Health Problems and Diseases

 Click on one of the following topics:

Types of Cancer:

Alcohol Abuse

Hepatitis

Cervical

Arthritis

High Blood Pressure

Colon

Asthma

Kidneys

Lung

Birth Control

Medicine

Oral Health and Cancer

Chemotherapy

Menopause

Ovarian

Children

Multiple Health Topics

Prostate

Cholesterol

Obesity and Weight Loss

Skin

Cold and Flu

Osteoporosis

 

Depression

Pregnancy and Caring for Your Baby

 

Digestion Problems

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

 

Diabetes

Stress and Anxiety

 

Diet and Nutrition

Taking Care of Your Teeth

 
Domestic Violence Tobacco and Smoking  
Drug Abuse    

 

AIDS/HIV
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/hiv-aids-etr.htm
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/aids.html

Alcohol Abuse
http://www.ncfh.org/pateduc/en-alcohol.htm
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/easyread/alcohol-etr.htm
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/0000/0011.asp?index=3909
http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Publications/PamphletsBrochuresPosters/English/

Arthritis
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/autoimmune-etr.htm
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/easyread/arthritis-etr.htm
http://www.seekwellness.com/arthritis/index.htm#a

Asthma
http://healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/asthma.htm
http://www.nlhp.cpha.ca/Labels/seniors/english/p42.htm
http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/ps/asthma/

Birth Control
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/brthcon.html
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/womens_health.htm

Chemotherapy
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/helping-yourself-
during-chemotherapy


Children
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medchld.html
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/shots.html
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/poison.html
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/children.htm

Cholesterol
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/easyread/cholesterol-etr.htm

Cold and Flu
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/clds&flu.html

Depression
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/depress-etr.htm
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/depressionmenu.cfm
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/bipolar-disorder/index.shtml

Digestion Problems (Constipation/Gas/Lactose Intolerance)
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/whyconst/whyconst.htm
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gas_ez/index.htm (gas)
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/digest/pubs/whymilk/index.htm
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/eatright/index.htm

Diabetes
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/diabetes.html
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/easyread/diabetes-etr.htm
http://www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/ControlABC_broch_Eng.pdf
http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/HealthEducation/HealthEzToRead
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/about/dateline/wint03/12.htm
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/ez.asp (Spanish)
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/
complications_kidneys/index.htm
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/type1and2/index.htm
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/eating_ez/index.htm#affects
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/
complications_control/index.htm#1
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/diabetes.htm

Diet and Nutrition
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/folic-etr.htm
http://www.umass.edu/nibble/
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/hlyheart.pdf
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/eatage.pdf
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/foodsfe.pdf
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/weightls.html
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/healthnutrition/
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/nutrition.htm

Domestic Violence
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/abuse.htm

Drug Abuse
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/Drug-etr.htm

Heart
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/hlyheart.html
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/heartdis-etr.htm
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/

Hepatitis
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/hepatitis-etr.htm

High Blood Pressure
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/protect.htm

Kidneys
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/easyread/kidney-etr.htm http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/eatright/index.htm#how
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/complications_kidneys/index.htm
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/stones_ez/index.htm

Medicine
http://www.fda.gov/womens/taketimetocare/mymeds.html

http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medchld.html
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medold.html
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medsafe.html

Menopause
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/elpaso/menopausefact.htm
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/menopause_ez/index.htm

Multiple Health Topics
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/alpha-index.htm
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/englow.html
http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/ndic.htm
http://www.planetreesanjose.org/easy_to_read_resources/
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/index.htm

Obesity and Weight Loss
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/obesity-etr.htm
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3040449
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/weightls.pdf
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/NCR560.pdf

Osteoporosis
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/osteopor-etr.htm

Pregnancy and Caring for Your Baby
http://www2.cdc.gov/ncbddd/faorder (why folic acid is important during pregnancy)
http://www.ncfh.org/pateduc/en-famplan.htm (family planning)
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/feedbby.html
http://www.hispanichealth.com/efotonovela2.pdf
http://www.hispanichealth.com/sfotonovela2.pdf (Spanish)
http://www.hispanichealth.com/pana.htm (Spanish)

Prescription Medications
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medsafe.html
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medold.html

Sexually Transmitted Diseases
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/gono-etr.htm
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/easyread/syphilis-etr.htm

Stress and Anxiety
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/
0000/0069.asp?index=4606

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/Publicat/NIMHgad.pdf

Taking Care of Your Teeth
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/SpecialCareResources/
http://www.nidr.nih.gov/health/pubs/snaksmrt/main.htm

http://www.ncfh.org/pateduc/en-teeth.htm

Tobacco/Smoking
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/tobacco/lowlit.htm
http://www.healthyroadsmedia.org/topics/smoking.htm

Types of Cancer

Breast Cancer
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/mammo.html
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/MScanlon2/index.htm
http://www.cancerinfonet.org/english/consumers/gp_mod5.htm

Cervical Cancer
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/ccervix.htm
http://www.worlded.org/us/health/docs/Mary/marypg1.html
http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/doc.aspx?viewid=
10ac5067-8217-47b4-a009-570bb4961eae

Colon Cancer
http://www.cancerinfonet.org/english/consumers/gp_mod8.htm

Lung Cancer

http://www.4woman.gov/faq/easyread/smoking-etr.htm
http://www.cancerinfonet.org/english/consumers/gp_mod7.htm

Oral Health and Cancer
http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/DiseasesAndConditions/ CancerTreatmentAndOralHealth/default.htm

Ovarian Cancer
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/Easyread/ovarian-etr.htm

Prostate Cancer
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/prostate_ez/index.htm
http://www.cancerinfonet.org/english/consumers/gp_mod6.htm

Skin Cancer
http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/sunsafty.pdf


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