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Health Information on Social Networking Sites
An
increasing number of reliable consumer health information
sites now have pages on Facebook and videos available on YouTube.
The following are a list of recommended sites, arranged by
topic, which have links to either Facebook or YouTube pages
at their website.
Look for these icons at the website and click on them for
access.
Allergies
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology www.aaaai.org
- Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network www.foodallergy.org
Alzheimer’s
- Alzheimer’s Association www.alz.org
- Alzheimer Society of Canada www.alzheimer.ca
Asthma
- Asthma UK http://www.asthma.org.uk
- Canadian Lung Association www.lung.ca
Autism
- Autism Society of America www.autism-society.org
- Geneva Centre for Autism www.autism.net
Back & Neck Conditions
- Know Your Back www.knowyourback.org
Cancer
- Canadian Breast Cancer Network www.cbcn.ca
- Canadian Lung Association www.lung.ca
- Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada www.ccac-accc.ca
- Lung Cancer Alliance www.lungcanceralliance.org/index.php
- National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov
- Prostate Cancer Canada www.prostatecanada.ca
- Thyroid Cancer Canada www.thyroidcancercanada.org
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov
COPD
- Canadian Lung Association www.lung.ca
- COPD International www.copd-international.com/index.htm
Diabetes
- Canadian Diabetes Association www.diabetes.ca
- American
www.diabetes.org
Drug and Alcohol Addictions
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health www.camh.net
Fibromyalgia
- National ME/FM Action Network www.mefmaction.net
- National Fibromyalgia Assocation www.fmaware.org
Food Safety
- Fight www.fightbac.org
General Health
- Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.com
- Spiral http://spiral.tufts.edu (multilanguage information)
Genetic Disorders
- Genetic Alliance www.geneticalliance.org
Hearing Loss
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing http://ncagbell.org
- Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists & Audiologists www.caspla.ca
Heart Disease
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada www.heartandstroke.com
High Blood Pressure
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada www.heartandstroke.com
Infectious Diseases
- Caring for Kids – Immunization www.caringforkids.cps.ca/immunization
Kidney Disorders
- American Association of Kidney Patients www.aakp.org
- Canadian Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org
- Kidney Foundation of Canada www.kidney.ca
- National Kidney Foundation www.kidney.org
Liver Diseases
- American Liver Foundation www.liverfoundation.org
- British Liver Trust www.britishlivertrust.org.uk
Lupus
- Lupus Canada www.lupuscanada.org
- Lupus Ontario www.lupusontario.org
- Lupus Foundation of America www.lupus.org
Mental Health
- Anxiety Disorders Assocation of America www.adaa.org
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health www.camh.net
- Mind UK http://www.mind.org.uk
- National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov
- Schizophrenia
Society of Ontario www.schizophrenia.on.ca
Nutrition
- Harvard School of Public Health www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource
Pain Management
- American Chronic Pain Association www.theacpa.org
Parkinson’s Disease
- Parkinson Society of Canada www.parkinson.ca
Physical Activity
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada www.heartandstroke.com
Pregnancy & Childbirth
- Lamaze
www.lamaze.org
Prescription & Over-the-Counter Drugs
- Institute for Safe Medical Practices www.ismp.org/consumers/default.asp
Quitting Smoking
- Canadian Lung Association www.lung.ca
Safety in the Home
- Home Safety Council www.homesafetycouncil.org
Skin Disorders
- Canadian Skin Patient Alliance www.skinpatientalliance.ca
Sleep Problems
National Sleep Foundation www.sleepfoundation.org
Stomach & Bowel Conditions
- Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of Canada www.ccfc.ca
Stress
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada www.heartandstroke.com
Stroke
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada www.heartandstroke.com
Urinary Continence
- National Association for Continence www.nafc.org
Vitamins & Minerals
- Harvard School of Public Health www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource