Health

Provides details of the research programs being undertaken.

The BBC reports on the UK’s first clinic to treat Anosmia.

Online community for optometrists, including forums and downloads.

Non-profit advocacy organization made up of a coalition of professional, consumer, and industry organizations involved in research in eye and vision disorders.

A critical review of the relevant literature and the public health consequences of environmental tobacco smoke resulting from hookah use.

An article by Kamal Chaouachi, critiquing the smoking machine a large amount of hookah research is done on.

Anti-smoking/tobacco advertising. Sells posters and slides; runs workshops and seminars; but primarily known for images that are funny, intense, intensely funny.

A novel of revenge about a journalist dying of lung cancer who wants to destroy the tobacco industry while being pursued by an ex-cop whose own problems help him track down the madman.

Political cartoons on tobacco issues topical around 1998.

Econometric analyses of the impact of tobacco control expenditures on aggregate tobacco use show that state tobacco control programs work.

Eight pairs of small Oregon communities were randomly assigned to receive a school based prevention program alone, or that plus a community program. Results, analysis, and discussion.

Links to pages for all perspectives of smoking. Includes sites about anti-smoking groups, commentary, health effects, cessation, celebrity smokers, statistics, news, history, and pro-smoking documents.

Art depicting anti-smoking messages.

Tobacco prevention and education for Nebraska children and communities. News, legislation, and art.

Interviews with major figures in tobacco control.

Twice a year, adult cancer survivors gather at Camp Bluebird for a 3 day, 2 night experience that's unlike any other part of their treatment regimen.

Provides information about this campaigning organization. Offers support, a forum, news, books, articles and leaflets.

Forum for the parents and families of children with Floating Harbor Syndrome.

Includes before, during and after pictures, monthly weight loss charting and details about life as a post-op.

Forum for people on the low carbohydrate eating plan.

A general weight loss forum offering discussion, recipe and weigh-in boards.

Provides information on treating and diagnosing chronic pelvic pain to help women begin leading pelvic pain free lives.

Support and information for women suffering from Ashermans syndrome, a condition where the uterine walls adhere to one another, often as a result of a conditions and diseases procedure.

Annotated net links and feature articles from About.com.

Offers a health organization dedicated to providing menopause management, education and psychosocial support.

Multidisciplinary, nonprofit organization that provides a forum for a multitude of scientific disciplines with an interest in the human female menopause.

A discussion group with a brief description and joining instructions.

Information and tests and treatment options for women without menstrual periods.

Reviews often overlooked causes of heavy menstrual bleeding, including vitamin K deficiencies, anticoagulant therapy, aspirin usage and acquired and inherited bleeding disorders.

Free referrals to ACS psychotherapists who are trained in the area of substance abuse.

e-TOKE is an assessment tool designed to reduce marijuana use among college students. Using social norms and motivational interviewing approaches it provides personalized feedback about students’ behavior and risk factors.

Scientific research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse about the effects of cocaine abuse, addiction, the physical effects on the brain, and on the body. Resources for students, parents, and researchers.

Providing research and materials for people working to prevent alcohol and drug abuse among college students.

Provides online and home study courses for addictions professional of diverse disciplines. Basic certification series and continuing education.

Workshops (in Iowa) and distance learning. Archive of handouts from prior training events.

Free online curriculum teaches skills for addressing alcohol problems in primary care settings. Includes Powerpoint slides, video case examples, and trainer notes. Free online newsletter summarizing clinically relevant research.

Manual-guided cognitive-behavioral therapy for co-occurring PTSD and addictions. Calendar of scheduled training events; information about setting up onsite training or consultation.

Find meetings nationwide. Books and literature. Christ centered recovery program for all types of habits, hurts, and hang-ups. Members apply "Eight Recovery Principles" to become free from addictive, compulsive, and dysfunctional behaviors.

Support for families and friends concerned about drug abuse or related behavioural problems.

Fellowship serves the Portland, Oregon area. Includes meeting schedule, program information and events.

The Nyack Group offers meetings in Orange, Rockland and Westchester counties, New York. Includes program details, events and resources.

Worldwide meeting lists. Literature. Nar-Anon members are relatives and friends who are concerned about the addiction or drug problem of another. The program is adapted from the Twelve Steps of Narcotics Anonymous.

The Twelve Steps interpreted for adolescents and troubled teenagers.

World Health Organization provides information on tobacco's health impact, secondhand smoke, economics, youth, industry conduct, women and tobacco, and advocacy for tobacco policy change.

NASA's occupational health program pulls together a lot of resources on quitting.

Delves into this systematic approach to treating substance-abusing offenders from a purely cognitive behavioral perspective.

This site provides the holistic healing philosophy, therapies, practitioners, and courses for addiction recovery. North Vancouver, BC

Links to authorized teachers and practitioners. Articles, catalog, classes. Royal Oaks, California.

Chinese Qigong-Massage, Taichi master and herbalist. Provides services and classes details and press and media. Hong Kong, China. [English and Chinese]

Jin Shin Jyutsu intensive treatments by Mieke Berger in Costa Rica and other locations as required. Contains philosophy and photos.