Resource Links

General

• Children's Environmental Health Network
• The San Francisco Department of Public Health - reports, meeting minutes, programs.
• St. Luke's Hospital/Cal. Pacific
• Black Men's Health
• Cross Roads Environmental Health - The National Safety Council's site emphasizing safety, health, nutrition.
• EPA Chemicals in the Environment
• Healthtouch Men's Health - info from a variety of sources.
• Men's Health
• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• The Family Physician - info from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
• KPFA Radio - About Health - Dr. Michael Lenoir, Mon 2-3:00 and Your Own Health & Fitness, Tues 1-2:00.
• Cholesterol - The top 5 foods to lower your numbers

Diabetes

• American Diabetes Association
• Diabetes Monitor - Monitoring diabetes happenings everywhere in cyberspace, and providing information, education and support for people with diabetes.
• Diabetes Blog NY Times
• Diabetes Public Health Resource - by the Centers for Disease Control.

Hypertension/High Blood Pressure

• American Heart Association High Blood Pressure
• Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) - (pdf)
• The Franklin Institute Online Hypertension
• MSN Encarta Blood Pressure - encyclopedia article.
• Salt & High Blood Pressure - "Ask the Dietician" Q & A

 Asthma/Allergies

• The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.
• Myasthma.com
• San Francisco General Hospital
• St. Luke's Hospital
• Allergy & Asthma Support Network - AAN-MA is the nationwide community-based nonprofit health organization dedicated to eliminating morbidity and mortality due to asthma and allergies through education, advocacy, community outreach, and research.
• Allernet - Allergy information, Asthma Newsletter.
• ALA/ATS Meeting - Breastfeeding Linked To Lower Risk Of Asthma.
• Anaphylaxis & Asthma - Anaphylactic shock is a severe and potentially life-threatening allergic reaction which occurs when an allergen enters the bloodstream and circulates, causing a general reaction. 
• Asthma - From the Children's Medical Center of the University of Virginia.
• The Family Physician - Info from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
• Asthma Guidelines - The Children's Mercy Hospital. Kansas City, Missouri.
• Breath of Life - Interactive, research, art from the National Library of Medicine.
• Food Allergy Resources - Reading list for the alt.support.asthma news group by Lynn Short.
• Information for Allergy & Asthma Patients - Site of The American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
• The Lung Association - Topics such as: medications, prevention, asthma and exercise, allergies, nutrition, asthma at school.
• Healthworks Special: Asthma - Info about asthma and its control.
• No Sulfites - The Help page for those sensitive to sulfur preservatives.

Asthma/Allergies-'Specially for Kids

• Coloring Book: Just For Kids - The bad guys like Darth Mite, Big Bad Roach, Meeyowa Monstera the Cat Hairess, Count Igor von Pollen, and Scuzzbucket, can be big troublemakers.
• Ed's Asthma Track - The information provided here is based on personal experience. Ed is a 9-year old. Seven years ago he was first diagnosed with asthma.
• Kids Taking Inhaled Steroids for Asthma Need Calcium and Exercise - New Study Finds Risk of Bone Weakening.

Asthma - News Reports, Clinical Studies

• Asthma in America - Study conducted by Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, a national research firm specializing in health issues and funded by Glaxo Wellcome Inc., a research-based pharmaceutical company.
• Dust Mites, Cats Doubted as Cause of Childhood Asthma - But a clean house can lower risk of attacks for those with asthma.
• ****Racial Differences in Physiologic Parameters Related to Asthma Among Middle-Class Children - Asthma morbidity and mortality are higher in the United States for African-American children when compared to European-American children.
• Putting the Squeeze On Asthma Innately - the lungs of human asthmatics that had been challenged with asthma-inducing allergens produced more C3a than unchallenged lungs, suggesting the inflammatory molecule is produced in greater amounts in human asthma.
• Interleukin-13's Key Role in Asthma Shown - Two new animal studies have found that an immune system molecule called interleukin 13, or IL-13, may have an important role in asthma.
• Study Shows Air Pollution Slows Lung Function Growth In Children   - From Science Daily. Latest research news.
• Survey of Asthmatics in the ER - Asthma News & Research - Blog Archives, Asthma Research. And much more.
• UCSF Asthma Clinical Research Center - The UCSF Asthma Research Center needs participants for asthma research studies. Studies are sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and pharmaceutical companies.

Cancer Information

• Oncolink - The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
• National Cancer Institute's Cancernet
• Cancerlinks - to make searching the World Wide Web for information about cancer faster and easier.
• UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center  - clinical and medical care information.
• Women's Cancer Network sponsored by Gynecologic Cancer Foundation - Education and news.
• American Cancer Society
• The Cancer Supportive Care Program  based on a book by Rosenbaum & Rosenbaum.

Breast Health

• Breast Cancer Center - especially for those with metastatic breast cancer -- individuals who have been initially diagnosed with Stage IV cancer or who are facing a recurrence.
• Breast Diseases by Transmed Network - Patient education. 
• Breast Health Education by Educare
• The Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center - meets the needs of patients; information on early detection.
• How to Do a Self Breast Exam - Home Arts site of the Women.com Networks.
• Susan G.Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - information and articles. 
• Better Health Foundation - free resource guides.
• Breast Cancer Study - Why the Bay Area has such high breast cancer rates (KRON 1998).

Breast Cancer - Clinical Trials

• The Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center/ Clinical Trials - Clinical trials and research.

Cervical Health

• Cervical Cancer - American Cancer Society
• Cervical Cancer Cancer Net
• Health Touch Online /Cervical Cancer
• National Cervical Cancer Coalition
• National Cervical Cancer Public Education Campaign - frequently asked questions (FAQs).
• UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Cancer of the Cervix - medical information by William Rich, M.D.

Prostate and Other Cancers

• Oncolink - The University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
• National Cancer Institute's Cancernet
• Cancerlinks - makes searching the World Wide Web for information about cancer faster and easier.
• Prostate Health
• UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center - clinical and medical care information.
• American Cancer Society
• Better Health Foundation - free resource guides.
• Virginia Urology Center
• The Cancer Supportive Care Program  based on a book by Rosenbaum & Rosenbaum.