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General
- Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center
Quality information on conditions and diseases, herbs, drugs, alternative medicine and more. Use your library membership number to log in for free.
- ABC Health
Many helpful and informative articles and stories.
- Better Health
Fact sheets on diseases and conditions, personal stories, medical dictionary, medicines guide, etc.
- MyDr
More health information.
- Medline Plus
From the US National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health, this site has comprehensive information on conditions and diseases, a medical encyclopedia and dictionary, and much more.
- Good Health & Medicine
Contains fact sheets on aspects of health and medicine discussed on the show, information on men's and women's health, etc.
- Australia Health
General health issues are under the heading "Community Health", and an A-Z list of diseases and conditions is under "Health Conditions".
- Health Insite
Up-to-date, quality assured information on health topics.
- Women's Health Queensland Wide
Information on women's health.
- Discovery Health
Health news, and information on diseases and conditions.
- Mayo Clinic
An A-Z listing of diseases and conditions, plus articles on different health topics.
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Mental Health
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
Mental health information for carers, families, media and professionals. Also has contact details for crises and support services, online information brochures, and much more.
- Beyond Blue
Information and advice concerning depression, anxiety, postnatal depression and bipolar disorder.
- Internet Mental Health
Includes description, diagnosis, treatment and research findings for 54 common mental disorders. Also includes information about common medications, magazine articles and links to other mental health sites.
- Mental Health Resources
This site has information on many topics relevant to mental health.
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Vegetarian
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First Aid
- Queensland Ambulance Service First Aid Hints
Information on courses and the ambulance service. Also a complete book entitled "First Aid Hints', downloadable as a PDF document.
- Learn CPR
Information on how to perform CPR, and also fun and facts. Supported by the University of Washington School of Medicine, USA.
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Nutrition and Food Safety
- Nutrition Australia
News, food facts, recipe of the week, and more.
- Food for Kids (Choice)
Provides you with nutritional information about food products consumed by kids so that you are able to make informed choices about what your children eat. From the people at Choice.
- Food Safety
Fact sheets, advice and tips, plus more on the safe preparation, handling and storage of food. Also information on foodborne diseases.
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand
Australian Food Safety Standards.
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Exercise
- Walking
From the Pedestrian Council of Australia this site has information on the benefits of walking, plus lots more.
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Diseases & Conditions
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Organisations
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Immunisation
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Donations and Transplants
- Red Cross Blood Donation
An excellent and very informative site that explains the ins and outs of donating and general information on blood, such as blood types and the history of transfusions.
- Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry
A great site that explains simply such things as how the bone marrow is collected and what's involved in the transplantation. It also provides answers to some frequently asked questions.
- Organ Donor Register
Register online to become an organ donor. The official register with Medicare.
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