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Patient Information Links

Onhealth Features of the website: - online discussion groups on issues such as womens health, mens health, healthy lifestyles, diseases and conditions, health care issues, sexuality, parenting, and alternative medicine. These discussion groups are in a BBS format where individuals post their message to the bbs and replies are also posted on the BBS. Users also have the option of opening a new topic of discussion. When you refer patients to this site be sure they are aware that many of the posts are from lay people who may have little to no medical knowledge while other posts are from professionals. The site features three condition centers, Breast Cancer, Cardiovascular, and Diabetes. Where the first two centers do not have much to do with podiatry the third is quite pertinent. This area has recipes, "hard news" and advice from experts. In the complications area is a whole section dedicated to complications that affect the foot. Throughout this section Podiatrists are mentioned as health care providers who PCP's may refer to for treatment of pedal complications of diabetes. Complications of eyes, kidneys, nerves and other systems are also discussed in this condition center. This is an excellent resource to refer patients to, not only because it is very informative but it definitely demonstrates the need for Podiatry in the team approach to care for patients with diabetes. The major sections of this site are: In-Depth Reports, Ask Our Experts, City Guides, Discussions, Condition Centers, and Resources.