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Medical Topics A-Z List

Choose from the alphabetical list or browse all medical topics.

Macular Degeneration

-see Eye/Eye Diseases

 

Measles

- see Infectious Diseases

 

Men's Health

Prostatitis - A Patient's Guide - From the Murray Koffler Urologic Wellness Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital. This guide is to help men better understand what prostatitis is all about and how to deal with it in the most effective way.

  Canadian Prostate Cancer Network
National association of prostate cancer support groups. Website includes directory of support groups in Canada, news, information, and links to many related sites.

  Just for You: Men
Information about Canadian men's health issues including: diseases and health conditions, mental health, substance abuse, family violence, reproductive health, risky behaviour, work-life balance, survivors of abuse, vision care, etc.

 Men's Health
A Canadian Medical Association public information guide discussing various diseases, ailments and conditions affecting men. Each document contains the following sections: the facts, causes, symptoms and complications, making the diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

 

Mental Health/ Illness

  Anxiety Disorders Association of Ontario (ADAO)
Covers the range of anxiety disorders. Includes causes and treatments, coping skills, medications, programs, support groups, booklist

   Canadian Mental Health Association
On this site you can find a complete series of pamphlets with vital information on mental health and mental illness created by the Canadian Mental Health Association.  The pamphlets are available in HTML and PDF versions.  Look in the "Info Centre."

  Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT)
CANMAT is an extensive, cohesive network of healthcare professionals from across Canada who have a special interest in mood and anxiety disorders.

   Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
A guide to the resources and services offered by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, as well as accounts of research being conducted there.

   Depression Canada
This LifeMD.com site describes the symptoms and treatments of depression.  It lists some of the common medications for depression and some of their side effects.

Stress at Work
Information from the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) about how to avoid or cope with stress on the job.

 

Multilingual and Multicultural Health Resources

AHRQ - Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 
This agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services provides patient information brochures on a variety of health topics in Spanish. Information is available in pdf documents and some with audioMP3 downloads.

Ethnomed
This site contains information about cultural beliefs, medical issues, and other related issues pertaining to the health care of persons from different cultures.                   

Multilingual Glossary of technical and popular medical terms in nine European languages
Translations of common medical terms are given in Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. Browse by language or use Quick search feature.

New South Wales Multicultural Health Communication Service in Australia  
Offers several patient education pamphlets in a variety of languages.

SPIRAL - Selected Patient Information Resources in Asian Languages

This site provides access to patient information documents on topics such as AIDS, Asthma, Cancer and Infant Care in Asian Languages including Chinese,  Korean, Thai, Viet and others. This site is maintained by the Hirsh Health Sciences Library at Tufts University in Boston.

 

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis National Research Institute [U.S.]
The Multiple Sclerosis National Research Institute "works specifically on a variety of approaches towards understanding multiple sclerosis, including its causes, how its various forms progress, treatments of its symptoms, and even treatments which could someday lead to its prevention and/or cure."

  Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Research and medical updates; divisions across Canada; FAQs; MS clinics; MS society services; newsletters.

Muscular Dystrophy