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• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

  The focus of the NHLBI is to provide leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood; sleep disorders; and blood resources. Visit this site if you are looking for Heart Health information, the latest heart healthy news, clinical trials and clinicial guidelines, as well as links to additional sites. Their weight management area offers low calorie recipes and menus, tips to losing weight, and how to find the right weight loss program for you.

• Consumer Information Center (CIC)

  The Federal Consumer Information Center offers a vast array of consumer health information organized in an easy to access format. Publications can be ordered on-line free of charge and topics range from Heart Health to Urinary Tract Infections, in addition to links to numerous health sites.

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  The FDA ensures that the food we eat is safe and wholesome, that the cosmetics we use won't harm us, and that medicines, medical devices, and radiation-emitting consumer products such as microwave ovens are safe and effective. FDA also oversees feed and drugs for pets and farm animals. The FDA's responsibilities include serving as a channel through which patient issues and viewpoints can be brought to the attention of the extensive FDA medical and regulatory staff. The FDA staff ensure a comprehensive and timely response to individuals with questions and concerns related to health issues. This site is a wealth of information and includes a MedWatch section which discusses safety issues involving medical products and medications.

• Food and Nutrition Information Center

  The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) is one of several information centers at the National Agricultural Library (NAL), part of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS). You can access all of FNIC's resource lists and databases, as well as many other food and nutrition related links from this site. Visit this site if you are interested in Food Safety, Dietary Supplements (including herbs), Dietary Guidelines, Food Guide Pyramid, dietary related reports and studies. There is a lot of high quality educational material available to you from this site.

• National Cancer Institute (NCI), 800-4-CANCER

  The Cancer Information Service (CIS), a national information and education network, is a free public service of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Nation’s primary agency for cancer research. The CIS is your source for the latest, most accurate cancer information for patients, their families, the general public, and health professionals. Visit this site for the latest cancer medical news, clinical trail information, publications, the FDA's most current findings, links to additional cancer resources and general information regarding cancer and treatments available to you.

• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Information (NCADI)

  The NCADI Information Services Department responds to alcohol and substance abuse information requests. Information Specialists at NCADI assist a wide variety of inquirers, including the general public, drug and alcohol prevention specialists, drug and alcohol treatment specialists, educators, schools, community centers, hospitals and clinics, boys and girls clubs, and shopping centers. This site offers a wide variety of services, including the ability to place publication orders (they offer a wide range of free or low-cost materials, including fact sheets, brochures, pamphlets, monographs, posters, and video tapes). You can have access to an Information Specialisttrained to answer questions about alcohol and substance abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment. For a small fee you can request literature searches, and obtain referral information free of charge.

• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)

  The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases conducts and supports research on many of the most serious diseases affecting public health. Their research is organized into divisions of program areas: Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, and the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases. Visit this site for the latest research developments in these areas of study.

• Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  Since 1979, the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) has provided leadership in stimulating, coordinating, and unifying national disease prevention and health promotion strategies among Federal, State, and local agencies and major private and voluntary organizations. One of their major endeavors, the "Healthy People Initiative", guides efforts to promote health and prevent disease by establishing health improvement objectives with 10-year targets that are monitored over a decade. Visit this site if you are interested in Healthy People 2010 publications (they are numerous on this site), as well as additional on-line resource links to additional health sites.

• Office on Smoking and Health (OSH),

  The Office on Smoking and Health (OSH)is responsible for leading and coordinating strategic efforts aimed at preventing tobacco use among youth, promoting smoking cessation, and protecting nonsmokers from environmental tobacco smoke. One of the ways OSH accomplishes these goals is by communicating current information and research findings to the public. Visit this site for more information.

• Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), located in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC promotes health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability. Visit their "Health Topics - A to Z" web pages for in-depth health information relating to Womens Health, Adolescent Health, Infants and Children, Seniors and much more.

• American Cancer Society (ACS)

  The American Cancer Society's web site provides consumer information regarding cancer. Visit this site if you are looking for an explanation of a particular type of cancer, prevention and risk factors, detection and symptoms of cancers, available treatments and drugs and FAQ's. Also available are publications, brochures, news and additional educational resources.

• Mended Hearts

  Mended Hearts is a support organization composed of a special group of people: heart patients, spouses, health professionals and other interested persons. We are particularly interested in helping people deal with the emotional recovery from heart disease. This site provides educational material and an extended support group for heart patients, families and caregivers. It seeks to link people in similar situations together, and develop a network of people who have heart disease, as well as their family members and caregivers.

• American Diabetes Association

  Founded in 1940, the American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. The focus of the organization is to prevent and cure diabetes, and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. Toward this end, the organization funds research, publishes scientific findings, and provides information and other services to people with diabetes, their families, health care professionals and the public. Visit this site for lots of general and specific diabeties information, including current news, exercise recommendations and their on-line, "take a risk test".

• American Heart Association (AHA)

  The American Heart Association website offers in-depth, medical information about various types of heart disease, conditions, and treatments. Their focus is on education and prevention but they also offer condition advise such as, "Living with Heart Failure". They developed an "A to Z" guide outlining everything you need to know about various heart conditions, and will help you to assess your own risk for heart disease.