CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES

Following are links that you may find helpful:

The National Institute on Aging: www.nih.gov/nia

Practice Partner Research Network: www.musc.edu/pprnet/educate.htm

Psoriasis: www.psoriasis.org

Advanced Directives, Power of Attorney for Healthcare and Declaration to Physicians (Living Will):

Advanced Directives Planning: http://www.legalexplorer.com/

Declaration to Physicians (Living Will) Form Download: http://wisbar.org

Power of Attorney for Healthcare Form Download http://www.plymouthfamily.com/forms.htm

Diabetes:

Practice Partner Research Network: www.musc.edu/pprnet/educate.htm#diabetes

American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org

To take a quiz to find out your risk of loosing your sight due to diabetes www.preventblindness.org

Heart Disease and Stroke:

Practice Partner Research Network: www.musc.edu/pprnet/educate.htm#heart

Hypertension (High Blood Pressure):

Practice Partner Research Network: www.musc.edu/pprnet/educate.htm#bp

Guide to Lowering Blood Pressure from the National Institutes of Health:
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/treat/bpd_type.htm

Kidney Disease:

World Kidney Day

National Kidney Foundation

Heart Failure:

Practice Partner Research Network: www.musc.edu/pprnet/educate.htm#hf

Atrial Fibrillation:

Practice Partner Research Network: www.musc.edu/pprnet/educate.htm#af

Cancer:

Practice Partner Research Network: www.musc.edu/pprnet/educate.htm#cancer

Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
www.preventcancer.org/colorectal

American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org

Center for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov

Virtual Colonoscopy study
www.acrin.org.

Asthma:

Practice Partner Research Network: www.musc.edu/pprnet/educate.htm#asthma

HIV / AIDS:

AIDSmeds.com:
www.aidsmeds.com

AIDS Info from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov