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Where To Start...

Where to Start sheets provide a list of the basic information resources (local support groups or associations, books and DVDS in our collection, and internet addresses) for a number of different diseases and conditions or medical subjects, i.e. Asthma, Cancer, Diabetes, Epilepsy.

You can pick up copies of Where To Start sheets when you visit one of the Patient and Family Libraries or you can access them in PDF format by clicking on the topic that interests you from the list below.

Sources of Information on...

• After Your Diagnosis
• Alzheimer's Diseases & related Dementias
• Amputations
• Anxiety Disorders
• Arthritis
• Asthma
• Brain Injury
• Childbirth and Delivery
• Chronic Illness
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-COPD
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Depression
• Diabetes
• Foot Care
• Grief
• Menopause
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Pain Control
• Peripheral Vascular Disease
• Pregnancy
• Preparing for and Recovering from Surgery
• Smoking Cessation
• Stroke
• Talking to Children about Death and Grieving (Annotated)
• Urinary Incontinence

Cancer

Topics of Concern or Interest to Cancer Patients

• After Cancer Treatment is Finished
• After Your Diagnosis
• Bone Marrow & Blood Cell Transplantation
• Breast Cancer Genetics
• Cancer Pain
• Caregiving
• Childhood Cancer Survivors
• Clinical Trials for Cancer Patients
• Complementary Therapies
• Exercise
• Fertility
• Lymphedema
• Looking Ahead When You Are Seriously Ill
• Nutrition
• Relaxation and Imagery
• Sexuality
• Side Effects of Cancer Therapy
• Talking to Children About Cancer
• Talking to Children About Cancer (Annotated)
• Young Adults with Cancer