• National Cancer Institute
  The National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service provides unbiased information in understandable language about specific types of cancer, as well as information on state-of-the-art care and the availability of clinical trials. Information is available via telephone (1-800-4-CANCER).
• American Cancer Society
  Provides information by audience: patient, family and friends; survivors; information seekers; ACS supporters; and professionals
• Cancer Care, Inc.
  CancerCare is a national non-profit organization whose mission is to provide free professional help to people with all cancers through counseling, education, information and referral and direct financial assistance.
• Disease Risk Index
  Within their expanded site you can find “Your Cancer Risk”, which estimates your risk of cancer and provides personalized tips for prevention. The site was created by the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention.

Diabetes Web Sites

• American Diabetes Association
  The ADA is the leading nonprofit organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. The site provides information on Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, diet and nutrition, and weight loss and exercise.
• Children with Diabetes
  An online community dedicated to Type 1 diabetes in children. The site offers support to parents and famlies.
• Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
  The CDC offers the core curriculum for the National Diabetes Prevention Program which relies on diet and exercise to successfully prevent diabetes. This curriculum is for lifestyle coaches and organizations that will deliver a lifestyle change program in their community.
  • Core Curriculum
• MedlinePlus: Diabetes
  MedlinePlus offers comprehensive resources on diabetes and related topics. The site includes information on diagnosis and symptoms, treatment, prevention, online tutorials and much more.
• National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)
  NDEP is a partnership of the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than 200 public and private organizations. Look here for information on controlling and preventing diabetes.
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)
  Information on diabetes and research from the National Institutes.
• WebMD: Diabetes Health Center
  Includes a diabetes guide, questions and answers, latest articles.

Heart Disease Web Sites

• American Heart Association
  The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency. The site includes resources on diseases and conditions, advocacy, lifestyle and information for adults as well as children.
• Centers for Disease Control: Heart Disease
  This site covers facts and statistics, signs and symptoms, risk factors and FAQs on heart disease.
• Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005: Sodium and Potassium
  On average, the higher an individual’s salt (sodium chloride) intake, the higher an individual’s blood pressure. Individuals with hypertension should consume no more than 1,500 mg of sodium per day, and meet the potassium recommendation (4,700 mg/day) with food. A potassium-rich diet blunts the effects of salt on blood pressure.
  • Food Sources of Potassium
• Family Doctor: High Blood Pressure: Things You Can Do to Help Lower Yours
  Suggestions from the American Academy of Family Physicians.
• FDA: High Blood Pressure Medicines
  A description of different types of medicine that are used to lower blood pressure: ACE Inhibitors, Beta Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Peripherally Acting Alpha-Adrenergic Blockers, Angiotension II Antagonists, Vasodilators, Centrally-Acting Alpha Adrenergics, Renin Inhibitors, Combination Medicines, Diuretics.
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  The site includes information for patients and the public, including clinical trials and an A to Z list of diseases and conditions.
• MedlinePlus: Heart Diseases
  MedlinePlus offers comprehensive resources on heart disease and related topics. The site includes information on diagnosis and symptoms, treatment, prevention, online tutorials and much more.
• MayoClinic: Heart Disease
  A site focused on providing patients and public with information about understanding, treating, and living with heart disease.

Influenza

• CDC: Seasonal Influenza
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides key facts and up-to-date information.
• Flu.gov
  One-stop access to U.S. Government seasonal and other flu information. Includes a flu vaccine finder by zipcode.
• MedlinePlus: Flu
  Links to information from various sources including prevention tips and treatment overview.

• CDC: Emerging Infectious Diseases
  Below are some articles from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention on previous flu outbreaks.
  • Emerging Infectious Diseases Volume 12, No. 1
    This issue from January 2006 contains the following articles: Influenza Pandemics of the 20th Century, 1918 Influenza Pandemic: the Mother of All Pandemics, The Swine Flu Episode [1976] and the Fog of Epidemics
• CDC Resources for Pandemic Flu
• The Great Pandemic
  The Influenza Pandemic occurred in three waves in the United States throughout 1918 and 1919. Read about the pandemic inPennsylvania.
• The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918–1919: A Digital Encyclopedia
  The Center for the History of Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School investigated American communities that experienced extremely low rates of influenza during the infamous 1918-1920 influenza pandemic. One of those communities was the Western Pennyslvania Institute for the Blind in Pittsburgh.

Obesity Web Sites

• F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2012
  This report released by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) ranks the various states in obesity.
• The Skinny on Obesity
  Is sugar a toxin that’s fueling the global obesity epidemic? That’s the argument UCSF’s Dr. Robert Lustig made in “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” a 2009 UCTV video that’s since gone viral and sparked a national dialogue. In “The Skinny on Obesity,” a 7-part series from UCTV Prime, Dr. Lustig and two of his UCSF colleagues tease out the science behind this alarming claim and the dire threat it poses to global public health.
• WebMD: Obesity Directory
  A person is considered obese when his or her weight is 20% or more above normal weight or his or her body mass index (BMI) is over 30.

Stroke Web Sites

• American Stroke Association
  A Division of the American Heart Association, the site includes information about stroke, warning signs, and life after stroke.
• MedlinePlus: Stroke
  MedlinePlus offers comprehensive resources on stroke and related topics. The site includes information on diagnosis and symptoms, treatment, prevention, online tutorials and much more.
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  A part of the National Institutes of Health, the site provides detailed information on a variety neurological disorders, including stroke.
• National Stroke Association
  The site provides detailed information on stroke symptoms and types of stroke; risk factors, recovery and prevention; as well as information for African Americans, women, and kids and stroke.