public information.
• David Baldwin's Trauma Pages These Trauma Pages focus primarily on emotional trauma and traumatic stress, including PTSD (Post-traumatic Stress Disorder), whether following individual traumatic experience(s) or a large-scale disaster. New information is added to this site about once a month.

Repetitive Motion Injuries (Repetitive Strain Injuries)

• W.R.I.S.T. (Workers’ Repetitive Injury Support Team) At this site, you can get information about different types of injuries and sign up for news groups and lists.
• Typing Injury FAQ At this site you will find links to repetitive motion injury sites, mail list and general information about Repetitive Strain Injuries. Check out their "articles" section there is some valuable information here!

RSD & SMP (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy-Sympathetically Mediated Pain)

• RSD Hope The American RSDHope Group reaches out and serves the entire United States. We are a non-profit group made up of patients, parents and friends whose mission is to spread information to anyone and everyone who asks or will listen.
• RSD Fighting Back An RSD group for Patients in Chronic Pain.

Schizoaffective Disorder

• http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.schizoaffective.html

Schizophrenia

• Schizophrenia Home Page

Sleep Disorders

1. Sleep Apnea FAQ
2. Sleep Medicine Home Page Lists resources regarding all aspects of sleep including, the physiology of sleep, clinical sleep medicine, sleep research, federal and state information, patient information, and business-related groups.
3. National Sleep Foundation The National Sleep Foundation is a nonprofit organization that promotes public understanding of sleep and sleep disorders and supports sleep-related education, research and advocacy to improve public health and safety.

Stroke

• National Stroke Association

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