News and Information on Leukemia

Websites containing quality and reliable health information can provide patients with valuable support and resources. You can follow the updates and news of these sites easily with RSS as described in this video.

If you don't want to deal with using RSS, PeRSSonalized Leukemia, a free, simple, multi-lingual Webicina service that features the latest news of the most relevant social media resources focusing on medical conditions and specialties, is created for you.



This video shows how it works:



You can insert the term "leukemia" into the custom Pubmed feed box to receive the latest peer-reviewed publications focusing on leukemia automatically.

We collected the best sites focusing on leukemia-related support and information below. Please let us know if you have suggestions.

About.com - Leukemia and Lymphoma

• Description: "This website offers specific information on leukemia, lymphoma, and related diseases, including the most current diagnostic tests and treatment options. There is also a segment on living with these diseases, with tips on coping, finances, support, and symptom management. It contains content about adult, and childhood diseases."
• Quality: This website is an excellent resource both for the newly diagnosed, as well as long time leukemia and lymphoma patients. It is also accredited by HONcode.

BBC Health - Leukaemia

• Description: "Find out the facts about leukaemia, including the causes and symptoms, how it is diagnosed and the treatments available."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Leukemia

• Description: "For over 60 years, CDC has been dedicated to protecting health and promoting quality of life through the prevention and control of disease, injury, and disability. We are committed to programs that reduce the health and economic consequences of the leading causes of death and disability, thereby ensuring a long, productive, healthy life for all people."
• Quality: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (or CDC) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. It is also accredited by HONcode.

eMedicineHealth - Leukemia

• Description: "eMedicineHealth.com is a consumer health information site that was launched in May 2003. The site contains over 900 health and medical articles written by physicians for patients and consumers."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Everyday Health - Leukemia

• Description: "Everyday Health is for consumers who need to manage their conditions daily, get answers to their most important health-related questions, or find thorough information about how to get and stay well."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Health24 - Leukemia

• Description: "Health24 content is educational, relevant, and medically reviewed. The aim of the editorial is to enable readers to make informed decisions about their health. The site covers a wide range of topics, such as in-depth information on common medical conditions, diet, fitness, pregnancy, parenting, men's and women's health. It is continually being updated by a team of medical specialists and journalists."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

HealthLine - Leukemia

• Description: "Healthline was founded in 1999 as YourDoctor.com and was re-launched as Healthline Networks in 2005 with offices in San Francisco, New York and Chicago."
• Quality: Here is the medical board of the site. It is also accredited by HONcode.

Mayo Clinic - Leukemia

• Description: "Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit medical practice dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of virtually every type of complex illness."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Medical News Today - Leukemia News

• Description: The latest Lymphoma News & Leukemia News & Myeloma News articles published daily. Includes news on hematological malignancies (blood and lymphatic cancers), Hodgkin's Disease, Epstein-Barr Virus and more.
• Quality: The most comprehensive medical news site. More than 2 million unique visitors every month.

MedLine Plus - Leukemia

• Description: "MedlinePlus will direct you to information to help answer health questions. MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news."
• Quality: Courtesy of U.S. National Library of Medicine.

myOptumHealth - Leukemia

• Description: "myOptumHealth offers visitors reliable medical information that is easy to read and understand. We track significant medical advancements and then boil down the research into concise, jargon-free articles. We give readers the bottom line on complex medical issues. "
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

National Cancer Institute - Leukemia

• Description: "The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and the families of cancer patients."
• Quality: "The NCI, established under the National Cancer Institute Act of 1937, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer research and training."

OncoLink

• Description and content: "OncoLink was founded in 1994 by Penn cancer specialists with a mission to help cancer patients, families, health care professionals and the general public get accurate cancer-related information at no charge."
• Quality: "Through OncoLink you can get comprehensive information about specific types of cancer, updates on cancer treatments and news about research advances."

ScienceDaily

• Description: "ScienceDaily is one of the Internet’s most popular science news web sites. Since starting in 1995, the award-winning site has earned the loyalty of students, researchers, healthcare professionals, government agencies, educators and the general public around the world. Now with more than 3 million monthly visitors, ScienceDaily generates nearly 15 million page views a month and is steadily growing in its global audience."
• Quality: Click here to see the editorial board and the awards the site has received.

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)

• Description: "The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world's largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research, education and patient services. LLS's mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

The Medical News - Leukemia

• Description: Latest Medical News and Research from Around the World.
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

WebMD® - Leukemia

• Description: "The WebMD content staff blends award-winning expertise in medicine, journalism, health communication and content creation to bring you the best health information possible. Our esteemed colleagues at MedicineNet.com are frequent contributors to WebMD and comprise our Medical Editorial Board. Our Independent Medical Review Board continuously reviews the site for accuracy and timeliness."
• Quality: Accredited by HONcode.

Social bookmarking lets you store, organize and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet with the help of metadata.

Here are a few social bookmarking sites and the collection of links featuring your field of interest.

Del.icio.us

Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.

• All websites tagged with leukemia


• Most recent additions


• Most popular leukemia-related websites

StumbleUpon

StumbleUpon helps you discover and share great websites. As you click Stumble!, we deliver high-quality pages matched to your personal preferences. These pages have been explicitly recommended by your friends or one of 6 million+ other websurfers with interests similar to you.

Diigo

Diigo: If you browse or read a lot on the web, we believe you will find Diigo indispensable. Diigo is two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other.



Click here to see all the leukemia-related sites submitted on Diigo.com.