As a service and convenience to our visitors, we have provided the hyper-links listed below. These are links to other health-related and community-interest Web sites and are provided for your convenience and entertainment. Fleming County Hospital does not endorse these sites, and the information contained in them should not be considered a reflection of the views of the Hospital. The Hospital does not guarantee the accuracy of the information presented on other Web sites, nor does the Hospital endorse the information presented in sites linked to this Web site. In addition, Fleming County Hospital is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the information provided in any Web site linked to this site. We encourage you to confirm all health-related information contained on any Web site with your physician.
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Advocacy Sites
 AARP: American Association of Retired Persons - AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization for people 50 and over. It provides information and resources, advocate on legislative, consumer, and legal issues, assist members in serving their communities, and offer a wide range of unique benefits, special products, and services for members. These benefits include AARP Web-place at http://www.aarp.org, Modern Maturity and My Generation magazines, and the monthly AARP Bulletin. Active in every U.S. state and territory, AARP celebrates the attitude that age isn't just a number – it's about how you live your life.
Annie E. Casey Foundation - The Annie E. Casey Foundation works to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States. Its mission is to foster public policies, improved human services, and community supports that effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families (Annie E. Casey Foundation - Kids Count Project ).
Children's Defense Fund - The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No Child BehindŽ and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life, and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities.
Stand for Children - Stand for Children's mission is to build a powerful citizen voice to ensure all children have the opportunity to grow up healthy, educated, and safe. By building a strong and strategic grassroots voice for children across the country, Stand for Children is shifting funding priorities at every level to help ensure that every child has: (1) Parents who are prepared for and supported in their vital role; (2) Access to high-quality early care and education; (3) High-quality elementary, middle, and high schools; (4) Access to enriching after-school activities; (5) Safe communities and homes; and (6) Access to medical, mental health, and dental care.
Health & Wellness - Health Information Advocacy
Health On the Net Foundation - Health On the Net FoundationTM is a not-for-profit International Swiss Organization whose stated mission is "to guide lay persons or non-medical users and medical practitioners to useful and reliable on-line medical and health information."
Hi-Ethics - Link to Hi-EthicsTM, Inc., or Health Internet Ethics, an organization that established 14 ethical guidelines/principles regarding privacy, confidentiality, quality of health information, advertising, commercial relationships, consumer relations, and best practices for professionals on the Internet. The organization seeks agreements with widely-used, health-related Internet sites to support these principles. A member list is on the website.
Internet Healthcare Coalition - Link to an organization that "supports quality healthcare resources on the Internet through well-informed Internet healthcare consumers, professionals, educators, marketers, media, and policy-makers concerning the range of uses of the Internet to deliver high-quality healthcare resources," as well as "self-regulation through adherence to voluntary guidelines established to provide accurate information."
Medem - A group of leading medical societies joined forces to create Medem, a physician-patient communications network, to provide credible healthcare information, products, and services over the Internet.
Health & Wellness - General
Achoo Gateway to Healthcare - One of the greatest hurdles for the healthcare sector is the sheer volume of information available through the Internet. Achoo acts as a jump point and information resource for the medical community and all other Internet users interested in healthcare information.
American Red Cross - The American Red Cross, a humanitarian organization led by volunteers, and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross Movement, will provide relief to victims of disasters and help people prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies.
American Running Association - The American Running Association is a nonprofit, educational association of runners, medical professionals, and corporations dedicated to promoting running nationwide. For over 30 years, The American Running Association and its sister organization, the American Medical Athletic Association, have been influential clearinghouses, providing information and support to runners nationwide.
Beck Health Science Library & Resource Center - Link to the BeckLibrary.org, a resource of links to health care sites, journals, publications, and more.
DiscoveryHealth.com - Link to the Discovery Health Channel's Web site.
drkoop.com - Link to drkoop.com, a company led by Dr. C. Everett Koop, former U.S. Surgeon General, and others who are dedicated to improving the quality of people's lives by empowering them to improve their health.
