Consumers can play an important public health role by reporting adverse reactions or other problems with products the FDA regulates. Find answers to questions about reporting a problem.
Review Date: January 31, 2013
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Find organizations offering amputee and disability related information, including amputee support groups, independent living centers, and state vocational rehabilitation centers.
Review Date: February 19, 2013
American Amputee Foundation, Inc
Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are placed in public and/or private places where large numbers of people gather or where people who are at high risk for heart attacks live. Information on AEDs, including training, purchasing, and apprporiate use of the device is provided.
Review Date: November 06, 2012
American Heart Association
Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy is the most widely used and most effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. This program recycles gently used CPAPs in order to put them in the hands of those who need therapy but don't have the means to pay for it, or insurance that provides coverage.
Review Date: February 27, 2013
American Sleep Apnea Association
Search for a International Hearing Society (IHS) specialist near you who can help you select the hearing aid or instrument that will provide optimal amplification for your individual hearing loss.
Review Date: February 18, 2013
International Hearing Society
Find information about hearing aids, including getting a medical evaluation by an audiologist, available styles, special features, costs and health insurance.
Review Date: March 26, 2013
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
The information on this page is about hearing instruments on how they enhance life, selecting hearing instruments, types of hearing instruments, and how to maintain hearing instruments.
Review Date: February 18, 2013
International Hearing Society
People with hearing loss delay treatment may be unaware that receiving early treatment for hearing loss can transform their lives. Learn how hearing aids, assistive listening devices, hearing loss treatment professionals and counselors can offer you help.
Review Date: November 09, 2012
Better Hearing Institute
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating, usually causing death if it's not treated within minutes. This document offers information that may help prevent death due to sudden cardiac arrest.
Review Date: February 03, 2012
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - NHLBI
This guide provides an established plan to obtain and organize your medical device information, take necessary actions so that you can continue to use your device, have the necessary supplies for the operation of your device, and know where to go or what to do during a power outage.
Review Date: May 16, 2011
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Health fraud and quackery are a significant problem for vulnerable Americans in search of medical treatment. The Food and Drug Administration has identified some areas of health fraud in this document and has included tips to help consumers identify fraudulent products.
Review Date: December 18, 2012
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA offers information about food, drug, and product safety in many useful formats, including videos, photo slideshows, podcasts and audio.
Review Date: December 18, 2012
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Read these tips for safely disposing (getting rid of) needles and other sharp devices that are used outside of health care settings. Patients and caregivers should keep these tips in mind when at home, at work, and while traveling.
Review Date: December 05, 2012
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Learn about phakic intraocular lenses, thin lenses implanted permanently into the eye to correct nearsightedness (myopia) and reduce the need for glasses or contact lenses. Find out if you are a good candidate and what to ask your doctor.
Review Date: December 08, 2012
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
This list contains the portable oxygen concentrators approved by the FAA for use on flights. Links to the websites for each model are provided so that you can compare features, availability and price.
Review Date: December 28, 2012
PHCentral
The National Amputation Foundation provides peer counseling for individuals facing amputation, hospital and nursing home visits, and a medical equipment give-a-way program.
Review Date: February 01, 2013
National Amputation Foundation
The purpose of this tool is to provide contact information for suppliers that offer services or products under the Medicare program. Enter your zip code to begin searching for suppliers of hospital beds, portable oxygen, wheelchairs, canes, blood glucose monitors, and more.
Review Date: January 25, 2013
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Only one HIV home test kit is approved by FDA and legally sold in the United States. Find questions and answers that help to explain how HIV-1 home tests differ, and how to select a test that you can trust.
Review Date: February 06, 2013
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER)
Learn what assistive listening devices are and how these devices can be used with or without a hearing aid to improve the daily communication challenges faced by the hard-of-hearing.
Review Date: February 06, 2013
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Learn about implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), a small device that uses electrical pulses or shocks to help control life-threatening, irregular heartbeats that could lead the heart to sudden cardiac arrest.
Review Date: December 18, 2012
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - NHLBI
