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 

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
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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