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Title: HCF Landing Page
Link: http://healthcarefacts.org/hcf/homePage.do Description: Healthcare Facts is an easy-to-understand, consumer information tool that supports shopping for the best fit, best price and best value in health care choices. Healthcare Facts provides the facts about health care so you can shop for a care experience that meets your individual needs.
Title: NCCAM Clinical Trials
Link: http://nccam.nih.gov/clinicaltrials/ Description: Clinical trials are medical research studies designed to answer specific questions about new therapies, procedures, or treatments, by testing them in people. This carefully conducted research helps to determine if the therapy is safe and effective.
Title: Institutes, Centers
Link: http://www.nih.gov/icd/ Description: The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.
Title: Office of Rare Diseases
Link: http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/ Description: "The Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) was established in 1993 within the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). On November 6, 2002, the President established the Office in statute (Public Law 107-280, the Rare Diseases Act of 2002). A rare disease (also called an orphan disease) is a disease or condition affecting fewer than 200,000 persons in the United States. An estimated 25 million people in the United States have a rare disease."
Title: www.cancer.gov - National Cancer Institute
Link: http://www.cancer.gov/ Description: "The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The NCI, established under the National Cancer Act of 1937, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training. The National Cancer Act of 1971 broadened the scope and responsibilities of the NCI and created the National Cancer Program. Over the years, legislative amendments have maintained the NCI authorities and responsibilities and added new information dissemination mandates as well as a requirement to assess the incorporation of state-of-the-art cancer treatments into clinical practice."
Title: familydoctor.org - Health Information for the Whole Family
Link: http://familydoctor.org/ Description: This Web site is operated by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), a national medical organizations representing more than 93,700 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students. All of the information on this site has been written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals at the AAFP. Visit the AAFP Web site to learn more about the AAFP.
