LINKS & RESOURCES

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ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicines (USA)
Passeport Santé (in French only)
ProHealth (information on diet for boosting the immune system)
Public Health Agency of Canada (complementary and alternative therapies for arthritis)

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society (NASS)
Spondylitis Association of America

ARTHRITIS (These are the most commonly visited sites for all listed and non-listed topics)

Arthritis Canada
Arthritis Foundation of America
Arthritis Insight
Arthritis Research Campaign
Arthritis Society
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Creaky Joints (humour and support for people with all kinds of arthritis-related illnesses)
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York (orthopaedics and rheumatology)
Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center
Mayo Clinic
National ME/FM Action Network
U.S. National Library of Medicine

BACK AND SPINE

Canadian Back Institute
Spine-Health

BEHÇET'S DISEASE

American Behçet's Disease Association

BURSITIS

The Mayo Clinic

C

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (click on the For Patients selection)


CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME (see also FIBROMYALGIA)

CFIDS Asociation of America
National ME/FM Action Network

CHRONIC ILLNESS & DEPRESSION (COPING WITH)

Coping with Chronic Physical Illness
Healing Well

D

DEPRESSION (see also CHRONIC ILLNESS & DEPRESSION above)

Canadian Mental Health Association

DISABILITY PENSION

Régie des Rentes du Québec
Service Canada (CPP disability benefits)

DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS (DISH)

Medicine Net (in the arthritis section)

E

EXERCISE

Active Living Alliance
NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Taoist Tai Chi Society of Canada - Eastern Region

F

FAMILY-PATIENT RELATIONS

Well Spouse Association (support for caregivers)

FIBROMYALGIA aka RHEUMATISM (see also CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME)

Fibromyalgia Network
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia Societies of BC
The Canadian Women's Health Network

G

GOUT

Gout-Aware

I

INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS (see SEPTIC ARTHRITIS)

J

JUVENILE ARTHRITIS

Cassie and Friends

L

LUPUS

Lupus Canada
Lupus Foundation of America

M

MEDICATION

Drug Infonet
NIAMS (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Rx&D

N

NUTRITION

American National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Canadian Dieticians Association - ABC's of Healthy Eating
Health Canada Office of Nutrition

O

OSTEOARTHRITIS

Osteoarthritis.org

OSTEOPOROSIS

International Osteoporosis Foundation
Osteoporosis Society of Canada

PAGET'S DISEASE

Medicine Net

PAIN

American Pain Society
Canadian Pain Society
Invisible Disabilities Advocate
Pain Support

PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS

National Psoriasis Foundation

R

RAYNAUD'S PHENOMENON

Vascular Disease Foundation

RESEARCH

Agence Science Presse (Répertoire des centres de recherche au Québec)
Arthritis Research Campaign
Center Watch
Rheuma 21st

RESOURCES AROUND US

Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders
Constance Lethbridge Rehabilitation Centre
Keroul (Bilingual site for travelers with limited abilities)
Régie des Rentes du Québec (Bilingual site on disability pension)

RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

PubMed Central
ScheringPlough

RHEUMATOLOGISTS

Clinics in the Montreal region
Québec rheumatologists  (under Publication and Resources)

S

SCLERODERMA

Sclero.org
Sclérodermie Québec
Scleroderma Research Foundation
Scleroderma Society of Canada

SEPTIC ARTHRITIS aka INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS

Help With Arthritis Pain.com
Joint Pain Forum

SJÖRGEN'S SYNDROME

Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation

SLEEP STRATEGIES

National Sleep Foundation

SPINAL STENOSIS

Spinal Stenosis.org

STICKLER SYNDROME

Stickler Involved People (SIP)
Stickler Syndrome Support Group

SURGERY

American Academy/Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Canadian Orthopaedic Association

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