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Offers women diagnosed with breast cancer the opportunity to discuss challenges and experiences with their peers. Please call for exact dates and times.

Provides individualized, preventive medical and psychological care to children with sickle cell disease from birth to 21 years of age. Includes pain management transfusions, stem cell transplantation, newborn screening and genetic counseling and summer camp program.

Offers a two hour training session for patients or advocates to help prepare individuals for hospitalization, understand the healthcare system and cope with a medical diagnosis. Call for more information.

For newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, up to one year post-diagnosis. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 5:30pm to 7pm in 1 North Lounge. Preregistration not required.

Provides consultation, evaluation and individual, group and family treatments for children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional difficulties and their families. Specialized programs under Ambulatory Care include medication evaluation and treatment legal services for divorce, abuse and criminal justice issues psycholtherapy for gay and lesbian youth and parent and professional education. Children with DSM-IV Axis l diagnosis and related significant distress and dysfunction are eligible. Call for further information.

Offers Latino breast cancer survivors opportunities to discuss their experiences. Call for meeting dates.

A national organization that serves as a liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis. Seeks to safeguard patients through mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of financial stability. Provides legal consultation and referral services for patients facing denial of insurance coverage, employment discrimination and need for negotiating support with public assistance programs. In situations of health crisis, careworkers offer free help in resolving issues. Website offers online request-for-help capability and has a directory of prescription drug patient assistance programs that offer medicines free of charge to physicians whose patients might not otherwise have access to necessary medicine.

Offers individuals who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplant surgery the opportunity to interact with their peers, share concerns and successes.

Provides comprehensive intellectual/cognitive and neuropsychological evaluations aimed at clarifying diagnoses. Offers recommendations for remedial procedures/services. Offers assessments only, not treatment.

Provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary outpatient program for children and adolescents with asthma. The team includes sub-specialists in Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Allergy/Immunology. Treatment includes pulmonary function testing, complete allergy testing and treatment. At the Asthma Learning Center patients and families can learn about asthma through reading, watching videos or playing interactive games

Skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility of 182 beds providing long term care, hospice care, occupational, physical and speech therapy, pain management, respiratory therapy, IV therapy, neurobehavioral unit, tracheostomy care, traumatic brain injury care, wound care and short-term rehabilitation.

Provides comprehensive care for children diagnosed with tumors of the nervous system(brain and spinal cord).

Offers a patient support group for individuals diagnosed with a blood cancer. Meetings are facilitated by a social worker and an oncology nurse. Call for locations and times.

Skilled nursing facility of 180 beds providing long term care, Alzheimer's and dementia care, venous therapy, hospice care, occupational, physical, speech and respiratory therapies, pain management, respite care, short-term rehabilitation, sub-acute care, parenteral nutrition, tracheostomy care and wound care.

An international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting organ donation awareness, providing support to recipients and candidates, promoting the education of its members and the public and advocating members concerns to the legislatures. Meetings held the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 145 Community Drive, Great Neck NY 11030.

Program coordinates with the Department of Mental Health and State private psychiatric hospital units to ensure the proper discharge of patients into the community with the necessary social service support. Call for more detailed information.

Teaches beauty techniques to female cancer patients to help them manage the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. Includes lessons on skin and nail care, cosmetics, wigs and turbans, accessories and styling, helping people with cancer. Contact the American Cancer Society (800) 227-2345 for more information.

Offers services including: Diagnostic evaluations, primary care, medical, dental, orthopedic, physiatry, neurology, optometry, podiatry, gynecology, psychiatry, psychology, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, audiology, and rehabilitative services, which includes wheelchair evaluations, seating and mobility, pressure mapping, orthotics, splinting, augmentative communication, power mobility training and computer access.

Provide residential services which include skills training, recreation, and volunteer opportunities. Documentation of developmental disabilities required.

Provides financial assistance to needy kidney patients, transplant recipients, and donors to help cover the cost of treatment, medication transportation, emergency transient dialysis, medical equipment, etc. Has several programs: Individual Grants Program, Pharmacy Grant Program, Emergency Fund Program, Discount Pharmacy Card, Health Insurance Premium Program, Disaster Relief Program, Sherer Travel-Related Dialysis Program, and the Pediatric Campership Program.

Offers transplant patients an opportunity to meet with peers to discuss how to cope with the emotional aspects of their diagnosis, life post-transplant, gain support and share information. Please call for meeting times and dates.

Teaches beauty techniques to female cancer patients to help them manage the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. Includes lessons on skin and nail care, cosmetics, wigs and turbans, accessories and styling, helping people with cancer. Call for meeting dates and times.

Treats diseases for which bone marrow(stem cell) transplantation has been curative, such as : leukemia myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), sever aplastic anemia, inherited bone marrow failure syndromes, brain tumors, sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, immunodeficiency disorder, and metabolic storage diseases.

Offers breast cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment the opportunity to discuss their experiences with other indviduals.

Teaches beauty techniques to female cancer patients to help them manage the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. Includes lessons on skin and nail care, cosmetics, wigs and turbans, accessories and styling, helping people with cancer. Call for meeting dates and times.