Resource Links
The Internet is a great resource for finding information, but be aware that anyone can put anything on a site.
This is only a partical list but it can keep you up to date on what is happening in a particular field and enlarge your scope of resources. Our listing of a link does not constitute HERC's agreement or disagreement with whatever the linked site is stating or promoting.
- General Health
- For Asthma
- For Women
- For Men
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: 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 - American Academy of Family Physicians.
- About Health: KPFA Radio, Mon 2-3 - Dr. Michael Lenoir, podcast available.
- Your Own Health & Fitness: KPFA Radio, Tues 1-2:00 - health issues with Layna Berman & Jeffry Fawcett, PhD, podcast available.
- 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 & 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.