Developed by The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a team of administrators and physicians, MedPage Today is a clearinghouse of new and compelling medical news information. Along with these accessible and well-written updates, the site also includes “Teaching Brief” articles which help clinicians and consumers to understand the implications of these new discoveries and developments...

Drawing on a wide range of experts, the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation works on funding high quality and promising research projects from around the world and serving in an advisory capacity through their efforts in Washington D.C. On their homepage, users can look at their online discussion board, read resources for patients coping with this condition, and become acquainted with their...

The founders of the National Blood Clot Alliance (NBCA) first met at a workshop at the Center for Disease Control in 2003. The NBCA website has a wealth of information available to visitors in the "Learn More" tab near the top of the site. First up is a "Blood Clot Glossary" of blood clot and clotting disorder terms, including "Economy Class Syndrome", which is the occurrence of deep vein...

In response to a Congressional mandate, the Department of Veterans Affairs created the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in 1989 "to address the needs of veterans with military-related PTSD". Over the past sixteen years, the Center has created a cornucopia of helpful resources on this subject, including fact sheets, research papers, and handbooks. Many of these items are available...

When thinking of blind persons in the United States, many people may immediately think of such notable figures as Stevie Wonder or the late Helen Keller. Currently, there are approximately 1.3 million people living with blindness in the United States, and one of the primary organizations dedicated to lobbying for the rights of the blind is the National Federation of the Blind. Their website...

With an increased interest in celiac disease, the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness has expanded a number of their outreach programs, and this website provides some information on the disease and related matters. From the homepage, visitors may wish to start by looking over some of the news announcements. After this, they will want to move along to the "Newsletter" area, where they will...

Health care professionals and educators will be delighted to learn about this site, provided that they haven't heard about it already. Created by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, this site brings together a number of interactive tools and online resources that will be of great use to those in these fields. The site includes such materials as asthma mortality maps of the United States,...

Sleep, Sleep Disorders, and Biological Rhythms is a curriculum unit (for grades nine through twelve) offered through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Curriculum Supplement Series. This unit was developed collaboratively by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and other groups as "a creative inquiry-based instruction program designed to promote active learning and stimulate...

Persons with an interest in public health will want to make a beeline for this rather helpful and well-done journal offered by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). This online-only publication was started in January 2004, and contains a healthy mix of peer-reviewed articles, CDC announcements, and general interest pieces. The journal's interests are quite broad and include reproductive health,...

Turn off the TV; it's time for bed http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/booster_shots/2009/06/turn-off-the-tv-its-time-for-bed.html Obstructive Sleep Apnea Prevalent in Nonobese Patients http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090609072723.htm American Academy of Sleep Medicine http://www.aasmnet.org/ Brain Basics: Understanding...