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Medical Topics A-Z List
Choose from the alphabetical list or browse all medical topics.
Cancer
American Cancer Society
Information on cancer prevention, risk factors, detection and symptoms, treatment. Includes statistics, Internet resources, and more.
Canadian Cancer Society
This site offers fact sheets about various kinds of cancer and therapies; information about support services; statistics and a searchable research database.
Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada / Association canadienne du cancer colorectal
Treatment and support information for Canadians with colorectal cancer.
Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre - recent research on Breast Cancer and vitamin D deficiency by Dr. Pamela Goodwin presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in June 2008.
National Cancer Institute
A very large site with lots of information about different kinds of cancer surgery, treatment options, and research.
Willow Breast Cancer Support & Resource Services
Breast cancer survivors serve as trained volunteers to listen, to provide referrals to various services, provide support and assistance with decision-making. A toll-free line is available for callers within Canada.
Children's Health
About Kids Health
An information resource for parents to learn about the latest health news, complex medical conditions, and to search a range of everyday topics from child development to safety advice. Developed by The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) and the University of Toronto.
American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
The AACAP website aims to assist parents and families in understanding developmental, behavioral, emotional and mental disorders affecting children and adolescents. "Facts for families" is a collection of fact sheets on issues that affect children, teenagers and their families. Glossary of symptoms and mental illnesses affecting teenagers and a publications catalog.
Canadian Institute of Child Health / Institut canadien de la santé infantile
Information about CICH, its projects and activities, resources and publications, news releases and links to other sites.
Canadian Paediatric Society / Société canadienne de pédiatrie
The "Caring for Kids" section contains information on healthy babies, childhood vaccines, healthy eating, injury prevention, parenting and childhood infections
Children's Health
A Canadian Medical Association public information guide discussing various childhood diseases, ailments and conditions from infancy to adolescence. Each document contains the following sections: the facts, causes, symptoms and complications, making the diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
-see Respiratory Tract Diseases
Colorectal Cancer
-see Cancer
Communicable Diseases
-see Infectious Diseases
Community Health
211 Toronto
This is a directory of local government and community health services. It is sponsored by the non-profit group Community Health Toronto.
Best Start
This site provides literature to promote health in community and fact sheets on various health issues. It also serves as an information resource for those who wish to set up and maintain community based health activities.
Za-geh-do-win
The Za-geh-do-win Information Clearinghouse is a library of information about Aboriginal initiatives in health, healing and family violence. Material can be ordered from Za-geh-do-win by email, fax or phone. This site is dynamic so you will need Shockwave to enter. Download a free copy of Shockwave.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Alternative Medicine Foundation
This is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 to provide consumers and professionals with responsible, evidence-based information on the integration of alternative and conventional medicine.
CAMline
CAMline is an evidence-based website on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for healthcare professionals and the public. It is a collaborative project of five well known Ontario based organizations.
Wellness Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital
Offers basic information about services offered by the Wellness Centre including Acupuncture, Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques, Chiropractic Services, Foot Care, Massage Therapy, Physiotherapy and Yoga.
Cystic Fibrosis
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) / Fondation canadienne de la fibrose kystique (FCFK)
This site includes current issues of the CCFF's newsletter "Candid Facts", brochures, cystic fibrosis clinics by province and research updates.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Cystic fibrosis news & research, listing of CF research centers, gene therapy centers and transplant programs. National newsletter online.