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AADE BLOG
Publisher: American Association of Diabetes Educators.
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ABOUT.COM: COPD
Author: Deborah Leader, R.N.
Publisher: About.com--a part of the New York Times company.
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ACCESS TECHNOLOGY BLOG
Authors: various.
Editor: Edited by Clara Van Gerven.
Publisher: National Federation of the Blind.
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AFB BLOG
Authors: various.
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind.
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AGING IN PLACE TECHNOLOGY WATCH
Author: Laurie M. Orlov, a tech industry veteran, writer, speaker, and elder care advocate is the founder of Aging in Place Technology Watch, a market research firm that provides thought leadership, analysis and guidance about technologies and related services that enable boomers and seniors to remain longer in their home of choice.
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AGING SUITE (THE): Tips and tools for aging in place
Author: Jacqueline, an Occupational Therapist (OT) and Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) with experience in various settings including sub acute, acute care, skilled nursing facilities, and home health.
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ALL FLARED UP: AN ARTHRITIS BLOG
Author: Amanda, an RA sufferer.
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ALL THINGS AGING
Authors: various faculty, staff, and students.
Editor: Amy Magan.
Publisher: University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community (CAC).
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ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BLOG
Author: Andrew Rosenzweig, MD, Alzheimer's Disease Guide.
Publisher: About.com--a part of the New York Times company.
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ALZHEIMER'S INSIGHTS: An ADCS Blog (Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study)
Author: various members of the study team.
Publisher: Regents of the University of California.
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ALZHEIMER'S NEWS: News on Alzheimer's continually updated from thousands of sources around the net
Author: a continuous news stream.
Publisher: Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Topix LLC is a privately held company with investment from Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI) and Tribune Company.
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ALZHEIMER'S READING ROOM
Author: Multiple guest writers.
Editors: Bob DeMarco, Founder and Editor (caregiver); MaxWallack, Science and Games; Carole B. Larkin, Geriatric Care Management.
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ALZHEIMER'S SPEAKS BLOG: Giving voice, enriching lives
Author: Lori La Bey, (informal caregiver), speaker, trainer, consultant, spokesperson, author.
email: Lori@AlzheimersSpeaks.com ; website: http://www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com ; or http://www.SeniorLifestyleTrends.com
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AMERICAN PAIN FOUNDATION
Author: American Pain Foundation
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Contact: info@painfoundation.org

AMY'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY BLOG
Author: Amy Braddock has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Special Education - Developmental Disabilities and Physical and Health Disabilities from Minnesota State University, Moorhead; and a passion for Assistive Technology.
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ARTHRITIS BLOG
Publisher: The Instablogs Network, Citizen Media Pvt. Ltd.
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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY BLOG
Author: Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D, Long Valley, New Jersey, United States. Dr. Friedlander is a school psychologist with expertise in the area of assistive technology.
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AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE BLOG: Knowledge and news about autoimmune disease
Author: Unknown.
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AUTOIMMUNITY BLOG
Author: American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association, Inc.
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BREATHE BETTER BLOG
Author: Kevin Donoghue is the founder and CEO of Enhanced Rehabilitation Technologies, LLC (www.e-rehabtech.com) and publisher of the Breathe Better for Life guidebook and CD-ROM.
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CAREGIVING AT THE CROSSROADS
Author: Sharon K. Brothers, formerly owner and operator of assisted living communities and currently President and CEO of aQuire Training Solutions, a family of products to train and support senior care professionals.
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CDC podcasts and newsfeeds
Author: Centers for Disease Control
Included are RSS feeds for the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Vital Statistics, Preventing Chronic Disease Journal, etc. Feeds link to web features and online versions of publications.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
800-CDC-INFO (800-232-4636)

CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES at Utah State University
Authors: various.
Publisher: Center for Persons with Disabilities, Utah State University.
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CHANGING AGING
Publisher: Ecumen®, a nationwide provider of home and senior housing services.
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CHRONIC DOSE (A)
Author: Laurie Edwards, a writer with multiple chronic illnesses.
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CMS.HHS.gov Highlights
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Main HHS Press Office
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Eastern
Phone: 202-690-6343
After hours: 202-619-7800

