Health

Offering full time, part time, and correspondence courses, with details of programmes, accreditation and financial assistance. New South Wales, Australia.

Vocational beauty and barber school that trains the leading hairstylists. Located in Des Moines, Iowa, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

A weekly accutane journal. A personal account of living with acne.

Parent's personal account of her child's illness and surgery. Includes links, diagrams and information about the condition and the Norwood surgery.

Dedicated to a child who had surgery for congenital disease.

Provides support and information to families of children with congenital heart disease. Offers useful links, parent matching, email groups and activities.

Article on the prevalence, causes and history of overweight in children.

Overview from KidsHealth.org.

Facts and bulletins, treatment information, services available and membership application.

A report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Provides inpatient and outpatient medical rehabilitation for infants and children. Information on services and facilities, location, staff.

West Virginia charity serving children with physical disabilities provides information about services, resources for families, volunteer opportunities and special events.

Mission is to improve the identification, prevention and treatment of developmental and learning disorders.

Details about this organization which promotes high quality care, education of medical professionals and the public as well as representation of its members. Includes a newsletter, links and patient information.

Global Allergy Information Network (GAIN) is a source of allergy information worldwide for medical professionals and consumers.

Non-profit organization provides information and raises awareness, and performs fund-raising for research.

Guide to food intolerance, articles on salicylate sensitivity, food diaries, and e-books.

UFAN provides support, education, awareness and advocates change for those affected by food allergies. Find a weblog and contact details.

Support for nurses working in military healthcare - open to all. Goal is to share latex information related to military issues like deployment.

Consumer health resource center providing information on allergies and immunotherapy.

Provides information on symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment and complications.

Facts about eosinophilia including what it is, how and when it occurs, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment.

Find a definition of this disorder, its causes, incidence and risk factors.

A list of various drugs that may cause neutropenia provided by MedicineWorld.org.

A non-profit organisation based in Cleveland Ohio whose objectives are to raise awareness of the condition. Features educational material, FAQs, support groups and a message board.

Provides information on this inherited blood disorder. Includes a short video and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and self help.

The AMC is committed to enhancing therapeutic options for patients with AIDS-associated malignancies.

Consumer health resource providing information on causes, symptoms and treatment.

Offers support and resources on advanced breast cancer issues. Searchable archives.

Colorado Springs, Colorado facility which provides oncology care. Contact details given.

Network includes academic, research and pediatric facilities. Offers treatment information, links and research findings.

Cancer center in central Washington State provides full array of outpatient diagnosis and treatment. Affiliated with Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital.

Provides a range of services to patients and their families. Located in Richmond, Virginia.

Artist, Siglinde Kallnbach, collects signatures that will be turned into art to denote solidarity with cancer patients.

Non profit organization that provides one-on-one support to people undergoing treatment for cancer. Features stories, volunteering, and a bulletin board.

A story of surviving eye cancer. Includes information on ocular prosthetics.

Online journal of the Academy of Cancer Immunology provides a forum for the exchange of scientific and clinical information.

Provides access to full-text content, online-only content, features and services and author submission materials.

Specialty journal produced by the Nature Publishing Group with a focus on basic research on hematopoietic malignancies.

Peer-reviewed journal strives to be comprehensive offering articles that often make headlines in the newsroom.

Official journal of the five Nordic cancer societies that offers topics in clinical oncology and related disciplines.

Offers a list of frequently asked questions of the disease, basic information and statistics.

Offers a description of the disease as well as diagnostic tests, treatments, and research available at Duke University.

Provides information on this cancerous tumour that develops in skin cells. Includes a mole self assessment tool and details of symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention.

Email support group for the disease.

Provides information on this cancer, the symptoms and causes, tests and treatment, living with mesothelioma and current research.

Mailing list and archives that provides information and support for those dealing with sarcoma.

A group for survivors and interested others.

Fosters research on diet and prevention, and offers educational services. Located in Washington DC.

Archive of Wall Street Journal Amy Dockser Marcus article about a young man discovering he had tested positive for small traces of slow growing cancer in the prostate. Set off the debate that "Everyone has cancer growing somewhere in their body."