This nonprofit organization fights health misinformation. It investigates claims made for health products and supports consumer health laws and legal actions against violators. Support groups and rehabilitation referrals are also available. Provides information and referrals to local hospice programs and to regional and other national resources involved in the care of people who are terminally ill and their families. The United Ostomy Association has 500 local chapters in the United States to support people who have had a colostomy, ileostomy or urostomy.
Chapters provide moral and emotional support as well as education for their members.
The American Cancer Society sponsors a local US TOO support group. The Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation is composed of women diagnosed with breast cancer as well as family members, friends and professionals who are concerned about the increasing incidence of breast disease and the lack of available funds for research. The foundation sponsors educational and advocacy activities and distributes its newsletter VBCF free of charge to members. Y-ME provides information and advocacy services about breast cancer on both the national and local levels. They also publish a newsletter, Y-ME .