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Medical and Health Information-Related Sites

Of course, there is no substitue for talking candidly with your doctor about your symptoms and treatment options.  Self-diagnosis or self-treatment can be dangerous.  But having up-to-date medical information can help you to get maximum benefit out of your doctor-patient relationship.  We hope these links help you to get that information.

Birth Injuries

Alcohol Related Birth Injury  A comprehensive site dealing with fetal alcohol syndrome, including prevention, treatment, education, news, services, and more.

Brachial Plexus Injury/Erb's Palsy  Information on causes, progression of injury and treatment.

Brachial Plexus Palsy Foundation

Johns Hopkins Medical Center

United Brachial Plexus Network  Striving to inform, support, and unite families dealing with Brachial Plexus injury.

Cerebral Palsy  A multimedia tutorial for chldren and parents.  Types of CP, treatment and equipment options.

Brain Injury

Brain Injury Association  (USA) A multiple-award-winning site covering prevention, causes, treatment, rehabilitation, coping/living with brain injury, information resources, support groups, a media library, links to related sites, and much more.

Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts  Facts about brain injury, prevention, treatment, support groups.

Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire  Programs, support groups, volunteers, calendar of events, library, and dozens of helpful links.

Chiropractic

ChiroWeb  News and information, research, referral directory, discussion forums, and links to other chiropractic-related resources.

Doctors' Registration and Information

Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine  Check your (potential) doctor's record.

Mass Board of Registration in Medicine  Check your (potential) doctor's record.

Drugs and Medication

Food & Drug Administration

Medication Errors  Institute for safe medication practices.  Working to reduce medication errors.

Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue

Dr. Devin Starlanyl's FMS/CMPS  If you have FMS, or are involved in a case involving FMS, and are not familiar with Dr. Starlanyl's work, you should be.  This site has much valuable information, including diagnostics, perpetuating factors, reference data sheets, physician's bibliography, latest research, books, and much more.

Medline Plus

Fibromyalgia Network

Lupus (SLE)

Hamline University

Massage Therapy

American Massage Therapists Association  Includes a bookstore, an index to Massage Therapy Journal, and resources for conducting research on massage therapy, methods & techniques, etc.

Touch Research Institutes  Dedicated to scientifically demonstrating the benefits of touch therapy.

Medical Errors and Patient Safety

American Society for Healthcare Risk Management

Federal Government  Documents, summaries, and video presentations.

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors  Identifying error-prevention strategies.

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Multiple Sclerosis

Doctor's Guide to Multiple Sclerosis

National MS Society  Central New England Chapter

Neurology

Mass General Hospital's Gateway to Neurology

Research Tools

Achoo.com  Searchable database of links to more than 15,000 health-related sites.

Healthfinder.gov  A searchable database of over 10,000 health-related sites, many of which relate to public policy issues.  Updated daily.  Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.  Includes children's and Spanish versions.

Health World Online  Another large collection of health-related information, news, discussion groups, and other helpful resources.

Lawyers Weekly

Legal Resources

National Library of Medicine  The world's largest medical library and creator of MEDLINE, the leading medical search engine with access to virtually every professional journal.

National Guideline Clearinghouse

Neurosciences on the Internet  A browsable and searchable index of neuroscience resources available on the internet.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services  The official HHS Website includes Agency for Health Care Policy & Research, Agency for Toxic Substances and Desiease Registry, Centers for Disease Control, Food & Drug Administration, Health Care Financing Administration, Health Resources & Services Administration, Indian Health Services, National Institutes of Health.

Virtual Medical Library

Spinal Cord Injury

American Paraplegia Society

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

SCI Information Network

Women's Health

The National Women's Health Information Center  A 0ne-stop gateway for women seeking health information.

 

 

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