Useful Links to Other
Sites
Urology:
Urologychannel
This website serves physicians and patients by providing
a variety of resources and responding to inquiries about
urological problems and services. The channel's interactive
sections and utility features include Health Profilers,
which enable users to profile their PSA, prostate cancer
risk, and more. The site offers online forums where consumers
can post questions for physicians.
Prostate
Cancer Research Institute
The object of PCRI is to educate patients and their families
about prostate cancer. This includes new advances in diagnosis,
staging, treatments, and available resources.
Education Support Groups:
Us TOO Intl., Inc.
Wichita chapter support group for prostate
cancer patients and other disorders of the prostate
Us
TOO Intl., Inc.
A not-for-profit organization providing information,
counseling, and educational meetings to assist men with
prostate disease (and their spouses/partners) in making
decisions about their treatment with confidence and
support.
Cancer:
CancerNet
CancerNet has separate sections for patients, health
professionals and basic researchers. Here you can get
access to data from PDQ, the National Cancer Institute's
computer system that tracks cancer and its treatments.
This is some of the most up-to-date cancer information
on the Net. In the section for patients, you can find
screening, prevention, and treatment data on dozens
of types of cancer, all written in easy-to-understand
language. You can find a typical treatment plan for
prostate cancer in each of the four stages of advancement.
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is a leader in the fight
against a terrible disease. There is a great deal of
knowledge obtained from research that is made available
to people.
General Health:
InteliHealth
InteliHealth, a joint venture of Aetna U.S. Healthcare
Inc. and Johns Hopkins University Hospital and Health
System. It also has content supplied by National Institutes
of Health and the National Health Council. The site's
main focus is advice. It also has a drug index that
describes the uses and side effects of both generic
and brand name medications.
Mayo
Clinic
One of the best features of this site is the Ask Mayo
section, which allows a patient to e-mail a question
directly to a team of Mayo clinic physicians. Answers
are posted to the Web site, and an archive of previously
asked questions can be searched according to topic.
Dr. Koop
General medical information.
National
Institutes of Health
The NIH website serves the public by offering
ready access to include clinical studies and health
and wellness information.
Drug Information:
RxList
This online drug index allows visitors to look up a
drug by either generic or brand name, find out about
possible side effects, read about clinical studies and
find out about any warnings. This site is smart enough
to have "fuzzy search" capability-if you misspell
the name of a drug you are seeking, it will bring up
other possible matches.
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