Cool Site of the Day - Aug 17, 2008

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Today's Cool Site of the Day:

Minding Our Elders BLOG

A BLOG with great articles for those caring for the elderly. Minding Our Elders is dedicated to breaking the isolation caregivers often feel. The site contains articles, videos, a teleseminar, blog links, resources and direct dialogue through a caregiving forum.

Check it out at: http://www.mindingoureldersblogs.com/

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Cool Site of the Day - Aug 3, 2008

The Smile Train!

"It just might be the most effective, impactful donation to a charity you ever make. The free cleft surgery your donation will help provide, is a true, modern-day medical miracle: it costs as little as $250 and takes as little as 45 minutes. That's all it takes to give a desperate child not just a new smile, but a new life. When you see the impact your donation has, you'll end up smiling too."

Check it out at: http://www.smiletrain.org

Cool Site of the Day - July 30, 2008

Real Age!

Take the RealAge Test for a personalized plan to help you eat healthier, sleep better, look younger and live longer. Health information you can trust.

Check it out at: http://www.realage.com/

Cool Site of the Day - July 21, 2008

Virgin Unite!

Ever wonder what a typical day in the life of a Heaven's Angels motorcycle rider is like? Virgin Unite recently asked a group of riders working with SHF, a network of community clinics in Western Kenya, to answer that question, using photographs to tell their story.

Check it out at: http://www.virginunite.com/

Cool Site of the Day - July 20, 2008

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences!

"The mission of NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease."

Check it out at: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/

Cool Site of the Day - July 6, 2008

FightMeningitis.com!

Learn how to protect your teen against the rare but fatal illness meningitis and meningococcal disease. If you have a teen. If not, find one!

Check it out at: http://www.fightmeningitis.com/

Cool Site of the Day - June 12, 2008

CNN.com's Empowered Patient!

Great tips for health care consumers. That's folks like you and me, going to doctors and whatnot.

Check it out at:
http://www.cnn.com/empoweredpatient/

Cool Site of the Day - June 1, 2008

Spy On Health!

SpyOnHealth.com is the only user driven social content website dedicated to Health and Medical related news and resources. All stories and resources are submitted by users of the site, and then voted on. The stories that receive the most votes make it to the front page (popular page) When users create a profile on the site and vote on stories it will bookmark each one for them in their profile.

Check it out at: http://www.spyonhealth.com/

Cool Site of the Day - May 24, 2008

Petition For Briggs!

'Susan Sarandon has signed this petition for my wife Briggs, who has stage IV rectal cancer. It's to get Briggs on a new breakthrough cancer immunotherapy developed at Oxford University, the one treatment that can ger her condition under control in time. But I also want to draw media attention to the treatment itself to get it on the fast track for the hundreds of thousands of patients with advanced cancer who have no other cure in sight.'

Check it out at: http://www.petition.co.uk/New_Breakthrough_Cancer_Immunotherapy

Cool Site of the Day - May 20, 2008

ex!

Free help on how to quit smoking! Good, good, good.

Check it out at: http://www.becomeanex.org/

Cool Site of the Day - May 18, 2008

Relay for Life!

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life represents the hope that those lost to cancer will never be forgotten, that those who face cancer will be supported and that one day - cancer will be eliminated.

Check it out at: http://www.relayforlife.org/

Cool Site of the Day - Apr 27, 2008

Alopecia World!

"Alopecia World is the first and only social networking site for women, men, and teens with alopecia (hair loss), and it is transforming this stigma into a distinction!"

Check it out at: http://www.alopeciaworld.com/

Cool Site of the Day - Apr 21, 2008

King Corn!

Have you been wondering why Americans are so overweight? Or why certain foods are so cheap? Have you heard our average life expectancy is headed down, not up? Two college friends set out with director Aaron Woolf in search of answers to these questions and were surprised by what they discovered.

Check it out at: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/kingcorn/

Cool Site of the Day - Apr 20, 2008

Positive Lives!

Positive Lives is a unique international project that supports those living with or affected by HIV, challenges the stigma and prejudice they face in their daily lives and provides a resource for HIV education and prevention. Through photography and personal testimonies, the project shows the social and emotional impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, illuminating positive human responses to this world crisis. The Positive Lives Project works with a variety of groups to fight stigma and prejudice and to promote greater education and access to treatment for all.

Check it out at: http://www.positivelives.org/

Cool Site of the Day - Mar 25, 2008

Be Oyster Aware!

"BeOysterAware is a site dedicated to educating the oyster consuming public. It provides a thorough background on Vibrio vulnificus and the health conditions that place an individual in the at-risk category, as well as present tasty oyster products with reduced risk for all consumers to enjoy, including at-risk consumers."

Check it out at: http://beoysteraware.com/

Cool Site of the Day - Mar 23, 2008

Disaboom!

"Disaboom was founded to develop the first interactive online community dedicated to constantly improving the way people with disabilities or functional limitations live their lives. It will also serve as a comprehensive online resource not only for people living with such conditions, but also their immediate families and friends, caregivers, recreation and rehabilitation providers, and employers. There are more than 54 million American adults living with disabilities or functional limitations today in the United States alone. Founded and designed by doctors and fellow disaboomers to meet this community's specific needs, disaboom.com brings together content and tools ranging from specialized health information to social networking to daily living resources, in a single interactive site."

Check it out at: http://www.disaboom.com/

Cool Site of the Day - Mar 9, 2008

Chernobyl Children's Project International!

Chernobyl Children's Project International provides information about the charity's projects and programmes. Our mission statement is to develop, facilitate and affect long-term sustainable community-based solutions, and provide effective medical and humanitarian assistance to the victims and survivors of Chernobyl, the world's worst nuclear disaster.

Check it out at: http://www.chernobyl-international.com/

Cool Site of the Day - Mar 2, 2008

National HIV Testing Resources

Frequent questions about HIV testing, where to get tested, how it all works and more.

Check it out at:
http://www.hivtest.org/

Cool Site of the Day - Feb 25, 2008

Goode Therapy!

Dr. Goode is one twisted shrink to the stars but her diagnosis is
right on, if you can handle the truth.

Check it out at:
http://www.goodetherapy.com/
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Cool Site of the Day - Feb 13, 2008

Fatworld!

A downloadable video game about eating, obesity and the politics of
nutrition, FATWORLD reconstructs a playful, small-scale society where
players own and operate a restaurant, purchase groceries, create and
share recipes, and make nutritional decisions over the life of a character.

Check it out at:
http://www.fatworld.org/
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