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What Does It All
Mean?
1997 Best Hospital Ratings:
Gastroenterology
- The U.S. News 1997 ratings for the best
hospitals in the United States - Gastroenterology division. Find out how
your hospital rates.
A Rational Approach to the Treatment of Hepatitis
C - Excellent article from the British
Medical Journal, No 7027 Vol 312, 10 February 1996
C is for Confusion - From the
Stanford Medical Center Newsletter, Fall 1995
Contact Numbers for Information and
Support - Some useful support and
information contact numbers
The Grading & Scoring of Liver
Biopsies
Hepatitis C - An Unsolved
Mystery
- From the Harvard Health Letter 1996
Feb;21(4):1-3
How to Critically Review Medical
Information - Help in understanding all those medical abstracts and journal
reports
Liver Function Tests - An
explanation of a few of the tests that heppers routinely undergo
Occupational Risk of Infection for
HCV/HBV - 1996-1997 Physician Update on
Bloodborne Pathogens
Ribavirin & Hepatitis
C
- The Facts About Ribavirin From Steven B.
Harris, M.D.
Slide of Hepatitis C Infected Liver
Tissue
- This slide shows what the pathologist sees
when he looks at your biopsy sample under a high-powered microscope. This
particular slide details prominent necrosis, inflammation, and some
steatosis
Support Groups - Hepatitis C
support groups in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand,
and Germany
What The Heck Is An Enzyme?
What The Heck Is PCR?
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information on how to deal with medical issues, doctors, pharmacy bills,
Social Security and Disability, and just plain old support in
general.
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Hepatitis C and
General Hepatitis Related Links
- The Audio Journal of Hepatitis - The Audio
Journal of Hepatitis is a twice yearly audio cassette featuring
interviews about recent advances in the treatment of hepatitis. Aimed at
liver specialists though patients and other clinicians may find them of
interest too.
- The BA Cafe - Enjoy some cookies and
milk thistle tea while Chef Jim tells a few tales and mebbe sings a song
or two...
- AccessMD - Canadian Hepatitis
Awareness Program
- AASLD - American
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
- American Liver Foundation
- Ask Emaliss - Emaliss answers questions
about HCV and provides the monthly newsletter, "Shared Voices," designed
to share experiences, knowledge and opinions and to give voice,
acknowledgement and validation to those who suffer from hepatitis C and
those who love them.
- Brian Aren's Chronic Hepatitis Home
Page
- The
Canadian Liver Foundation
- CDC - Centers
for Disease Control Hepatitis Page
- The Chronic Hepatitis Answering
Page
- Ask the doctor your hepatitis-related
questions here
- Elaine's Hepatitis C Resource
Page - An excellent resource for all
things heppy
- Focus: On Hepatitis C
- Herbs and the Hepatitis C Virus
- Hepatitis C Council of New South
Wales
- HepC BC Home Page
- Hepatitis C Foundation -
The Hepatitis C Foundation is a grass-roots organization founded and run
by volunteers. They are focused on disseminating up-to-date information,
personal support and referrals for people living with and/or affected by
hepatitis C
- Hepatitis C Society of Canada
(HeCSC) - Providing comfort and support
to those who are infected with the hepatitis C virus
- Hepatitis C - Uruguay - Texto en
Espanol
- Hepatitis Education Project - The Hepatitis
Education Project is a non-profit corporation providing educational
materials and support groups for hepatitis patients and their
families.
