Online Resources
GENERAL PRACTICE
Health on the Net Foundation(HON) : www.hon.ch
MyDr : www.mydr.com.au
Better Health Channel : www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au
NPS : www.nps.org.au
ALLERGIES
Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy: www.allergy.org.au
CANCER
Cancer Council: www.cancercouncil.com.au
Cancer Council Australia: www.cancer.org.au
Cancer Australian (Government): canceraustralia.gov.au
Cancer Screening: www.cancerscreening.gov.au
Breast Cancer Network Australia: www.bcna.org.au
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia: www.prostate.org.au
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre: www.petermac.org
Bowel Cancer Australia : bowelcanceraustralia.org/bca/
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Heart Foundation: www.heartfoundation.org.au
The Stroke Foundation: www.strokefoundation.com.au
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION
Measure Up (Australian Government): www.measureup.gov.au
Swap It - Don't Stop It (Australian Government): www.swapitwa.com.au
COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE
The Australasian Integrative Medicine Association (AIMA) : www.aima.net.au
DENTAL
Australian Dental Association: www.ada.org.au
DERMATOLOGY
Australian College of Dermatologists: www.dermcoll.edu.au
Eczema Association of Australasia : www.eczema.org.au
All about Acne: www.acne.org.au
National Psoriasis Foundation: www.psoriasis.org
Occupational Dermatology Research and Education Centre: www.occderm.asn.au
DRUG AND ALCOHOL
Therapeutic Goods Administration: www.tga.gov.au
Quit Victoria: www.quit.org.au
Alcoholics Anonymous Australia: www.aa.org.au
Quitline:
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Diabetes Australia: www.diabetesaustralia.com.au
The Australian Thyroid Foundation: www.thyroidfoundation.org.au
GASTROENTEROLOGY
The Gastroenterological Society of Australia: www.gesa.org.au
Crohn's and Colitis Australia:
Coeliac Australia: www.coeliac.org.au
IBIS Irritable Bowel Information & Support Association of Australia: www.ibis-australia.org
GERIATICS
Alzheimer's Australia: www.alzheimers.org.au
My Wishes Advance Care Planning Program: www.advancecareplanning.org.au
Ageing Well: www.ageingwell.org.au
National Ageing Research Institute (NARI): www.nari.net.au
HAEMATOLOGY
Australian Red Cross Blood Service: www.transfusion.com.au
IMMUNISATION
Immunise Australia Program (Government):
National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS) :
Immunisation Calculator (SA Health):
The Science of Immunisation: questions and answers:
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
US Center for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov
MEN'S HEALTH
Men's Health Australia: www.menshealthaustralia.net
Impotence Australia: www.impotenceaustralia.com.au
MENTAL HEALTH
Anxiety Online: www.mentalhealthonline.org.au
Black Dog Institute: www.blackdoginstitute.org.au
Beyond Blue: www.beyondblue.org.au
Kids Help: www.kidshelp.com.au
Headspace - National Youth Mental Health Foundation: www.headspace.org.au
Schizophrenia: www.onedoor.org.au
Problem Gambling : www.lifeline.org.au/get-help/topics/problem-gambling
MUSCULOSKELETAL
American Academy of Orthpaedic Surgeons: www.orthoinfo.aaos.org
Australian Orthopaedic Association: www.aoa.org.au
Sports Medicine Australia: www.sma.org.au
Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine: www.aamm.org.au
NEUROLOGY
Alzheimers Australia: www.alzheimers.org.au
Brain Foundation: www.brainfoundation.org.au
Headache Australia: www.headacheaustralia.org.au
MS Australia: www.msaustralia.org.au
Stroke Foundation: www.strokefoundation.org.au
Parkinson's Australia: www.parkinsons.org.au
Epilepsy Action Australi: www.epilepsy.org.au
Motor neurone disease (MND) Australia: www.mndaust.asn.au
NUTRITION
Dietitians Association of Australia: www.daa.asn.au
Food Standards New Zealand Australia: www.foodstandards.gov.au
Australian Divison of World Action on Salt & Health: www.awash.org.au
The Centre for Eating and Dieting Disorders: www.cedd.org.au
Go for 2 and 5: www.gofor2and5.com.au
OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists: www.ranzcog.edu.au
The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health: www.jeanhailes.org.au
OBGYN.net: www.healthline.com/health/what-is-on-ob-gyn
OPTHALMOLOGY
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists: www.ranzco.edu
Glaucoma Australia: www.glaucoma.org.au
Vision Australia: www.visionaustralia.org
Macular Degeneration: www.mdfoundation.com.au
OSTEOPOROSIS
Osteoporosis Australia: www.osteoporosis.org.au
PAEDIATRICS
Princess Margaret Hospital for Children: http://pch.health.wa.gov.au
PALLIATIVE CARE
Palliative Care Australia: www.palliativecare.org.au
Department of Health and Ageing: www.health.gov.au
My Aged Care:
PARENTING
Raising Children: www.raisingchildren.net.au
Autism Spectrum Australia: www.autismspectrum.org.au
Parenting - Better Health Channel: www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/
PATIENT SUPPORT GROUPS
The DrsReference Site: www.drsref.com.au/support.html
Australian Breastfeeding Association: www.breastfeeding.asn.au
RADIOLOGY
Inside Radiology: www.insideradiology.com.au
RENAL
Kidney Health Australia: www.kidney.org.au
Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia: www.prostate.org.au
The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand : www.usanz.org.au
The Continence Foundation of Australia : www.continence.org.au
RESPIRATORY
National Asthma Council of Australia:
The Australian Lung Foundation:
The Australasian Sleep Association :
RHEUMATOLOGY
Arthritis Foundation: www.arthritis.org
Sjögren's Syndrome Foundation: http://www.sjogrens.org/
Australian Rheumatology Association: www.rheumatology.org.au
Arthritis Australia: www.arthritisaustralia.com.au
SEXUAL HEALTH
Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine : https://www.health.gov.au/health-topics/sexual-health
ASHM : Australian Society for HIV Medicine: www.ashm.org.au
Australian Herpes Health Information: www.healthdirect.gov.au
SMOKING
Quit Now: www.quitnow.gov.au
TINNITUS
Australian Tinnitus Association: www.tinnitus.asn.au
TRAVEL
U.S. Centre for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov/travel
World Health Organisation: International Travel and Health: www.who.int/ith
Smart Traveller - Australian Government: www.smartraveller.gov.au/tips/travelwell.html
Medical Advisory Services For Travellers Abroad (MASTA): www.travelhealthadvisor.com.au
VASCULAR
Society for Vascular Surgery: www.vascularweb.org
NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Program : www.screening.nhs.uk
WOMEN'S HEALTH
King Edward Memorial Hospital: http://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au
The Australasian Menopause Society:
Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health:
National Cervical Screening Program: