Links & Other Resources

Professional Associations

• American Academy of Pediatrics
  www.aap.org
  
• AAP, California District IX, Chapter 2
  www.aapca2.org
  
• American Medical Association
  www.ama-assn.org

Pediatric Search Engines and Directories

• Children's Medical Library: An excellent resource for links to pediatric sites, including professional organizations, pediatric search engines, and sites providing general information & advice.
  www.childmedlib.org/liborg.htm
  
• Medbot: This medical searching tool allows you to scour the web for health and medicine resources with the help of up to four search engines at a time.
  medworld.stanford.edu/medworld/medbot
  
• Medmark: Another great resource for links to pediatric associations, hospitals, search engines, general pediatric information, etc.
  medmark.org/ped/ped2.html
  
• Medweb: For both parents and child care professionals alike, this is perhaps the most comprehensive list of links to pediatric web sites available. Contains everything you'll ever need and possibly even more.
  http://WWW.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/
  
• Pediatric Internet Directory: This directory is yet another great resource for links to pediatric sites, and includes links to various medical and pediatric discussion groups and newsgroups.
  www.slackinc.com/child/pednet-q.htm
  
• Points of Pediatric Interest: More great pediatric links.
  www.med.jhu.edu/peds/neonatology/poi2.html

Rare Disorders and Disabilities

• Internet Resources for Special Children: This site provides helpful links for families of children with special circumstances, such as Attention Deficit Disorder, cerebral palsy, diabetes, Down Syndrome, etc. It also contains links for adaptive clothing, hardware and software computer aids, and support resources.
  www.irsc.org
  
• Rare Genetic Diseases in Children: Also provides quality links for children with disorders.
  mcrcr2.med.nyu.edu/murphp01/homenew.htm

General Information

• Dr. Plain Talk: Sponsored by Children's Hospitals and Clinics, this site is dedicated to helping families have and enjoy healthy babies and infants. It has general information on pregnancy and early infancy, and several pediatricians to answer your questions.
  www.drplaintalk.org/cgi-bin/navobjs?template=template.htm&recno=
  
• Health World Online: Children's Health section provides in-depth advice on how to treat some common childhood illnesses and health problems.
  www.healthy.net/index.html
  
• International Pediatric Chat homepage: This site allows pediatric professionals from around the world to chat with each other, and also to be updated on issues in pediatrics.
  www.pedschat.org
  
• KidsDoctor: Contains an extensive list of general childhood issues, infections, and illnesses - including temper tantrums, nosebleeds and fevers (the list goes on and on) - and how to deal with them.
  www.kidsdoctor.com
  
• KidsHealth.org: Created by the medical experts at the Nemours Foundation, KidsHealth has information about growth, food & fitness, medical and surgical conditions, and treatments. A special kids section has interactive health games and animations.
  KidsHealth.org/index2.html
  
• KidSource OnLine: This site has general information and advice on how to care for newborns to high school-aged kids. Sections include health, recreation, and parenting.
  www.kidsource.com
  
• Parents Place.com: Another comprehensive source for information on common (and not-so-common) illnesses and conditions, as well as general advice for parents on things as varied as breastfeeding to marriage. It also has Q&A columns for a dentist, midwife, and nutritionist.
  www.parentsplace.com:80/index.html