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Resources & Disease-Specific Links

Disease-Specific Links

Alcoholism

Alzheimer's Disease
	Organizations: NIA's Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center \| National Institute of Aging
	General Information Risk Factors

Birth Defects
	Organizations: CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities \| March of Dimes
	Frequently Asked Questions Birth Defects, Genetics and Family History

Cancer
	Organizations: American Cancer Society \| National Cancer Institute \| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	General Information Risk Factors Family History and Cancer Family History and Breast Cancer

Depression (all links last accessed 2/2008)
	Organizations: National Institute of Mental Health
	General Information

Diabetes (all links last accessed 2/2008)
	Organizations: National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse \| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \| American Diabetes Association
	General Information Risk Factors Diabetes, Genetics and Family History Diabetes PHD Offered by the American Diabetes Association to assess your risk for diabetes and several other diseases and to illustrate how personal health decisions can affect your risk.

Heart Disease and Stroke
	Organizations: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute \| American Heart Association American Stroke Association
	Risk Factors Warning Signs Family History and Stroke

Osteoporosis
	Organizations: National Institute on Aging \| National Osteoporosis Foundation
	General Information Risk Factors


Disease Prevention
	Organizations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention \| American Academy of Family Physicians \| Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
	Guides: The Pocket Guide to Good Health for Adults Lifestyles/Behaviors: Healthy Diet, Physical Activity, Tobacco Use Medication: Aspirin Screening/Tests: Women; Men

Resources

FORCE: Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered
FORCE is a nonprofit organization for women who are at high risk of getting breast and ovarian cancers due to their family history and genetic status, and for members of families in which a BRCA mutation may be present.

Genetic and Rare Disease Information Center (last accessed 2/2008)
Established by the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Office of Rare Diseases to answer questions from the general public (in English or Spanish) about genetics and rare diseases.

Genetic Health (last accessed 2/2008)
Offers information about genetics and your health.

Great American Health Check
Offered by the American Cancer Society to provide a free, personalized health action plan that can be shared with your doctor.

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Provides a tool to calculate your risk of having a heart attack in the next 10 years.

The Oregon Genetics Program CD-Summary (124KB)
An epidemiology publication of the Public Health Division - Oregon Department of Human Services.

Privacy and Your Health Information
Provides a brief summary of your rights and protections under the federal health information privacy law.

Your Disease Risk
Sponsored by the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention to help you determine your risk for 5 different diseases.

Provides link to non-governmental sites and does not necessarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Page last updated: December 11, 2007
Content Source: National Office of Public Health Genomics