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Listing: Stop Smoking - Cessation

This list of resources will aid people in how to stop smoking for better lung function and cardiac health.

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Listing: Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Resources for Patients and Families

Cardiovascular heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. You can greatly reduce your risk for heart disease through lifestyle changes and, in some cases, medicine. This listing includes resources for education, support, and research for heart disease, including LVAD info.

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Listing: Financial Support Services

Financial support services is a list of resources offered from federal and state resources to help people with a disability afford a comfortable life.

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Listing: Spina Bifida Resources

The following Listing includes resources pertaining to Spina Bifida, a birth deficit that affects the function of the spinal cord and the resources may include information about the medical condition, prevention, research, support groups, camps, mentoring programs, scholarships and treatment.

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Listing: Advocacy Groups for People with Disabilities

This is a listing of local and national organizations that aim to empower individuals and influence political, economic, and social institutions with the goal of independent living for people with disabilities.

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Wheelchair Care and Cleaning

Taking care of yourself includes taking care of the mobility aids that support your lifestyle. This involves cleaning your device and having good hand hygiene for viral infection prevention. This resource supports learning more about how to do this.

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Listing: Pain Resources

Pain makes life unbearable for some people who live in chronic pain as they search for solutions to situational problems of disease or residual trauma marks of accidents. In this listing of pain resources, you will find a comprehensive list of information to assist with your pain discomfort.

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Master Listing Index

Master Listing Index is a table of contents of all resources called Listings. This is a subject oriented index of resources most referenced for our patient populations in adapting and thriving with a disability.

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Neurogenic Heterotopic Ossification

Neurogenic heterotopic ossification (NHO) is a disorder of aberrant bone formation affecting one in five patients sustaining a spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury.

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Listing: Aphasia Resources

Aphasia is a loss of words, not intelligence. Aphasia can occur as a result of a stroke, traumatic or non-traumatic brain injury, or an infection. All these conditions or injuries may affect the area of the brain that is responsible for speech and language. This listing provides consumer health resources for persons living with Aphasia and/or their loved ones.

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