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InteliHealth

Consumer health web site that provides "credible information and useful tools from the most trusted sources, including Harvard Medical School and University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. Established in 1996, InteliHealth has become one o ...

http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/408/408.html

Contact Lenses and Eye Infections

Public health notices and other documents about the potential link between some contact lens solutions and fusarium keratitis, a rare by serious eye infection. Includes advice for contact lens users, statistics on fusarium keratitis cases, general re ...

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/contacts.html

Respiratory Disorders: Pneumonia

Fact sheet on pneumonia, which is "an inflammation of the lungs caused by bacteria, viruses, or chemical irritants." Discusses types of pneumonia (bacterial, viral, mycoplasma), symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment for children. From the Luci ...

http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/respire/pneumnia.html

Salmonella Infection

Background about "Salmonella infection (salmonellosis) ... a common bacterial infection of the intestinal tract. Salmonella typically live in the intestines of animals and humans and are shed through feces, where the bacteria remain highly conta ...

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/salmonella/DS00926

What Is Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency?

Fact sheet about alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (or AAT deficiency), "a condition that raises your risk for certain types of lung disease, especially if you smoke. AAT deficiency is an inherited condition." Topics include causes, who is at ...

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/aat/aat_whatis.html

Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreak [January 2009]

Material about a January 2009 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigation "into the source of the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak. ... [T]he FDA has traced a source of Salmonella Typhimurium contamination to a plant owned by Peanut Corporat ...

http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/salmonellatyph.html

Investigation Update: Outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium Infections, 2008-2009

Material about a 2009 investigation in the "multistate outbreak of human infections due to Salmonella serotype Typhimurium. ... The investigation is ongoing, and exposures to peanut butter and other peanut butter-containing products are being ex ...

http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/typhimurium/

Undiagnosed Diseases Program

Details about this National Institutes of Health program (launched in May 2008) to help patients with undiagnosed diseases by providing "answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis and ... [advancing] medical k ...

http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/Resources.aspx?PageID=31

International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders (IFFGD)

This nonprofit education and research organization offers information to health professionals and the public "on digestive disorders in adults and children -- from the esophagus to the stomach to the bowel -- including signs and symptoms, diagno ...

http://www.iffgd.org/

National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

"NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of rare disorders through programs of education, advocacy, research, and service." Search the Rare Disease Database or browse an alphabetical listing for descriptions of the dise ...

http://www.rarediseases.org/

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