The Internet is a great source of information for you to use in managing your healthcare or the healthcare of a loved one. It can also be good way to locate the support resources you need as a patient or caregiver. Below is a list of links which we hope will help you find the information and support you need. Please call our office directly if we can be of any assistance to you. When in need of outside help, a local information/referral service can be very useful. Even if they don't have the specific information you're looking for they most likely will know where you can get it. The yellow pages of your phone book should have a guide to local service agencies listed in the Human Services section. If you're unable to find a Human Service guide, or the specific service you're looking for, call the local service of a national service organization and explain your problem. They should be able to direct you to the right place.

Healthcare Resource Sites:

Mayo Clinic - http://www.mayoclinic.org/

WebMD - http://webmd.com/

Intelihealth – variety of health information - http://www.intelihealth.com/

Dr. Green – pediatric health issues - http://www.drgreene.com/

Basic health issues - http://www.healthsquare.com/

Iowa Health Systems - http://www.ihs.org/body.cfm?id=504

Health Conditions and Organizations:

Aging Parents - http://www.aging-parents-and-elder-care.com/

Allergy super site - http://allergy.mcg.edu/

Allergy and Asthma Network/Mothers of Asthmatics - http://www.aanma.org

ALS Association of America (ALSA) - http://www.alsa.org

American Cancer Society - http://www.cancer.org/

American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology - http://allergy.mcg.edu

American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org

American Red Cross - http://www.redcross.org/

Arthritis Foundation - http://www.arthritis.org/

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - http://www.aafa.org

Brain injuries - http://www.biausa.org/

Caregivers - http://www.nfcacares.org/

Center for Neurologic Study - http://www.cnsonline.org

Forbes Norris MDA/ALS Research Center - http://www.cpmc.org

Heart Disease - http://americanheart.org/

Les Turner ALS Foundation - http://www.lesturnerals.org

March of Dimes - http://www.marchofdimes.com/

Muscular Dystrophy - http://www.mdausa.org/

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/naepp

National Home Oxygen Patient's Association: - http://www.homeoxygen.org/about.html

National Jewish Medical and Research Center – Pulmonary Disease - http://www.njc.org

The Pulmonary Paper - http://www.pulmonarypaper.org/main.asp

Respiratory Care - http://www.aarc.org/

Rehabilitation - http://www.nraf-rehabnet.org/

Senior Citizens - http://www.aoa.gov/

Sleep Apnea - http://www.sleepapnea.org/

Spina Bifida - http://www.sbaa.org/

United States COPD Coalition - http://www.uscopd.com/

Visiting Nurses Association - http://www.vnaa.org/

Aging - http://www.aoa.gov/

JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) - http://www.jcaho.org

Medicare http://www.medicare.gov

Social Security Administration - http://www.ssa.org/

United Way - http://national.unitedway.org/

YMCA/YWCA - http://www.ymca.net/ - http://www.ywca.org/