Besides providing information specific to Juvenile Polyposis, this site offers medical resources on all areas of health care. General health and well-being is important to keep an eye on when managing more serious concerns.

• Government & National Organizations
• ePublications
• Private Sector Resources

Government & National Organizations

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  The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) sponsors and does research for the purpose of improving the quality, cost, use, and access to health care.
   
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  AHRQ has compiled information specifically for patient use. Resources are available to download and print for personal use.
   
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  The Foundation for Accountability, FACCT, is dedicated to creating motivated informed consumers of healthcare.
   
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  Given Imaging is a global company, incorporated in the State of Israel. They offer a more patient-friendly way to view the small intestine: capsule endoscopy.
   
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  The Health Privacy Project provides information on the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This applies to certain health care organizations within the United States. Know what it means for you.
   
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  Created in 1863 by Congress, The National Academies have become an important part of helping the government improve the health, education, and welfare of the people of America.
   
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  The National Institutes of Health (NIH), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is dedicated to using science to help improve and protect public health.
   
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  The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) maintains searchable databases and an index list of over 1,100 rare diseases.
   
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  WebPath offers a huge resource provided by the Florida State University College of Medicine. The site is intended for students and healthcare workers studying pathology, so as such contains technical language. Tutorials, images and more are available.
   

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ePublications

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  The eMedicine Clinical Knowledge Base contains articles on 7,000 diseases and disorders and over 30,000 images.
   
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  Internet Scientific Publications is an Internet medical publisher of peer-reviewed articles, reviews, multimedia presentations and case reports.
   
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  Formerly known as Pharma Lexicon, MediLexicon contains over 70,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical & healthcare acronyms and abbreviations.
   
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  Medscape offers clinical information to the medical community, though the public is able to search their databases as well.
   

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Private Sector Resources

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  This site offers extensive pathology information on just about anything you could find useful to know about. At the bottom of the main page is a list of extensive resources on many medical topics.
   
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  David French of AlterNet.org presents an article called Health News Can be Hazardous to Your Health. He writes about conflicting reports and faulty information reporting.
   
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  BodyBurden, a joint project of EWG, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, and Commonweal, is focusing on researching pollution in people, finding results that might startle you.
   
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  Commonweal is a health and environmental research institute which focuses on cancer as well as social and learning difficulties.
   

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Update: 05.Aug.'04