Health

Covers topics such as historical background of mitral valve prolapse, preventing complications, as well as treatment, symptoms and diagnosing.

Fred Leong M.D looks at common heart sounds and murmurs in infants, innocent murmurs, pathologic murmurs, and diastolic continuous murmurs. Audio as well to hear the heart sounds.

Answers common questions about veins.

Factsheet providing information on the various pieces of equipment that makes auditory information accessible to those with hearing loss.

Factsheet providing information on the listening aids available for people with hearing loss, and the things that should be considered before purchasing equipment.

Provides information, promotes advocacy and mentorship, and creates a network for individuals with hearing losses interested in or working in health care fields. Articles, mailing list, chat, news, and links.

Charity supporting deaf individuals, particularly children in developing countries within the British Commonwealth.

Deaf attorney in Louisville, Kentucky. A resume with links and published articles on the ADA, links pages for deafness related website, links for disability related websites, links for government and legal websites.

This site is about my adult-onset deafness, my cochlear implant, and has some teaching tools for helping people communicate effectively with the hard of hearing.

Discussion forum and chat board, mainly for deaf people; includes deaf news, deaf sports and forums for ex-students of schools for the deaf.

Collection of information from a person diagnosed with this condition. Includes information about the disease, its symptoms, discussions and recipes.

Features bulletin boards, articles, and details of available treatments.

ia is a mutual support group and is a registered Scottish Charity.

Information and support groups for intestinal and urinary diversion, provided by the OAB.

A support group for those with colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy surgery, their friends and families. Monthly meetings and newsletter. An affiliate of United Ostomy Association.

Provides information on the triggers, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and complications.

Directory of factsheets, reports, press releases, and resources on the disease.

Important information for Canadians infected through the blood system. Includes definitions, eligibility, procedures, documents, forms, news updates, and FAQs. [English and French]

Links to medical information, social security, insurance, alternative medications, the authors personal experience and funding. Also a message board.

UK charity provides information about HCV, medical care, living with the disease, treatments and support. Includes newsletter, discussion forums and related reports.

Non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington offering information and support for hepatitis patients and their families. Includes newsletter, support group locations, and links to additional resources. [Newsletter requires free membership.]

This is an eclectic site where the author, Bruce Bennett, tells about his life with Hepatitis C and Mastocytosis.

Personal fun drawings of Heppo's, colorful hippo's of friends and family. Plus resources and links.

The authors personal experience living with Hepatitis C. Links and a web ring provided.

Information from veterans for veterans and active military. Includes statistics, VA news, surveys, chat and message boards.

Rare disorder that causes tumors in the pancreas and duodenum and ulcers in the stomach and duodenum.

Offers tinnitus treatment and support to patients nationwide. Provides details of the clinic, the staff and the services offered. Based in Denver, Colorado, USA.

A forum for people suffering from pulsatile tinnitus, a form of tinnitus in which a constant whooshing, heartbeat-like sound is heard in one or both ears.

The suit asks the Court to compel public school officials to comply with federal law by providing the assistance that California students with diabetes require to manage their condition during the school day.

Dudley Glover, an insulin-dependent diabetic with cardiac complications, has an online journal of his 500-mile trek across northern Spain.

A position statement from the American Diabetes Association on "Nutrition Recommendations and Interventions for Diabetes."

Funding innovative and promising diabetes research programs and projects that will lead to a cure for the disease and alleviate complications caused by it.

Personal experience switching to insulin pump treatment for diabetes. Shows details of diet and insulin during the first four days. Includes photos.

Motivational presentations about living with diabetes. Mr. Fusillo shares his experiences, lessons, and knowledge he has learned on his journey.

Aims to provide information for patients and professionals on research and clinical care in genetic types of diabetes.

Make notes of your measured plasma glucose values, food and insulin intake, physical activities and have the information presented in diagrams, lists, and as mean values.

Offers insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring solutions. Find product information, as well as details about diabetes.

Focusing on the isolation, evaluation, transplantation, and imaging of high quality human islets as a cure for type 1 diabetes. Located at the University of Pennsylvania.

Article from Science Daily discusses this major cause of heart disease in people.

Article by a physician that recommends patients be tested and the reasoning behind it.

Discusses symptoms, exophthalmos, skin myxedema and treatment options.

Educational organization open exclusively to people with Graves' disease, their families, friends and health care professionals.

Find an overview, symptoms, diagnosis, resources, stories, research, and forum.

The clinical features and treatment for this condition also known as thyroid eye disease (TED) or Graves' opthalmopathy (GO). From the Thyroid Foundation of Canada.

Personal blog about keratoconus and corneal graft.

Study group for cross-linking of corneal collagen (CXL) for keratoconus

This on-line community offers support for interstitial cystitis patients who struggle with pain during intimacy. Includes blog, radio and videocasts.

Russ received a kidney from his brother and provides information on becoming an organ donor, the transplant wait list and the British Colombia Organ Donor Registry.

Offers support, advice, respite care, and financial help to kidney patients on dialysis. Also campaigns and lobbies on behalf of this group of patients.

Causes, types, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of kidney stones, with a focus on lithotripsy treatment.