Useful Links

This page contains links to additional information resources on respiratory diseases and their management. We endeavour to keep these up-to-date but we need your help in identifying links that change or become obsolete. Please email us at enquiries@lungfoundation.com.au

The appearance of hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement by Lung Foundation Australia of this website or the information, products or services contained therein. For other than Lung Foundation authorised activities, the Lung Foundation does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Such links are provided that those links are consistent with the stated purpose of this Lung Foundation website.

Consumer and Patient Related Sites

ABC Health Online – Fact File – COPD
http://www.abc.net.au/health/library/stories/2008/08/12/2317968.htm

Asbestos Information and Support Service
http://www.aiss.org.au/

Alfred Hospital – Melbourne Heart & Lung Transplant Trust – Patient Information and Online Support
http://www.hlttv.org.au/

Alice! Health Promotion Program
http://www.alice.columbia.edu/

Alpha-1 Association (Australia)
http://www.alpha1.org.au/

Alpha-1 National Association (US)
http://www.alpha1.org/

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/

Asbestos.Com – Mesothelioma Cancer Research Centre
http://www.asbestos.com/

Asbestos Diseases Foundation of Australia
http://www.adfa.org.au/

Asbestos Victims Association (SA) Inc.
http://www.avasa.asn.au/

Asthma Foundations of Australia
http://www.asthmaaustralia.org.au/

Asthma Foundation of the ACT
http://www.asthmaact.org.au/

Asthma Foundation of New South Wales
http://www.asthmansw.org.au/

Asthma Foundation of Northern Territory
http://www.asthmant.org.au/

Asthma Foundation of Queensland
http://www.asthmaqld.org.au/

Asthma Foundation of South Australia
http://www.asthmasa.org.au/

Asthma Foundation of Tasmania
http://www.asthmasa.org.au/

Asthma Foundation of Victoria
http://www.asthma.org.au/

Asthma Foundation of Western Australia
http://www.asthmawa.org.au/

Australian Respiratory Council
chata.org.au

Breathing Matters
http://www.breathingmatters.co.uk/

COPD Healthshare Community
http://www.healthshare.com.au/community/health_challenges/copd_&_emphysema

Cystic Fibrosis of Australia

http://www.cysticfibrosis.org.au/

EFFORTS: Emphysema Foundation For Our Right To Survive
http://www.emphysema.net/

European Lung Foundation
http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/

GRACE – Global Research for Advancing Cancer Education (USA)
GRACE is a nonprofit organization founded by doctors, nurses,and other specialists who are committed to improving the care that cancer patients receive.  On this website you post your questions and a Medical Oncologist will repy within 24 hours. This website provides constantly updated, interactive and expert-mediated discussion of the details of cancer managment.
http://cancergrace.org/

Health Communication Network – Directory of Australian Health on the Web
http://www.hcn.net.au/info/intro.htm

Karuna Hospice Service Ltd – Brisbane
http://www.karuna.org.au/about

Lifespan Physiotherapy
http://www.lifespanphysio.com.au/

Lung Cancer Staging  (USA). This website provides comprehensive information on Lung Cancer staging.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/362919-overview

Lung Health Promotion Centre at The Alfred
http://www.lunghealth.org/

Lungevity (USA)  Useful links and survivor stories. Daily posts to the site.
http://www.lungevity.org/l_community/viewtopic.php?t=25376

Marfan Association Queensland
http://www.marfan.net.au/queensland/

Mesothelioma is a lung disease that is caused by exposure to asbestos. It’s a serious occupational health risk for people who work with asbestos, including most workers in construction trades. This is a comprehensive site that consolidates research news and information on types of treatment.
http://www.mesotheliomaweb.org/

National Asthma Council Australia
http://www.NationalAsthma.org.au
(Asthma Management Handbook)

Northern Territory Radiation Oncology Centre
http://www.ntro.com.au

Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Information and Research Inc
http://ntminfo.org/home

Palliative Care Helpline
http://www.palliativecarehelpline.org.au/

Pulmonary Hypertension Australia
http://www.phaaustralia.com.au/

Pulmonary Hypertenson WA Support Group
http://pulmonaryhypertensionwa.org/

Queensland Lung Transplant Support Group
http://www.lungtransplantsupportgroup.com.au/

QUIT – a site to provide information relating to quitting smoking 

http://www.quit.org.au/

Sarcoidosis – Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research
http://www.stopsarcoidosis.org/

Second Wind Lung Transplant Association (US)
http://www.2ndwind.org

Sleep Medicine Homepage
http://www.cloud9.net/~thorpy/

The Cancer Council of Queensland
http://www.qldcancer.com.au/

The Cancer Council of NSW
http://www.cancercouncil.com.au/

The Cancer Council of SA
http://www.cancersa.org.au

The Cancer Council Australia
www.cancer.org.au

The Longevity Game (Calculates your life expectancy)
http://www.northwesternmutual.com/games/longevity/longevity-main.html

The Mesothelioma Information and Resource Group – for sufferers and their families
http://www.mirg.org/

The Senior Agenda
http://www.thesenioragenda.com/

The Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html

Unicorn Foundation – The Unicorn Foundation is the only Australian not-for-profit medical charity focused on neuroendocrine tumours (NET).   Their web address ishttp://www.unicornfoundation.org.au/

Virtual Medical Centre
http://www.virtualcancercentre.com/

Western Institute of Self Help (WISH)
The Western Institute of Self Help (WISH) Inc is a not-for-profit, community-based organisation that provides support and assistance for individuals and self help support groups with start-up, ongoing development, advocacy and networking. 

http://www.wish.org.au/

Working Carers Support Gateway
The Gateway website provides information and support for people who juggle paid employment with unpaid caring and assists them to manage their work and care responsibilities.  In the near future, it will also have special sections for Aboriginal carers, carers from culturally and linguistically diverse communities and young carers.
www.workingcarers.org.au/

Professional Sites

AAREA 2009 Conference
http://www.aareaconference.com/

Influenza Specialist Group
http://www.influenzaspecialistgroup.org.au/

American College of Chest Physicians
http://www.chestnet.org/

American Thoracic Society
http://www.thoracic.org

Australian Medical Association
http://www.ama.com.au

Cyberounds
http://www.cyberounds.com/

European Lung Foundation
http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/

European Respiratory Society
http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/

Health Stream
http://www.cmesearch.com/

LAM – Australasia Research Alliance
http://www.lara.org.au/

National Division of General Practice
http://www.gp.org.au

National Jewish Centre for Respirology & Immunology
http://www.njc.org

NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) – UK
Clinical Guidelines: COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – Management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults in primary and secondary care
http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=cg012&c=respiratory

Royal Australian College of Surgeons
http://www.racs.edu.au/

The Cochrane Library
http://www.cochrane.org.au/

The Lancet
http://www.thelancet.com/

The Medical Journal of Australia
http://www.mja.com.au

The “Respecting Patient Choices” website is produced by Austin Health, and provides up to date information for patients and health professionals on advance care planning.
http://www.respectingpatientchoices.org.au

Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand Homepage
http://www.thoracic.org.au

TTMed (Timely Topics in Medicine) Respiratory
Respiratory Portal used by specialist physicians, general practitioners, students and patients to stay abreast of the latest advances in the respiratory field.
http://www.ttmed.com/respiratory/

World Association for Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders.
http://www.wasog.org/