1) General resources for health informationAbout.com Health Sites American Academy of Family Physicians Health on the Net Foundation Healthfinder.gov The Mayo Clinic The Merck Manuals Medscape The National Institutes of Health Revolution Health WebMD 2) Researching symptoms or medical conditions About.com Symptom Checker DiagKnowsis.com 3) Patient Advocacy servicesCastle Connolly Healthcare Navigation LTD Center for Patient Partnerships, University of Wisconsin HealthAdvocate HKS Patient Advocates Insight Medical Consultants, LLC Note: Dr. Chiaramonte is a true Personal Healthcare Advocate, as envisioned here . Palliative Care Associates, P.C. Patient Advocate Foundation PinnacleCare Sarah Lawrence College Advocacy-related Resources Patient Advocacy blogs Every Patient’s Advocate Honest Medicine Patient Destiny 4) The Doctor-patient relationshipSpirit of Caring 5) Finding a retainer (concierge) physicianMDVIP PinnacleCare Society for Innovative Medical Practice Design (This is a professional organization of concierge physicians, and a good place to begin looking for one.) Qliance - A new model of retainer medicine for the non-affluent (based in Seattle) 6) Selected sites on specific medical conditionsAllergiesAllergies at About.com National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Disease ArthritisArthritis at About.com Arthritis Foundation CancerAmerican Cancer Society National Cancer Institute The Moss Reports DiabetesAmerican Diabetes Association Diabetes at About.com Digestive diseasesNational Digestive Diseases Information Clearing House DysautonomiasDysautonomia Foundation Dysautonomia Youth Network National Dysautonomia Research Foundation Heart diseaseAmerican Heart Association Heart Disease at About.com High blood pressureGuide to lowering high blood pressure High blood pressure at About.com Kidney diseaseKidney diseases at About.com National Kidney Foundation Neurological diseaseNational Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke Neurosciences on the Internet Neurosurgical Consultants (Yes, it's a site by a practice, but it has one of the most thorough and user-friendly reviews of neurological disorders I have seen.) Pulmonary diseaseAmerican Lung Association National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute - Lung disorders Sudden cardiac arrestSudden Cardiac Arrest Association Thyroid diseaseThyroid disease at About.com Thyroid disease manager
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