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assureacure.com sports trading cards for sick kids. A nonprofit fundraising effort donates packs of baseball, football, hockey & other sports trading cards to hospitals. Official charity of the Los Angeles marathon. dochs.org Daughters of Charity Health System: A regional healthcare system of five hospitals and medical centers along the coast of California, providing holistic, spiritually centered care to the sick and needy. www.ibs-research-update.org.uk Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), its variants and symptoms, and advice to guide sufferers and practitioners in the management of the condition. This site considers diet, stress and other causes, describes the variants: Spastic Colon Syndrome, Functional Diarrhoea and Primary Motility Disorder of the Midgut (Pain, Gas, Bloat Syndrome); and looks at recent medicinal advances. IBS Research Appeal - a registered charity based at The Central Middlesex Hospital, London, England, and dedicated to funding and sponsoring research into the medical condition Irritable Bowel Syndrome. www.medicstravel.co.uk Medics Travel - electives / work with hospitals, medical schools, NGOs & charities for doctors, nurses & students- Elective, electives, medical, nursing, doctors, nurses. It lists recruitment agencies, locum agencies, NGOs, non-governmental organisations, charities, hospitals, registries, medical councils and up dates for the medics guide to work and electives around the world. www.rmhcstl.com Provides housing for families who have seriously ill children being treated at area hospitals and other local medical facilities. www.support-oscar.org OSCAR (Offering Support to Children and Relatives) An Oxford Radcliffe hospital charity focused on providing support to children being treated for Brain or Spinal Tumours kambiahospital.org.uk A charity aiming to improve medical facilities in Kambia District of Sierra Leone www.iatayside.org.uk A support group for people who have had colorectal surgery or reconstructive pouch surgery. Meetings held at Ninewells hospital. www.stjude.org St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is internationally recognized for its pioneering work in finding cures and saving children with pediatric cancer and other catastrophic diseases. Founded by late entertainer Danny Thomas and located in Memphis, Tennessee, St. Jude is the premiere institution for treating such life-threatening illnesses as leukemia, brain tumors, solid tumors, sickle cell disease, osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), pediatric AIDS and other childhood infectious diseases. All St. Jude treatment programs use a unique multidisciplinary approach that ensures the best treatment possible for its patients. St. Jude has long been on the cutting edge of treatment, pioneering the use of bone marrow transplants for numerous childhood diseases, and freely shares its discoveries with scientific and medical communities around the world. ALSAC/St. Jude covers all costs not covered by insurance for medical treatment rendered at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Families without insurance are never asked to pay. www.saintlouisehospital.org An acute care hospital serving South Santa Clara County with a wide variety of healthcare programs. www.mlgs.org.uk Musgrove Leukaemic Group Somerset - supporting treatment and research for leukaemia and lymphoma in Somerset, UK hfmhealth.org Holy Family Memorial is the comprehensive health network serving Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA. Its hospital has superb primary and secondary services. www.christhospital.org CHRIST HOSPITAL is an acute care facility located in Jersey City, New Jersey. Founded in 1872 by the Episcopal church, the hospital has been serving the healthcare needs of the residents of Hudson County for over 130 years www.chkd.org Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, in the heart of Hampton Roads, is the region's only hospital dedicated exclusively to children. www.chainofhope.org Donate to Charity Vital heart surgery on children from poor countries. Patron Sir Magdi Yacoub www.cellscience.com A-Z biomedical information directory and Journal covering AIDS & HIV, Cancer, Cystic Fibrosis, Diabetes and Nervous Disorders breastrisk.com An on-line interactive computer questionnaire that women and their health care providers can use to estimate a women’s risk level for developing breast cancer. www.andrewshelpfulhands.org Andrews Helpful Hands Foundation financially assists families who have a child with cancer who is in need of a bone marrow transplant to save their life www.aabc.org.uk Against Breast Cancer is a charitable organisation that funds research work into the causes of breast cancer |