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I encourage you to follow and explore all the Lupus Links listed below, but before you leave here, please BOOKMARK my site and return to finish your tour of IssyMissy's House of Fine Repute.
MedicAlert
Medic Alert is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping save lives in medical emergencies. Your own personalized MedicAlert (bracelet or necklace) emblem is engraved with a call-collect number which gives medical personnel immediate access to your most critical medical facts which help them provide appropriate medical help and could even save your life!
Membership benefits include:
2323 Colorado Avenue; Turlock, CA., 95382 (209) 668-3333 * (toll-free) 800-432-5378 * FAX (209) 669-2495 Or visit their web site at: MedicAlert http://www.medicalert.org
 Lupus Health Forums
Several different forums to choose from. Post your questions, feelings, thoughts, and inspirations. Make new friends! An interesting place to visit.
 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
This site was designed with Professionals in mind, but we Lupies are known for doing our own research! We sometimes HAVE to!! Here's a place containing much medical information for your personal references.
ELEFThe Lupus Internet Link
Find extensive medical information for all you could ever possibly think of -- signs, symptoms, medications, research, definitions, explanations, and more!
 World Wide Nursing Resource Center
Michael Sharp has created a brilliant resource center in his web site, filled with links to every imaginable medical site. This is not just for lupus patients -- it contains links listed by individual catagory, such as Disorders of the Brain, Central Nervous System, Gastrointestinal System, the Heart, etc. The resources at this site seem almost endless. Michael has devoted an unbelievable amount of time in collecting and putting all this information together. If you want to research any medical issue, this is a great place to go. Well worth your time! Visit Michael's "World Wide Nursing Resource Center" at:
The Mayo Clinic
Visit the Mayo Clinic online... subscribe to the online newsletter, use their search engine to look for diseases/conditons/medications... this is a great source of online health information!
Onhealth.com
The Patient's Bill of Rights, one of many informative health-care related articles provided by onhealth.com
Feelings I Keep To Myself
This article was written by a psychologist who is also a chronic-disease sufferer. You all will be able to relate to the thoughts and feelings which are boldly and honesttly expressed. I encourage everyone to read this article as it will help you to realize that what you are feeling/have felt is completely normal. There is a great sense of comfort and strength in having our feelings validated.
A complete listing of and ordering information for books, pamphlets, and brochures offered by the Lupus Foundation of America; information on contacting the LFA, membership and receiving the Lupus News monthly publication.
http://www.lupus.org/lupus E-Mail: lfanatl@aol.com
Medinex Health Community
Medinex is the fastest-growing online Health Community offering accurate, legitimate health information. The Medinex goal is to create the most complete and trusted health-related community on the Internet while maintaining the personal integrity of existing medical relationships.
The Lupus Mining Co.
A professionally-designed, comprehensive web site containing well-researched articles, hard-to-find Lupus information, and links to both personal and professional Lupus web sites. This is a Must for all Lupus patients!
MCLFA of the Lupus Foundation of America
The MCLFA Content Area is a very friendly, supportive, and interactive site where you will always be made to feel at home. This is a wonderful place to find friends through the many Message Support Boards and Lupus Chat; you may ask questions of the Lupus Doc; read personal Lupus stories and submit your own; and find links to all other Lupus sites! The MCLFA Content Area is a life-line for a great many lupus patients.
OCLFA of the Lupus Foundation of America
Lots of links to medical and personal sites pertaining to Lupus!
Be Part of the Cure A non-profit organization dedicated to heightening awareness of Systemic Lupus, offering emotional support to Lupus patients, and raising funds for Lupus research. "Be Part of the Cure" has been very instrumental in reaching far across the globe. They have been successful in reaching out to those across the United States and have also touched the lives of people in Europe, Canada, and Japan. Be sure to to stop by often to stay abreast on all the exciting happenings in
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A number of professional articles to choose from on signs, symptoms, and research of Lupus.
A site for the St. Thomas' Hospital and Lupus Clinic in the United Kingdom; one of the few lupus sites in the UK. You will find research news, articles, an over-view of the disease, and lupus from a patient's view. What I found most interesting is the "Alternative Criteria", which is much more comprehensive than the American College of Rheumatism Diagnostic Criteria. Visit the The St. Thomas Lupus Trust official web site.
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