• About PEG ("feeding") Tubes
  Great overview on how they're placed, what they are, different methods, and personal experiences living with them.
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  Note: Scroll past the "possible problems" list to get to the article.
• No Longer Starving: The Words We Use
  Adults/kids that use feeding tubes (and a few parents) on what they'd like people to know about feeding tubes and the folks that have them. Definite must-read for stereotype/stigma bashing!
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• No Longer Starving: Tubie Talk
  Information about the different classes of tubes & how they help, using pics of the tube-wearing stigma-bashing author's young friends to illustrate.
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• The Vent Life
  "Here's rich evidence that life doesn't end after mechanical ventilation from the people who know best -- readers who use vents. They put to rest the vexatious quality-of-life issue, and prove that a vent is just a machine, not an enemy."
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• End-of-Life Care for Children With Terminal Illness
  Article about what hospice is, the kinds of services it has to help kids & their family (including things you might not expect), when/where it's offered, and so forth.
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• Chiari Malformation I : Recent Advances in Diagnosis &Treatment
  "Our Mission: Help individuals who may have CM1; Help doctors learn more about the most recent advances in diagnosis; Provide official, respectable documentation of previously diagnosed and treated cases."
  in Health & Disability with arnold_chiari disability health info medical news
• Chip's Chiari Page
  Excellent site about Arnold Chiari Malformation 1, with a huge number of personal stories about what people experienced leading up to diagnosis & what helped them improve.
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• Conquer Chiari
  "Dedicated to improving the experiences and outcomes of Chiari and syringomyelia patients through education, awareness, and research."
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• Interview
  Amanda Baggs on Access to Quality Healthcare in an Autistic World
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• IV Admin Sets & Needles Price & Brand Comparison At Online Stores - Scooter's CRF Supplies
  Gives the price at recommended online stores for 12 IV admin sets, 1 box of needles, the shipping/handling, total if you buy both together, and what brands they sell.
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• Solution to Killer Superbug Found in Norway - Sphere News
  Interesting article on Norway's discovery that the use & overuse of certain antibiotics is responsible for the MRSA (aka flesh-eating bacteria, resistant to antibiotics) problems hospitals have been having.
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• Together, We Will Find A Cure!
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• What Is Arnold Chiari Malformation?
  Great explanation of what ACM1 is, common symptoms, what it's like to live with it, and so forth.
  in Health & Disability with arnold_chiari disability info medical
• Zenni Optical
  Inexpensive online prescription eyeglass store that was recommended by several people on a local discussion list; lets users upload a photo of your face so you can "try on" various styles.
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