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Web sites cover almost all major diseases and conditions, including HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, cardiac and vascular disease, renal disease and diabetes, neurological diseases and brain injury, and pulmonary disease. Users can choose to retrieve information, news, and resources through disease management vendor sites or not-for-profit sites targeted at both healthcare professionals and consumers and patients.