COPD FOUNDATION BLOG
Authors: various.
Publisher: COPD Foundation.
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CREAKYJOINTS.ORG
This site has a number of news feeds, columns, podcasts, videos, etc. about coping with arthritis.
Author: CreakyJoints, a community for people of all ages with arthritis who want to live their lives despite their condition.
CreakyJoints, Inc.--Seth D. Ginsberg, Co-Founder and President
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DEMENTIA CAREGIVER'S TOOLBOX (THE): Tips, news bites, product reviews, and people in the news for professional and family caregivers who want to keep up with the world of dementia care.
This is a companion blog to www.dementiatoolbox.com, a product line which provides education to caregivers while supporting dementia and caregiving causes worldwide.
Author: Susan Lanza, “a nursing home administrator for over 24 years.”
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DEMENTIA CONNECTION BLOG
Author: Susan Scanland, MSN, CRNP is a nurse practitioner with 30 years experience in dementia care.
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DIABETES BLOG | Diabetes Type, Treatment, and Recipes
Author: unknown.
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DIABETES DEVELOPMENTS: a blog on latest developments in diabetes, by David Mendosa
Author: David Mendosa (Boulder, Colorado), a freelance journalist and consultant specializing in diabetes.
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DIABETES SELF-MANAGEMENT
Authors: various.
Publisher: R.A. Rapaport Publishing, Inc.
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DIABETES STOPS HERE: Living with Diabetes; Inspired to Stop it
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
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DISABILITY BLOG: A blog about the latest disability-related news, information, & trends
Author: Disability.gov [and its blog] is managed by the U.S. Department of Labors Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), in partnership with 21 other federal agencies.
Guest posts are included on the blog.
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DOCTOR'S RHEUM (THE): A rheumatologist's perspective on health living
Author: Dr. Julie Levengood, associated with the Fallon clinic: http://www.fallonclinic.org/. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology (the care of arthritis and other bone, muscle and joint disorders.
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ELDER LAW PROF BLOG
Editors: Kim Dayton, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Elder Justice and Policy, William Mitchell College of Law; and Carolyn Grose, Associate Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law.
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ElderCarelink
A resource for health care professionals, caregivers, families and those interested in supporting the quality of life of older adults. The blog shares strategies and stories of families facing the day to day issues of caregiving, successful aging and much more.

FEELIN' SWELL: MY LIFE WITH RA
Author: A single 20-something female recently faced with inflammatory arthritis.
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FORGET MEMORY
Author: Anne Basting (Ph.D.) is the Director of the Center on Age & Community and an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre at the Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is author of the book FORGET MEMORY: Creating better lives for people with dementia.
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FROM THE The Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center
Author: The Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center
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FROZEN WOMAN: LIFE WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Author: Laurie Grassi (Toronto, Canada), an RA sufferer.
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FUTURE OF AGING
Publisher: American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging.
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HEALTH AFFAIRS BLOG
Authors: The blog features posts from noted health policy experts as well as regular Health Affairs contributors and staff.
Publisher: Health Affairs is a journal of health policy thought and research. The peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1981 under the aegis of Project HOPE, a nonprofit international health education organization. Health Affairs explores health policy issues of current concern in both domestic and international spheres.
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HEALTH IT BUZZ: The Official Blog for ONC on Health Information Technology
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Coordinator for Health Information Technology
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HEALTHCARE NOTES
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Main HHS Press Office
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Eastern
Phone: 202-690-6343 After hours: 202-619-7800

HHS NEWS RELEASES
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Main HHS Press Office
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Eastern
Phone: 202-690-6343
After hours: 202-619-7800

