Conditions and Diseases

Provides information including an animation and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment and living with the condition.

Provides information and interactive support for COPD patients, caregivers, families and interested individuals, featuring chatrooms, message boards, e-mail lists, and a library.

Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment of this disorder.

Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. From eMedicine Health.

Factsheet including causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, with links to other useful resources.

Provides information on this condition where people in particular work environments have a range of non-specific, building-related symptoms.

National charity caring for the needs of those with Turner Syndrome throughout the United Kingdom. Includes aims and objectives, local groups, events diary and the benefits of membership.

The BBC reports that a Canadian mother has frozen her eggs for use by her Turner-syndrome daughter.

An organization where people with albinism, their families and those that work with them can get information, ask questions and share their experiences.

Support, resources, and information on medical treatment of birthmarks and hemangiomas.

Provides information on this condition and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.

Easy to understand information for patients with eczema, which is an inflammation of the skin that may cause dryness, flakiness, heat and itching. Written by a UK general practitioner.

Provides information on this skin disorder, also known as nummular eczema. Includes a short video and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.

Support for people living with eczema in the UK. The site has different zones for infants, juniors, teens, adults and parents.

A comprehensive online eczema resource from the American Academy of Dermatology.

Information and support for those interested in a skin disorder called epidermolysis bullosa. Message board and also a list of camps for children with this disorder.

Includes broadcast information for the nationally syndicated radio program.

Pathophysiology, frequency, mortality/morbidity rate, causes, treatment, laboratory studies and medications.

Non-profit organization offers advice and support in several languages, with sections for health professionals as well as patients of all ages.

Detailed article by Tsu-Yi Chuang, MD, MPH and Laura Stitle, MD.

Detailed article by Dr Antonella Tosti including many photographs.

Factsheet on these infections, their causes, symptoms, treatment and prevention.

Factsheet on this chronic, autoimmune, subepidermal, blistering skin disorder, including its pathophysiology, epidemiology, presentation, differential diagnosis, investigations, management, complications and prognosis.

Personal responses regarding different treatment options.

RRDi is a member driven organization and invites rosaceans to become involved. Find forums, a chat, and publications.

A non-profit organization dedicated to funding novel research on the underlying causes of rosacea, analyzing triggers for flares, and finding effective treatments that address the root causes of the disorder.

Information regarding treatments, as well as book reviews and email support.

Practical advice about scabies treatment and prevention.

Provides clinical images and in-depth treatment and prevention information.

Doctor written consumer health information, includes causes, types, treatment options, and safety of using salicylic acid.

Provides information on these benign lumps on the skin and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.

A service that helps facilities set up, equip and support sleep disordered patients. Offers polysomnographic scoring services, sleep study, and outsourcing.

A peer reviewed article from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Offers an archive, post an article and joining instructions.

Documentary featuring new research about narcolespy, including information about orexin--a chemical that appears to help humans wake up.

Kentucky professional society dedicated to the education of sleep and related disorders.

The first Italian Patients Association for Sleep Apnea. Multilingual site offering information and an apnea test.

Professional sleep organization focusing on sleep apnea, snoring, insomnia, and narcolepsy. Aims to improve sleep health around the world by educating health care providers and increasing public awareness about sleep health and sleeping disorders.

Site for technical employees of sleep disorder centers for the evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders.

Basic sleep research laboratory.

Features details about home-based diagnostic testing for sleep apnea syndrome.

Explains sleep apnea with diagrams and detailed literature on how to treat it. Find out how you can be tested today.

A quiz to help parents see if their child has symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea, like loud snoring and problems at school.

An open, non-profit discussion forum devoted exclusively to sleep apnea patients.

Developed by a world renown surgeon, Dr. Kasey Li, for educational purposes. It provides in-depth information on the surgical treatment of sleep disordered breathing.

A center for the treatment of pediatric nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting).

About the magazine published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.

Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatments.

Translation of an original document written circa 400 B.C.

Describes how to cope with eating with a wired jaw.