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Healthchannels

Healthcommunities.com's medical information websites ("healthchannels") provide online consumer health education that is easy to find and easy to understand. Board-certified physician advisors develop and monitor each medical specialty healthchannel to ensure that accurate information is available to help people make informed health care choices.

You can now sign up to receive health information updates on the medical subjects you're interested in hearing about.

What's New?

Check out the latest articles added to the healthchannels:

• Multiple Myeloma (7/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Heel Pain (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Varicocele (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Acute Renal Failure (ARF) (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Male Infertility (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Sleep Disorders (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Foot Pain (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor or Your Child’s Doctor about ADHD (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Overactive Bladder (OAB) (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Cervical Cancer (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Child’s Doctor about Cerebral Palsy (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Head and Neck Cancer (6/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Hematuria (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Achilles Tendonitis (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Huntington's Disease (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Multiple Sclerosis (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Bell's Palsy (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about ALS (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Kidney Cancer (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Interstitial Cystitis (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Pancreatic Cancer (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Plantar Warts (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Myasthenia Gravis (5/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Migraines (4/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Cataracts (4/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Psoriasis (4/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Morton's Neuroma (4/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Autism (4/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Bladder Cancer (4/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about Kidney Disease (4/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Veterinarian about Distemper (4/2009)
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor about STDs (4/2009)

pediatrichealthchannel

pediatrichealthchannel launched in September 2008 to provide important information about children's health issues to expectant parents, parents, guardians, and caregivers of children from birth to adolescence. In addition to information about common childhood conditions, pediatrichealthchannel also offers interactive features that allow parents and caregivers to share stories about their experiences and communicate in forums with other parents and/or pediatricians and a downloadable form to help new parents ask the right questions at their baby's first doctor visit.

gichannel

gichannel, which launched on February 29, 2008, provides physician-developed and -monitored information about digestive system disorders for health care consumers, as well as a place to interact with others about medical conditions and a free patient helper.

painchannel is now available. Check out all our new pain management resources.

Beginning in April 2007, all of our healthchannels have a special section titled "Living With..." where you can share personal stories about health concerns (e.g., Living with Chronic Pain). Read stories submitted by others or submit your own story with easy access to this section from nearly every page of our healthchannels.

What's Special About the healthchannels?

Our medical information websites have received national recognition for quality information, ease of navigation, and interactivity. Our healthchannels are patient-physician communities that give browsers an opportunity to:

• Obtain reliable information about medical conditions and treatments.
• Connect with others who have similar health care interests.
• Share personal health stories in our Living With... section.
• Search our online directory of doctors.
• Find out about current clinical trials.
• Link to other resources.
• Keep up with the latest health news.
• Shop for health care products, books, and videos.