General Health Topics
Health Connect, a consumer health library and health and safety information clearinghouse, provides individuals, families and communities with up-to-date information regarding various health and safety challenges, as well as, to help identify resources available on a local and national level. The resources offered are about the specific health or safety issue, referrals to other organizations who may offer support groups or information, or referrals to other resources and multimedia sources (websites).
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ABUSE HELP
Senior
ACNE
ACCESSIBLE LIVING
How to Find an Accessible Apartment
Features of Accessible Apartments
AGING
AIDS
ALBINISM
About Albinism & Hypopigmentation
ALCOHAL
ALLERGIES
Reducing Allergens in Your Home
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS)
ANXIETY DISORDERS
APLASTIC ANEMIA
APRAXIA
ARTHRITIS
ASPERGER SYNDROME
See: AUTISM
ASTHMA
Can Immunotherapy Help with the Treatment of Allergic Asthma?
Asthma Management Guidelines and Your Care
The Changing Role of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Asthma Management
ATAXIA
ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
AUTISM
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Autism Spectrum Disorders Handbook
Creating a Sensory Friendly Home
B
BAD BREATH
SEE: HALITOSIS
BIRTH DEFECTS
Birth Defects and Other Health Conditions
BLADDER DISORDERS
Bladder Control Problems & Nerve Disease
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Urinary Incontinence in Children
BLINDNESS
Resources for Blind and Visually impaired
BRAIN TUMORS
BRONCHITIS
General Information from Mayo Clinic
BURN INJURY
C
CANCER
CARDIAC DISEASES
SEE: HEART
CEREBRAL PALSY
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Pediatric Development and Behavior
CHROMOSOME DEFECTS
CHRONIC FATIGUE
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Facts and Brochures
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's CFS Page
CLINICAL TRIALS
Should You Participate in Clinical Trials?
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
CONSTIPATION
General Information from Cleveland Clinic
COUGH
General Information
COVID
Resources in multiple languages
Coping With Covid-19 While Disabled
What to Expect From a Covid Vaccine
CROHN'S DISEASE
General Information
Visual Guide of Crohn’s Disease
CROUP
CUTS
General Information
D
DATING VIOLANCE
Preventing Teen Dating Violence
DEPRESSION
DENTAL
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
DIABETES
See: Prediabetes
DIARRHEA
DIGESTION
DISABILITIES
About Person-First Language
DOWN SYNDROME
DRUG-ABUSE
Marijuana: Facts for Teens
Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know
Medications for Opioid Overdose, Withdrawal, & Addiction
Genetics and Epigenetics of Addiction
DRUG-INFORMATION
Prescription Opioids Drug Facts
Reference guides
DYSLEXIA
Dyslexia: The Gift. Information and Resources for Dyslexia
International Dyslexia Association
E
EARACHES
EAR INFECTION
EATING DISORDERS
EDUCATION
AskERIC
SERI - Special Education Resources on the Internet
ENDOCRINE DISEASES
ENDOMETRIOSIS
ENVIRONMENT
EPILEPSY
EYE DISEASES
Macular Degeneration Foundation
EYE PROBLEMS
Information on different Disorder/Diseases
F
FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
FEVER
FIBROMYALGIA
FLU
G
GENETIC CONDITIONS
GLAUCOMA
H
HALITOSIS
HAY FEVER
HEAD INJURY
HEAD LICE
HEADACHE
HEARING PROBLEMS
HEART
Self-Care Tips for Heart Health
See: HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HEMORRHOIDS
HICCUPS
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Why the DASH Eating Plan can Help with High Blood Pressure
Small Steps to Take Control of High Blood Pressure
Tips to Reduce Salt And Sodium
See: HEART
HORMONE DISORDERS
List of Conditions Caused by Hormone Disorders
See: Endocrine Diseases
HOSPICE
HYPERACTIVITY
HYPOPIGMENTATION
About Albinism & Hypopigmentation
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IMMUNE DISEASES
IMMUNIZATIONS
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
How to Protect Yourself and Family
Statistics and other helpful Sources
INFLUENZA
See: Flu
IRRITABLE BOWEl SYNDROME
J
JOURNALS
Child Abuse & Neglect User Manual Series
Future of Children
K
KIDNEY
How Kidneys work and Why They're Important
KLINEFELTER SYNDROME
L
LACTOSE INTOLERNCE
LEAD
Health and Environmental Effects
LEAD
LEARNING DISABILITIES
LD OnLine: Getting Started
LD OnLine: Learning Disabilities Resources
LEARNING LINKS
Neuroscience
More Areas coming Soon!
LEUKEMIA
LEUKODYSTROPHY
LUNG DISEASES
LUPUS
Living with Lupus
Lupus Foundation of America
LYME DISEASE
Lyme Disease Information Resource
See: TICK
LYMPHATC DISEASES
Castleman disease
M
MEDICATIONS
SEE: DRUGS
MELANOMA
SEE: SKIN CANCER
MENTAL HEALTH
MENTAL RETARDATION
Intellectual Abilities
Kids Health
MESOTHELIOMA
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Muscular Dystrophy Association
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION (AUSTRALIA)
N
NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH
NEUROFIBROMATOSIS
National Neurofibromatosis Foundation
NEUROLOGICAL & NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
NOSE
NUTRITION
Information on healthful eating choices
Food Planning During the Pandemic
See: Vitamins
O
OBESITY
ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES
Contraception and Birth Control
ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION
How to Use Transdermal Patches
How to Use Liquid Medications
P
PAIN
PARALYSIS
PEDIATRIC HEALTH
Information from Prenatal to Young Adult
PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY
Virtual Hospital: Iowa Health Book: Pediatric Radiology
PKU
PRADER-WILLI
The Prader-Willi Syndrome Association
PRE-DIABETES
See: Diabetes
PSORIASIS
Q
R
RADIATION
REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE
Is Reactive Airway Disease the Same as Asthma?
Reactive Airway Disease and Asthma
See: Asthma
S
SCHIZOPHRENIA
SELF-CARE
Self-Care Central - HealthWorld Online
SENIOR CARE
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
SINUSITIS
Sinusitis: A treatment plan that works for asthma and allergy too
SKIN CANCER
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Making Special Education Work for Your Child During COVID
SPECIAL NEEDS
What You Need to Know About Special Needs Trusts
SPINAL CORD INJURIES
National Spinal Cord Injury Association
STRESS
Coloring/Activity Book on How to Manage Stress and Anxiety
Also See: MENTAL HEALTH
STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (NCADD)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME
SUICIDE
T
TEETH
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
TELEMENTAL HEALTH
See: Mental Health
THROAT
Sore Throat (General Information)
TICK
How to Report Problems wit Flea and Tick Products
See: LYME DISEASE
TRANSPLANT
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
National Resource Center For Traumatic Brain Injury
NLC: Understanding Brain Injury
Rehabilitation Resource Center
TBI National Data Center
THYOID
Older Therapies Aren’t Better for Thyroid Hormone Replacement
TURNER SYNDROME
Turner's Syndrome Society of the US
U
V
VACCINES
How are Vaccines Tested?
Resources and Campines to get Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants Vaccinated (Multiple Languages)
VAGINAL DISEASES
How to Use Vaginal Tablets, Suppositories, and Creams
VETERAN
Mental Health Help
See: Mental Health
VITAMINS
Thiamin
Riboflavin
Niacin
Manganese
Vitamin K
See: Nutrition
W
WATER SAFETY