DrWeil.com - DrWeil.com claims to be a leading provider of on-line information and products for optimum health and wellness. Per the site, the Ask Dr. Weil on-line feature of its premier web destinations, http://www.drweil.com and http://www.askdrweil.com, has provided a tradition of quality on-line solutions for consumers and professionals, and was notably one of the first on-line help resources available on the Web. DrWeil.com is owned by Polaris Ventures, LLC, a Phoenix, Arizona-based holding company founded by Andrew Weil, M.D.
eDiets.com - eDiets.com, Inc. is the largest subscription-based on-line diet, fitness, and counseling network with upwards of 300,000 paid members throughout the fourth quarter of 2001. Founded in 1996 and with corporate headquarters in Deerfield Beach, Florida, eDiets.com offers on-line subscription-based weight loss programs using proprietary software to generate customized diet programs. The programs are designed based upon individual members' personal goals, food preferences, and lifestyles. In addition, eDiets.com publishes one of the Internet's most popular biweekly diet and fitness email newsletters, eDiets Diet & Fitness News, which is delivered to a community of more than 10 million subscribers. For a monthly fee, eDiets.com creates custom diet plans based on information provided in response to a comprehensive personal profile questionnaire. To date, millions of consumers have completed the eDiets.com personal profile, which elicits information on weight loss goals, lifestyle, food preferences and/or restrictions, pertinent medical conditions, fitness level, and attitude.
FamilyDoctor.org - This site is published by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). The AAFP is a national, nonprofit medical association, including family physicians, family practice residents, and medical students. All of the information within familydoctor.org has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP. The information is said to be regularly reviewed and updated.
FitnessDay.com - Link to a site that provides information about fitness events.
Health and Age - The Health and Age Web site claims to be both a statement and an invitation. The statement: that aging – so long considered something unpleasantly inevitable, to be ignored for as long as possible – is a process that should be examined, and exploited, for all the positive aspects that it can offer. This statement finds expression in the wide range of articles the site publishes on this admittedly complex subject. The invitation is addressed to all who visit the site, whether ordinary citizens or health professionals: join in the dialogue, express your opinion – because at Health and Age, your opinion is valued.
HealthCentral.com - This site contains information about the important health issues of today, and easy access to health products and drugstore essentials. There are thousands of pages of in-depth drug and medical information in the Library & Encyclopedias, and the site provides personalized feedback using the Health Profiles.
HealthSCOUT - The HealthScout Network is a leading Internet provider and distributor of consumer health information, news, and tools. The HealthScout Network hosts Health sections for over 200 affiliates, including Yahoo, iWon, USAToday.com, InfoSpace, and NBCi. Network sites have access to HealthScout’s syndicated personalized daily health news on over 800 topics, health information, and interactive health management tools. The HealthScout Network is owned and operated by MDchoice.com, Inc. For more information about MDchoice.com go to http://www.mdchoice.com.
InteliHealth - InteliHealth's stated mission is to empower people with trusted solutions for healthier lives. The organization seeks to accomplish this by providing credible information from the most trusted sources, including Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Its health information includes health news and content, as well as access to trackers, tools, and risk assessments. InteliHealth is a subsidiary of Aetna. InteliHealth claims to have expert editors who develop consumer-friendly health information to make it accessible to the widest possible audience. To promote quality, health information developed by InteliHealth is reviewed and approved by leading medical and dental experts. More than 150 top health care organizations contribute to InteliHealth's content, including the National Institutes of Health, other government agencies, major non-profits, other publishers, and news media. As always, the material on the site is provided for informational purposes only. It is important for you to consult with your physician about your individual medical needs.
iVillage - This site claims to be a place where women don't just read about how they can get the most out of life, but where they can help each other do it: The Women's Network.
LifeMatters - This site describes its services as a compilation of articles from various authors, intended to contribute to promoting a life that is empowered, fulfilled, and profoundly related, to ourselves and to others within families, communities, and organizations.
MayoClinic.com - MayoClinic.com is produced by a team of writers, editors, multimedia and graphics producers, health educators, nurses, doctors, and scientists. It gives you access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of the Mayo Clinic. The site is owned by Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.
MDchoice.com - MDchoice.com is a privately-held company founded by academic physicians and backed by private venture capital. Its stated goal is to make access to the Internet's vast health and medical information as efficient and reliable as possible for healthcare professionals, as well as consumers.
MedicineNet.com - MedicineNet, Inc. is an on-line healthcare media publishing company that seeks to provide easy-to-read, in-depth, authoritative medical information for consumers. It is said to be Nationally-recognized, and 100% doctor-produced by a network of over 70 U.S. Board Certified Physicians.
