Major and Common Medical Conditions

The Websites of Major Chronic Conditions

Here are some websites that are helpful with medical conditions:

Asthma & COPD

• Allergy Asthma Network
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology
• American Association for Respiratory Care
• American Lung Association
• American Thoracic Society – COPD fact sheets
• Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America
• Center for Disease Control; Asthma
• Global Initiative for COPD
• Environmental Protection Agency; Asthma
• National Environmental Education Foundation
• National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• No Asthma Attacks

Heart-Related

• American Heart Association & Women’s Heart
• Australia Cardiac Info
• Congenital Heart Disease
• Heart Flow
• Heart Site
• Foundations & Organizations

Diabetes & Gastrointestinal 

• About Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
• American Gastro Association
• Diabetes.org
• Diabetes at Work
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• List of Resources for Patients and Health Professionals
• National Inst. Of Diabetes & Digestive, Kidney Disease has over 80 resources for diabetes
• National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
• Native Diabetes Wellness Program

Human Immunodeficiency Virus +HIV and Nutrition

• National HIV Curriculum:  The National HIV Curriculum is a FREE educational website that provides ongoing, up-to-date information needed to meet the core competency knowledge for HIV prevention, screening, diagnosis, and ongoing treatment and care to healthcare providers in the United States. Also find resources from the National Inst. of AIDS, AIDS MAP (UK) & CDC. More Professional Organizations:

1. American Academy for HIV Medicine
2. HIV Medicine Association
3. International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
4. Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
5. International AIDS Society

Other

• American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) is the largest, most influential, and most representative group of dermatologists in the United States & check out DermNet NZ: anything skin and rash related, DermNet NZ has become a world-renowned resource all about the skin and is in continuous development to provide information about the skin.
• Cancer main websites; American Cancer Society, National Cancer Inst., cancer organizations, & over 200 resources
• About Genetic Disorders

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