Genetics Home Reference (GHR) provides free access to consumer-friendly information on medical genetics to patients and their family members, health care professionals, and the public. The site offers summaries for a broad range of inherited conditions or disorders caused by gene alterations. Each condition summary includes the causes, available genetic testing, and links to summaries on related genes. Descriptions of genes include gene names and their synonyms, normal function, chromosome location, and an explanation of any disorder-causing mutations. Additionally, GHR provides a genetics glossary, help on understanding genetics, and links to many useful consumer, support, and research organizations. GHR is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.

LifeScript is the #1 Website Dedicated to Women's Health. By publishing healthy recipes, workout tips, and daily inspirational mantras, LifeScript.com enables women to make better and more informed lifestyle choices.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, physics, botany and zoology. The collections stand at 5 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images. Housed within the Library is one of the world's finest medical history collections of old (pre-1914) and rare medical texts, manuscripts, and incunabula.

FRAXA's mission is to find effective treatments and a cure for Fragile X Syndrome, the most common inherited cause of autism and intellectual disabilities. FRAXA is parent-founded and parent-run; FRAXA has funded over $17 million in research for a cure.

DNA Learning Center's multimedia guide to genetic disorders. Info on symptoms, cause, inheritance, and treatment. First-hand accounts from doctors and patients.

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