- Hepatitis Foundation International
- Hepatitis Haven - Home page of Jeanne (Birdlady) McLaughlin, providing support,
pictures and stories from other heppers, transplant information, and a
growing list of recommended hepatologists and gastroenterologists
worldwide
- Hep Kids - A meeting place for kids
whose loved ones have hepatitis C
- Hepatitis Link
Library - A HUGE listing of links to
other hepatitis sites compiled by Ken Showalter in memory of his
brother-in-law Ted Vanasse who died from hepatitis
- The
Hepatitis Information Network - This
site focuses on the needs of the medical community, providing updates on
patient care issues, serology, new clinical papers and news
releases
- Hepatitis Weekly
- Hep Help - Brought to
You By the Makers of Intron A: Schering Plough
- Het Landelijk infocentrum
Hepatitis - Informatie over
Hepatitis
- Ministerio de Salud - Hepatitis Viricas - Costa Rica
- PKids - Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases
- The Reezer - Pictures,
stories, and lots of laughs brought to you by Scotty (the Reezer)
Warren
- Sapient Health Network - Excellent
hepatitis support site with information on current research, access to
advice and physicians, and an on-line chat service
- Viral Hepatitis Reviews
NIH Consensus
Development Conference on Management of Hepatitis C
- Abstracts - From the NIH Consensus
Development Conference on Management of Hepatitis C, held in Bethesda,
Maryland, March 24-28, 1997
Hepatitis B Related
Links
- Advice to Carriers
- Hepatitis B Coalition
- Hepatitis B Foundation
Autoimmune Hepatitis
Related Links
- Autoimmune Liver Disease Home
Page
- Autoimmune Hepatitis - An explanation by Dr. Howard J. Worman, MD
- Connexions Autoimmune Disease Support
Page
General Medical
Links
- Achoo - Internet
Healthcare Directory
- The British Medical Journal
- CenterWatch - Clinical
Trials Listing Service
- Current Papersin Liver
Disease
- Diseases of the Liver
- U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services
- Diagnostic Test Information Server
- FDA - Food and Drug
Administration Home Page
- Health A-to-Z - The
Search Engine for Health and Medicine
- The Lancet
- Martindale's Health Science
Guide- "Virtual" Public Health
Center
- Medical Dictionary - From MedicineNet: Find Out What Makes You Tick
- MEd Guide - A
Guide to Medical Resources on the Internet
- Med Help International
- The Merck Manual Online
- Raynaud's Phenomenon- Get the Facts
- Reuters Medical NewsWire
- RxList - The Internet
Drug Index
- Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
- WebMedLit - Providing
efficient access to the best medical journals on the web
Alternative
Medicine
- The Accupuncture Homepage
- Alternative Medicine Connection - The world's first on-line information service dedicated to the
scientific and political interests of the holistic health
community.
- Alternative Medicines and the
Liver - A Fact Sheet from the American
Liver Foundation
- Ask Dr. Weil - Brought
to you by HotWired
- Cyberbotanica -
Encyclopedia of Plant Compounds and Chemotherapy
- Homeopathy Homepage - A Comprehensive Resource
for Information About Homeopathic Medicine
- MedExchange Directory -
The Directory of Holistic Health Resources
- The Medicinal Herb
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions About
Medicinal Herbs
- MedSearch - Search the
MedSearch database to find an alternative practitioner in your
area.
- Murphy's Unofficial Medicaid
Page - A resource guide to America's
medical assistance program. This site was designed with the intent of
bringing together in one place as many Medicaid-specific resources and
links as possible.
- National Council Against Health Fraud
- The Quackwatch Homepage - Your Guide to
Intelligent Decision-Making.
- Reiki-Free America - "Healing for All" A resource for free healing services and
classes (not limited to Reiki)
- The Reiki Pages
Organ
Transplantation
- American Share Foundation - The Web's
largest transplant-related site with over 8,000 information pages and
links
- British Organ Donor Society - This site
covers topics on organ donation and transplantation, both in the UK and
Worldwide
- Dave's Liver Page - This is Dave's
journal of his journey through liver transplant
- Liver Transplantation - Frequently Asked Questions
- Organ Donor Card - Print
this page and always carry the signed card with you. Be sure to discuss
your wishes with your family
- Organ
Transplant Fund, Inc.
- Surviving
Transplantation - A Personal Guide for
Organ Transplant Patients - Their Families, Friends and
Caregivers
- TransWeb - All About Transplantation
and Donation
- UNOS Website - United Network for Organ
Sharing Transplantation Information Site
Hepatitis
Activism
HCF-PAEC - The Hepatitis C
Foundation - Political Action/Education Committee
Congressional Mailer - Use this site to search for and email your local
Congress-critter and Representative
The Electronic Activist -
The Electronic Activist is the definitive address list for politicians and
the media. You'll also find many helpful "Activism How-To's" here
Interactive Democracy - Email all of your favorite governmental and media types to let
them know exactly what you think about the lack of funding for hepatitis C
research
NAA Hotlinks - NAA Hotlinks is a mega
resource for contacting hundreds of daily newspapers, magazines and media
organizations. Many of the daily newspaper homepage links have a
ready-to-use e-mail feature for sending letters to the editor
United States Senate -
Contact information for United States Senators
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In May 1996, the HCFPAEC mailing list was established to
increase activism and awareness in the media, and in government, about
hepatitis C, and the people who have it.
To join the list, you must send a request to: HCFPAEC
(that's listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu for
those of you whose browsers don't support forms) And in your message,
simply type: subscribe HCFPAEC Firstname Lastname (substituting your
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