The following links to online resources may provide you with valuable information on healthy living for you and your family.
Health Finder – a great resource for issues not found here – www.healthfinder.gov
Aging
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association – www.alz.org
Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral Center - http://www.alzheimers.org
Arthritis
Arthritis Foundation – www.arthritis.org
Cardiovascular
American Heart Association – www.americanheart.org
The Heart Center Online – www.heartcenteronline.com
Heart Info – www.heartinfo.org
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – www.nhlbi.nih.gov
Pulmonary Hypertension Association – www.phassociation.org
American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation – www.aacvpr.org
Cancer
American Cancer Society – www.cancer.org
National Cervical Cancer Coalition – www.nccc-online.org
North American Brain Tumor Coalition – www.nabraintumor.org
National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation – www.ncsdf.org
The National Ovarian Cancer Coalition – www.ovarian.org
National Prostate Cancer Coalition – www.pcacoalition.org
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Board of Sponsors – www.nbcam.org
Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation – www.preventcancer.org
The Yul Brynner Head and Neck Cancer Foundation, Inc. – www.yulbrynnerfoundation.org
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation – www.thegcf.org
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network – www.pancan.org
Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, and Education – www.lungcanceralliance.org
The Mesothelioma Center – www.asbestos.com
Children’s Health
American Academy of Pediatrics – www.aap.org
Office of Children’s Health Protection – www.childrenshealth.gov
Maternal and Child Health Bureau – www.mchb.hrsa.gov
National Association for Children of Alcoholics – www.nacoa.org
Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health – www.ffcmh.org
Children’s Bureau Administration for Children and Families – nccanch.acf.hhs.gov
Autism Information Center, National Center on Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities – www.cdc.gov
Autism Society of America – www.autism-society.org
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome – www.nofas.org
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association – www.diabetes.org
National Institute of Diabetes by the National Institute of Health – www.niddk.nih.gov/
Joslin Diabetes Center – www.joslin.org/
Children with Diabetes – www.childrenwithdiabetes.com
Eating Disorders
National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders – www.anad.org
National Eating Disorders Association – www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
Endometirosis
Endometriosis Association – www.endometriosisassn.org/
Eyesight
American Academy of Ophthalmology – www.aao.org
Prevent Blindness America – www.preventblindness.org
National Eye Institute – www.nei.nih.gov
American Macular Degeneration Foundation – http://www.macular.org
Macular Degeneration Foundation – http://www.eyesight.org
Exercise
Just Move by the American Heart Association – www.justmove.org
Shape Up America! – www.shapeup.org
Girls
GirlsHealth.gov – www.girlshealth.gov
Healthy Recipes
Hungry Girl – www.hungry-girl.com
Cooking Light Magazine Online – www.cookinglight.com
American Heart Association – www.deliciousdecisions.org
Carondelet Heart institute – http://www.carondelethealth.org/chi/recipes.aspx -
Food Network – http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/lf_hl_low_cholesterol/0,2495,FOOD_19756,00.html
Mental Health
American Association of Suicidology – www.suicidology.org
American Mental Health Counselors Association – www.amhca.org
National Depressive and Manic Depressive Association – www.ndmda.org
National Foundation for Depressive Illness – www.depression.org
World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders – world-schizophrenia.org
American Psychiatric Association – http://www.psych.org
Menopause
North American Menopause Society – www.menopause.org
National Women’s Health Resource Center – www.healthywomen.org
Nutrition
American Dietetic Association – www.eatright.org
Mayo Clinic – www.mayoclinic.com
Food and Nutrition Information Center – www.nal.usda.gov/fnic (nutrient data base for most foods)
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion – www.usda.gov/cnpp
The Harvard School of Public Help – www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/pyramids.html
The Dash Diet – www.dash.bwh.harvard.edu
Health Eating Network – http://www.healthyeating.net
The American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/food-and-fitness/
Osteoporosis
National Osteoporosis Foundation – www.nof.org
Strong Women – www.strongwomen.com
Reproductive
American Society for Reproductive Medicine – www.asrm.org
RESOLVE – www.resolve.org
International Council on Infertility Information Dissemination – www.inciid.org
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists – www.acog.org
Respiratory
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America – www.aafa.org
American Association for Respiratory Care – www.aarc.org
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology – www.aaaai.org
American Lung Association – www.lungusa.org
Substance Abuse
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. – www.ncadd.org
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – www.samhsa.gov
Alcoholics Anonymous – www.alcoholics-anonymous.org
Violence
National Domestic – www.ndvh.org
National Sexual Violence Resource Center – www.nsvrc.org
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence – www.ncadv.org
The Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence – www.mcedv.org