HOSPICE AND NURSING HOMES BLOG
Author: Frances Shani Parker, author of “Becoming Dead Right: A Hospice Volunteer in Urban Nursing Homes.”
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IDRC MOBILE: Research, Development and Student Engagement in the Mobile Space
Publisher: Inclusive Design Institute.
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INFO LONG-TERM CARE
Author: Laurie Blanchard, Outreach Librarian for Riverview Health Centre and Long Term Care at the University of Manitoba.
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JEN'S RA JOURNEY
Author: Jen Ott, (Ontario, Canada), an RA sufferer.
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JOSLIN DIABETES BLOG
Publisher: Joslin Diabetes Center, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
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KNOWITALZ: Alzheimer's caregiver community
Author: various; established by Kathy Hatfield and Nancy Hatfield.
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LIGHTHOUSE BLOG (THE): for the blind and visually impaired
Publisher: The LightHouse, which promotes the independence, equality and self-reliance of people who are blind or visually impaired through rehabilitation training and relevant services, such as access to employment, education, government, information, recreation, transportation and the environment.
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LINDA TAUSCHER'S BLOG: Focus on assistive technology and disability
Author: Linda Tauscher, Calgary, AB CANADA. Expertise in assistive technology, usability, human-computer interaction, Java & web development, Appian Enterprise process modeling.
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LIVING RHEUM: Rheumatoid Arthritis Resource for Living with RA
Author: Jo-Ann Colburn. Forty-four years old. Mistakenly diagnosed with RA 9 years ago; recently rediagnosed with Lyme disease, but the site holds a lot of good info about RA.
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LIVING WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Author: Susan Downey, British Columbia, CANADA (RA sufferer).
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LUCI: Laboratory for Ubiquitous Computing Interaction
Publisher: Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information Sciences, University of California at Irvine.
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MEDGADGET: Internet journal of emerging medical technologies
Authors: Medgadget is an independent journal of the latest medical gadgets, technologies and discoveries. The website is written, edited and published by a group of MDs and biomed engineers.
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MY BETTER NURSING HOME
Author: Dr. El is an author and a licensed psychologist consulting in long-term care facilities in the New York City area.
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MY BUM THUMB: Understanding and Living with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Author: Cari Elliott, college student.
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National Institutes of Health RSS feeds
The NIH, its individual institutes and centers, and related organizations, have a number of newsletters, email lists, podcasts, blogs, and Twitter and Facebook accounts where they post information. Rather than website addresses for the blogs, only the RSS feeds are provided at this link.

NIH NEWS IN HEALTH: A monthly newsletter from the National Institutes of Health, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Publisher: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health
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NIH Office of Communications and Public Liaison
Building 31, Room 5B64
Bethesda, MD 20892-2094
nihnewsinhealth@od.nih.gov
Tel: 301-435-7489
Fax: 301-480-4026

NIOSH SCIENCE BLOG
Author: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.
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NURSING RESEARCH: Show me the evidence!
Authors: various nurses and librarians of The St. Joseph Hospital (Orange, California).
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PHI BLOG: QUALITY CARE THROUGH QUALITY JOBS
Publisher: Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute.
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PROFOUNDLY YOURS: the AbledBody blog
Author: Suzanne Robitaille, founder of abledbody, a media and communications company with a focus on disability issues.
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RECORDING FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC
Authors: various students, educators, assistive technology providers, public policy makers and volunteers.
Publisher: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic.
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RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WARRIOR
Author: Kelly Young, (RA sufferer).
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SCOTT'S DIABETES JOURNAL
Author: Scott K. Johnson ; this blog and other diabetes blogs on this site published by Diabetes Daily.
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SENIORS FOR LIVING
Authors: various.
Publisher: Seniors for Living is a free service that helps individuals research, evaluate, contact, and compare senior housing options.
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TOP 10 DIABETES BLOGS/SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
Author: Hope Warshaw is a dietitian and diabetes educator, author, freelance writer, media spokesperson, and consultant.
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WHEELCHAIR DIFFUSION BLOG: from USA Tech Guide | a program of United Spinal Association
Publisher: United Spinal Association, which provides expertise, creates access to resources and strengthen hope for people with spinal cord injuries and disorders (SCI/D).
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