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Learning About Medications

• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

• My Medicines [from the Office of Women’s Health at the FDA and available in multiple languages]

• National Council of Patient Information & Education

• Social Security Administration

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General Health

• American Academy of Family Physicians [some Spanish content]

• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention [English & Spanish]

• National Institutes of Health [some Spanish content]

• World Health Organization [multiple languages]

• Institute of Medicine

• Health Resources and Services Administration—Bureau of Primary Health Care

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Your Heart & Lungs

• American Heart Association [some Spanish content]

• American Lung Association [some Spanish content]

• National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute

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Diabetes, Digestion, Liver, & Kidneys

• American Diabetes Association [some Spanish content]

• National Diabetes Education Program [some Spanish and Asian/Pacific Islander content]

• National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

• American Gastroenterological Association

• National Kidney Foundation [some Spanish content]

• American Urological Association

• American Liver Foundation [some S panish content]

• Society of American Gastrointestinal & Endoscopic Surgeons [content specific to morbid obesity and GERD]

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Women's Health

• National Women’s Health Information Center
  
  
• North American Menopause Society
  
  
• OB/GYN.net [includes International Sections]
  
  
• Black Women’s Health Imperative
  
  
• International Women’s Health Coalition [Spanish, French, & Portuguese ]

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Cancer & Pain

• American Cancer Society [some Spanish and Asian-language content]

• National Cancer Institute [some Spanish content]

• American Pain Society, 60 Second Check-up [audio]

• American Pain Foundation

• American Chronic Pain Association [English & Spanish]

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Mental Health

• National Mental Health Association

• National Institute of Mental Health

• Alzheimer’s Association [some Spanish content]

• The Brain Matters [from the American Academy of Neurology Foundation]

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Skin & Bones

• National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Disease [some Spa nish content]

• American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons [some Spanish content]

• American Academy of Dermatologists

• Derm Atlas from Johns Hopkins University [images]

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Asthma, Allergies, & the Immune System

• America n Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology [some Spanish content]

• American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology [some Spanish content]

• Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America

• Ameri can Academy of HIV Medicine [some Spanish content]

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For Caregivers

• National Caregiver Support Program from the U.S. Administration of Aging [multiple languages]

• Family Caregiver Alliance [content in Spanish, Chinese, and bigger type]

• National Family Caregivers Association

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