Useful Links

Lupus Canada:
www.lupuscanada.org.
This site includes electronic versions of the Living Well with Lupus fact sheets. 
  

Canadian Network for Improved Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus:
 www.CaNIOS.ca 

Sun Threadz - Safe in the Sun Designer Clothing

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Sun Togs - UK 

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Radicool Canada

www.radicoolcanada.com For a 25% discount on our Radicool Skins 100+spf WET or DRY products, you can proceed through our site to the "store",  purchase items in the shopping basket, and then when you proceed to checkout, filling in address etc, you then use the following information: a) in the "Promotional Code" box, type "KT92" b) in the "Organization" box, type "Lupus Ontario"

The Arthritis Foundation:
www.arthritis.ca

Arthritis & Autoimmunity Research Centre Foundation:
 www.uhn.ca/foundations/aarc/site.
One of the three foundations at University Health  Network (UHN) in Toronto.

Osteoporosis Canada:
www.osteoporosis.ca

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease:
 www.niams.nih.gov/bone/hi/osteoporosislupus.htm

Lupus Foundation of America:
www.lupus.org

Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide:
 www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html

Canada’s Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living:
 www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/pau-uap/paguide/

Canadian Diabetes Association:
www.diabetes.ca; 1-800-BANTING

Go Smoke Free:
 www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/tobac-tabac/quitcesser/now-maintenant/1-800/index_e.html;
 1-800-O-CANADA

Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada:
www.heartandstroke.ca; (613) 569-4361

MedlinePlus Health Information: High Risk Pregnancy Resources:
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/highriskpregnancy.html

The Motherisk Program at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto:
www.motherrisk.org.
Offers pregnant, planning and breastfeeding women answers to questions about the risk  or safety of medications, herbs, diseases, chemical exposures and more.

La Leche League Canada:
www.lllc.ca.
Mother-to-mother breastfeeding support.

Dietitians of Canada:
www.dietitians.ca/eatracker
Interactive online tool EATracker helps people to track their daily food and activity choices

Helpful tool for guidance on using the Nutrition Facts table:
www.healthyeatingisinstore.ca

Healthy Eating messages from dietitians:
www.dietitians.ca/eatwell

Eat Right Ontario:
www.healthyontario.com/EatRight_Ontario.htm

Immunizations and Vaccines Public Health Agency of Canada:
 www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/immvac_e.html

Canadian Immunization Guide, 2002:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cig-ci/index.html

World Health Organization Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals:
 www.who.int/immunization/en/

Sjogren’s Society of Canada:
www.sjogrenscanada.org

Medline Plus Health Information: Blood and Blood Disorders:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodandblooddisorders.html

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS) Information Clearing House:
 www.ninds.nih.govLUPUS
An International Journal, Vol. 12, No. 12 2003 Special issue  on Central Nervous System

Public Health Agency of Canada
www.travelhealth.gc.ca
(for health advisories, a list of travel clinics and a list of immunizations required for travel outside Canada):

International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers (IAMAT):
www.iamat.org

Although this site is American, search “lupus, Canada” for links to trials being conducted in this country
www.ClinicalTrials.gov

Alliance for Lupus Research:
www.lupusresearch.org.
A voluntary health organization based in New York City that funds lupus research