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Online medical resource dedicated to offering detailed and current pharmaceutical information on brand and generic drugs.

Healthfinder.gov is a government Web site where you will find information and tools to help you and those you care about stay healthy. Healthfinder.gov has resources on a wide range of health topics selected from over 1,600 government and non-profit organizations to bring you the best, most reliable health information on the Internet. healthfinder.gov is coordinated by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) and its health information referral service, the National Health Information Center. healthfinder.gov is supported solely by U.S. government funds and does not accept paid advertisements, content, or links in any form.

Global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support.

Here, young people with disabilities and illnesses connect with all kinds of possibilities that address their needs as curious, growing citizens of the planet. They meet and chat with other people like them in a virtual world that transcends boundaries and barriers. They make friends, get tips from mentors, and freely participate in an atmosphere of collaboration, companionship and support.

Disability related material guide. Disability Resources, inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established to promote and improve awareness, availability and accessibility of information that can help people with disabilities live, learn, love, work and play independently.

Podcasts, Webinars, online courses and interactive Internet tools to help institutions make their computer and information technology resources more accessible to users with disabilities.

Children with Cerebral Palsy often do not grow the same as other children. Children with CP are often shorter and thinner than other children of the same age. We do not know if this is normal, or if there could be a problem with nutrition or hormones, and so we are interested in discovering what is just right for a child with CP. The first step in understanding growth in Cerebral Palsy is to measure a large group of children with CP.

More than 75,000 resources collected here, including organizations, agencies, Internet resources, reports, and research projects.

Special Education News answers a need in education for in-depth, timely news related to educating students with disabilities. The Web site and newsletter are journalistic publications centered on the news of the special education field. The Web site is also designed to offer unique resources to special education professionals in one convenient place. These include places for educators and others to exchange their views, find links to important information at other sites on the Web and keep track of news and events across the country.

University of Virginia Health System clinical study to look at how children's bones grow and mature when they have Cerebral Palsy. This information will be compared to growth in children that do not have Cerebral Palsy.

Baclofen Efficacy and Safety Trials - Pediatric Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Study of Oral Baclofen for the Treatment of Spasticity Associated with Cerebral Palsy (BEST-PK/PD)

Dr. Michelle Kuperminc of the University of Virginia is conducting a clinical study to determine what the best way is to measure Body Composition in children with Cerebral Palsy. Body composition is the amount of muscle, bone and fat in your body. There are several different ways we can measure body composition and would like to know which one is best for children with CP.