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BELIEFNET PICKS
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Note: These sites are not sponsored or maintained by Beliefnet.
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Bandaides and Blackboards
Bright, well-designed site written by a nurse offers support to children with chronic illnesses and their parents. Easy graphics lead the way into separate sections for kids, teens and parents.
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Cancernet
A remarkable resource for patients, health professionals or researchers seeking information on cancer. This includes fact sheets on various cancers, summaries of cancer treatments, supportive care resources, information on clinical trials, and access to CANCERLIT - the NCI's bibilographic database that is updated with more than 8,000 new entries each month.
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Cansearch: A Guide to Cancer Resources on the Internet
User-friendly site produced by the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) to provide patients and families with a step-by-step guide to the many cancer resources found on the web.
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Growth House
This award-winning site is an international gateway to resources for life-threatening disease and end-of-life care. It offers extensive links on topics including AIDS, cancer, hospice and home care, palliative care, pain management and bereavement.
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Health Finder
A gateway site produced by the US government, providing links to information sources - including online journals - on a wide range of health and medical topics.
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Mayo Clinic Health Oasis
The Mayo Clinic updates this public information site every weekday with articles and bulletins on a range of diseases and alternative and conventional steps to insure good health. Searchable database allows users to review an extensive library of past articles.
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Medline
Medline is a computerized database of articles created by the National Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health. Simple prompts walk users through a medical literature search. Abstracts of most articles are available online.
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MedWebPlus
A free service to help users sift through the mountains of data available online regarding health sciences. Search function links users to extensive links - featuring individual articles and entire sites on a wide range of specific diseases - and a variety of Alternative Medicine topics.
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National Health Information Center (NHIC)
This government-sponsored health information referral service is an excellent starting point for research. By clicking on the site's Referrals button (icon featuring open book and question mark), users can enter a keyword and receive a listing of organizations and links focused on that particular medical concern.
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NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
Offers a wide selection of information on a broad range of illnesses, much of it available in Spanish and English.
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Web of Care
This well-designed website dedicated to caregivers offers easily accessible information on a variety of diseases. Resources also include extensive advice for family caretakers - from animated demonstrations of practical skills like wheelchair transfer to tips on avoiding burnout.
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Also see Beliefnet's Health Picks.
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