MEDtropolis - Link to a site whose goal is to educate and entertain kids and adults alike in the areas of healthcare and healthy living.
Oxygen.com/Topic/Health/ - Oxygen Media is an integrated media company designed to serve active women through entertainment and information. Oxygen is comprised of a 24-hour cable television network and a Web site, designed by women for women. Oxygen claims to be a wholly original blend of talk, health, comedy, movies, sports, and advocacy.
physicianschoice.com - Physicianschoice.com is a search engine that has indexed many retail medical sites.
safemedication.com - Link to a site that is maintained by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists to help you find the important information that you need to use your medications safely and effectively.
WebMD - WebMD claims that their content staff blends award-winning expertise in content creation, community services, expert commentary, medical review, and aggregation of licensed resources to give their site users a variety of ways to find what they are looking for.
Sites Focused on Parenting and Child Care
AmazingBabyClub.com - Link to a site published by Earth’s Magic, LLC that includes news, articles, message boards, journals, and more. The site is aimed toward those who are pregnant or have just given birth.
AmazingPregnancy.com - Link to a site published by Earth’s Magic, LLC that includes news, articles, message boards, journals, and more. The site is aimed toward those who are pregnant or have just given birth.
American Academy of Pediatrics - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Members include pediatricians, pediatric medical sub-specialists, and pediatric surgical specialists.
At Home Mothers - Link to a site that seeks to provide "complete support for the at-home motherhood lifestyle."
BabyCenter - BabyCenter.com, together with its companion site ParentCenter.com, seeks to be the leading destination on the Internet for new and expectant parents. Per the site, it is a Web resource for parents of children ages 2 to 8, and is dedicated to helping parents find the information and support they need during pregnancy and in caring for a babies, toddlers, or children.
Beansprout.net - Link to a site that specializes in connecting parents with their pediatricians and child care providers.
Breastfeeding.com - This site claims to be the #1 site for brestfeeding information, support, and attitude.
Bright Futures - Link to a site that advocates a developmental approach to providing health supervision for children of all ages.
ColicHelp.com - Link to a site published by Earth’s Magic, LLC that includes news, articles, message boards, journals, and more. The site is aimed toward those who have a baby with colic-type tendencies or symptoms.
KidsGrowth.com - Link to a source for health information developed by pediatricians, and an on-line health information leader for parents.
KidsHealth.org - Link to a site that was called "the most visited pediatric Web site in the nation." and "was named best Web site for health content at the eHealthcare World Conference in New York" 1
La Leche League - Link to a site that provides education, information, support, and encouragement to breast-feeding mothers.
MorningSicknessHelp.com - Link to a site published by Earth’s Magic, LLC that includes news, articles, message boards, journals, and more. The site is aimed toward those going through pregnancy.
Motherstuff - Link to Motherstuff, a privately published site that claims to be a "meta-index of mother-knowledge on the Internet."
National Safe Kids Campaign - The National SAFE KIDS Campaign claims to be the first national organization dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury.
ParentCenter.com - ParentCenter.com, together with its companion site BabyCenter.com, claims to be the leading destination on the Internet for new and expectant parents. Per the site, it is a Web resource for parents of children ages 2 to 8, and is dedicated to helping parents find the information and support they need during pregnancy and in caring for a babies, toddlers, or children.
ParenthoodWeb.com - Link to a parenting site published by United Advertising Publications, Inc.
Parentsoup - Link to a parenting site published by http://www.iVillage.com.
ParentsPlace.com - Link to another parenting site published by http://www.iVillage.com.
SafeKids.Com - This site contains tips, advice, and suggestions to make your family's on-line experience fun and productive.
TeenGrowth.com - Link to a source for health information developed by pediatricians, and an on-line health information leader for teens.
The Labor of Love - Link to a site published by Earth’s Magic, LLC that includes news, articles, message boards, journals, and more. The site is aimed toward those whoooooooooo7 are trying to conceive, struggling with infertility, pregnant, or already a mom or dad.
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Behind the Screens on Health Web Sites - "Who are the companies behind the Web sites competing to provide you with health information? Can you trust them with . . . your life?"
Footnotes:
1 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will spend $16 Million on its Web site over the next three years, 1/29/2001, John George, Staff Writer, Philadelphia Business Journal.
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