Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Online Health Resources
Fletcher Allen strives to provide the highest quality service, and that service starts here. This means providing you – our patients, families and community members – with the information and resources you need, when you need them.
Whether you are looking for health resources you can trust to help make informed decisions, you are seeking information to prepare for an upcoming appointment, or you are in need of directions to one of our 30 locations, here, we’ve brought together a number of resources to aid you before you enter our doors.
We look forward to serving you.
This list of resources was compiled by Fletcher Allen's health professionals and the Frymoyer Community Health Resource Center - your resource for trusted health care content. For more information, call (802) 847-8821, or see the Center's Web site.
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
www.ninds.nih.gov
This site provides comprehensive information about neurological disorders. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) – part of the National Institutes of Health -- conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders. Its mission is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society, by people all over the world.
Neurosurgery Today
www.neurosurgerytoday.org
The patient information site of The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS). It provides comprehensive information about diseases and conditions as well as fact sheets, feature articles and patient stories. The AANS is dedicated to advancing the specialty of neurological surgery in order to provide the highest quality of neurosurgical care to patients.
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
www.aaos.org
Information on orthopaedic conditions and treatments, injury prevention, wellness and exercise, and more.
The Arthritis Foundation - Disease Center
www.arthritis.org/conditions-treatments.php
The Arthritis Foundation is a national not-for-profit organization that supports the more than 100 types of arthritis and related conditions.
Medline Plus: Bones, Joints and Muscles
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bonesjointsandmuscles.html
The National Library of Medicine Web site has a variety of information on conditions related to bones, joints and muscles.
MedlinePlus - Injuries
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/injuries.html
The National Library of Medicine Web site has information on many types of common injuries and how to prevent them.
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Patient Information
www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases supports research into the causes, treatment, and prevention of arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin diseases, the training of basic and clinical scientists to carry out this research, and the dissemination of information on research progress in these diseases
