Cancer Research Bookmarks
Creative Commons
Provides free tools authors, scientists, educators, and artists can use to easily license work they create. Allows creators to adjust the level of copyright control they maintain over the materials (from all rights reserved to public domain). Includes interesting piece about MIT physics courseware which has been CC licensed.
Look Good...Feel Better | International
Directory of links and phone numbers to the international branches of Look Good...Feel Better, a US non-profit organization devoted to improving the self-esteem of cancer patients through make-overs. Volunteers help hospitalized patients with wigs, skin care, etc. On-line resources also available.
The Project on Emerging Nanotechnology (PEN) - Consumer Database
PEN database of hundreds of consumer products manufactured with nanotechnology. PEN's goal is to increase public awareness about the potential benefits and risks of emerging nanotechnologies. PEN's product inventory includes the product's country of origin and manufacturer.
EPA - Children's Health Protection
Environmental Protection Agency's list of 31 simple things everyone can do to improve the areas where kids live, learn and play. Published for October's Children's Health Protection Month.
The National Lymphedema Network - Useful Links
Contains list of links with information for breast cancer survivors who experience lymphedema, a chronic condition which sometimes occurs after surgery or radiation treatments involving lymph node system.
PrepareNow.org
Contains useful checklists which patients, caregivers and public health professionals can use to prepare for disasters and evacuations. Checklists address the special needs of patients who are on infusion pumps, oxygen, immobilized, have cognitive difficulties, etc. Info available in 7 languages.
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