| Heart
Disease Prevention and Information: |
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| Best
overall site for continually updated heart related
information and cholesterol clinic information
developed by Dan Rader, MD |
www.heartinfo.com |
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| Website
for the Society of Atherosclerosis Imaging involved
in developing guidelines for integrating imaging
modalities and conventional risk factor assessment.
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www.sai.org |
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| Website
of the American Heart Association |
www.americanheart.org |
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| Patient
and physician sections reviewing the newest national
cholesterol guidelines. Can calculate 10 year
risk at this site. |
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ |
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| Laboratories for
risk factor analysis and nonpharmacologic products |
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| Leading
laboratory for sophisticated cholesterol analysis. |
www.berkeleyheartlab.com |
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| Specialized
laboratory division of AspirinWorks that performs
various tests including coagulation, cholesterol.
Home of the AspirinWorks aspirin resistance test
recommended for those considering such therapy. |
www.AspirinWorks.com |
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| Electron Beam Tomography
and centers using the EBT scanner: |
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| Website
for GEImatron, the manufacturer of the revolutionary
Electron Beam Tomography scanner. Lots of information
about scanner including differences between EBT
and spiral CT |
www.geimatron.com |
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| Website
of several heartscan centers using electron beam
tomography. Great information concerning the difference
between EBT and spiral CT. |
www.heartscan.com |
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| Colorado
Heart and Body Imaginga leading center in promoting
and advocating EBT usage and research. |
www.coloradoheart.com |
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| Site of
the famous Cooper Clinic in Dallas that uses EBT
imaging in their executive medical assessments. |
www.cooperwellness.com |
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| Well designed
website showing the range of capabilities of EBT
imaging (heart, lung, abdomen, colon at Lifescore
in La Jolla developed by Dr. Michael Wright (cardiologist)
and Dr. Tabita Wright (radiologist) |
www.lifescore.com |
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| Resources
for lung information - |
| National
Lung Health Education Program. Excellent resource
for lung disease prevention strategies, spirometry
and smoking cessation advice by leading pulmonologist
Dr.Thomas Petty. |
www.nlhep.org |
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| Information
and forums about respiratory disease from the
nation's top facility dedicated to lung disease
and asthma, National Jewish Medical and Research
Center. |
www.nationaljewish.org |
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| Excellent
smoking cessation programs from National Jewish
with an online version (JustQuit On-Line) and
one with professional follow-up (JustQuit One-on-One) |
www.justquit.org |
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| American
Association for Respiratory Care Good updates
on news related to respiratory health |
www.aarc.org |
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| National
Emphysema Foundation Lots of feature articles
concerning chronic obstructive lung disease |
www.emphysemafoundation.org |
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| Lung Cancer
Frontiers online version of excellent newsletter
forum for the early diagnosis and treatment of
lung cancer. New information continually updated
by leading authority Thomas L. Petty. |
www.lungcancerfrontiers.org |
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| Alliance
for Lung Cancer advocacy, support and education.
Excellent site dedicated to diagnosis and treatment
of lung cancer. Great resource material for early
detection. |
www.alcase.org |
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| International
Collaboration to Screen for Lung Cancer. Summarizes
conferences on lung cancer screening at NY Cornell. |
http://icscreen.med.cornell.edu |
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| Excellent
site for understanding lung scanning with EBT
as performed at La Jolla center called Lifescore. |
www.lifescore.com/lungscore.htm |
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| Resources for colon
information - |
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| The center
for virtual colonoscopy at Boston Medical Center.They
are a great source for information as well as
courses in the field. |
www.virtualcolonoscopy.net |
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| Virtual
endoscopy center at Wake Forest, pioneering institution
in the field. |
www.vec.wfubmc.edu |
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| National
Cancer Institute's screening recommendations for
colonoscopy. |
www.nci.nihgov |
