Listed below are additional medical chat sites:

The TRC Brain Tumor Chat

This chat meets 7 days a week at 8:00 PM Eastern. There is also a email discussion list for those dealing with a brain tumor, to sign up go to Fight For Life.

Better Health Support Chats and Message Boards

Around 200 different message boards covering a wide range of health related topics. Also visit their Health Chat Rooms which includes scheduled support chats about Fibromyalgia & Rheumatoid Arthritis among others.

 

Adult ADD/ADH

There are two scheduled chats each week: Mondays and Thursdays at 9 pm EST. You need ICQ to participate in these chats. To download the free software visit their site ICQ.

Women's Health Forum

Includes a bulletin board forum and scheduled live chats about issues surrounding women's health.

Parent Soup Chat Schedule

A schedule of various weekly chats.

Diabetes at the Mining Company Chat

A diabetes chat room that is open 24 hrs a day, with scheduled chats Mon., Wed., and Fri., at 2pm and 7pm EST. The topic is anything relating to diabetes and how it might affect ones life.

Arthritis Chat Room

An arthritis chat room that is open 24 hours a day and has a weekly scheduled chat usually on Tuesdays at 8 pm eastern time.

Asthma Chat

The Asthma Chat Room is always open and has scheduled asthma chats on Tuesdays at 9 pm eastern time.

The Leaning Tree Chat Room

The Leaning Tree Chat Room is available 24 hours a day for any chats related to Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Illness & Related Disorders. Check the Chat Schedule for the times for scheduled chats.

Death and Dying Chat Room

Go to the Death and Dying Chat Room to discuss issues in grief and care of the terminally ill. The chat room is always open for use 24 hours a day and has regular scheduled chats.

MGH Neurology Chat Rooms

Massachusetts General Hospital provides chat rooms about neurology related topics and they "periodically have an MGH Neurologist host a chat session on a particular neurological topic". There are Epilepsy, Fibromyalgia, Alzheimers Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, RSD (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy), and Tourette Syndrome Chat Rooms among many others. There is also a link to their "Neurology Web Forums".

MedSupport

You need to click "I accept" and then the next page has information and links to chats. There is a moderated chat nightly at 8 pm EST in the main chat room. And there is Fibromyalgia Discussion Group Chat every from Wednesday 8-10 PM EST.

Melissa's Diabetes Chat

There are on-line meetings every second Wednesday at 10:00 PM EST. You can join the chat or just listen.

Lupus Chat

Scheduled chats Monday through Sunday.

Chronic Pain

Has information about a Chronic Pain Community Chat Room and a mailing list for people with chronic pain.

Convomania

A place for seriously ill and disabled kids on the Internet which includes chat rooms and message boards.

Fibromyalgia Discussion Bulletin Board

Also includes links to information on fibromyalgia.

Sids-Network
 

Has scheduled chats on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Support-Group.com

This site has support groups for various areas and "allows people with health, personal, and relationship issues to come together and share their experiences through IRC chat and Bulletin Boards".

Health Answers BBS

Has bulletin board discussion groups on a variety of diseases and topics.

Excite Talk

The search engine "excite" has health topic bulletin board discussions where you can post and read about a particular topic or start a new one.

Mental Health Discussion Forums

Obsessive-Compulsive Bulletin Board.

Chronic Illness, Disability, and Condition Support

A website "designed to help connect others to people that can provide support".

scleroderma

This site includes schedules discussions and guests.

Lupus Channel Home Page

A site that has information about IRC channel #lupus on the undernet.

#MSfriends

This site is "for MS and chronic disease patients to find fun and support online, on the Undernet, twenty four hours a day".

Talk City

A chat community that includes several specific medical chats. You can chat at Talk City by using EZTalk which requires you to use a Java capable browser such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or Netscape Navigator 3.0.

 

• Cancer Chat
  Barry S. Tepperman MD MBA, a practicing radiation oncologist, hosts a weekly two hour chat that is very supportive and informative. The chat room is always available and easy to use.

   

• WBS
  Real time Cancer Support Channel that you will need to register in order to post. To find the channel at WBS, click "Home & Living" then click "Health, Well-Being & Support", then "Cancer Support". If you don't like frames, you might want to check "no frames" before clicking chat now. Once registered and in Cancer Support then you can bookmark that page so you won't have to sign in each time. I recommend leaving the refresh rate at 0, otherwise you might not have enough time to type your message. If you want to just visit try going here.

   

• OmniChat
  A real time Cancer Support Chat similar to the one at WBS.

   

• Talking amongst ourselves
  This is a cancer chat provided by Neoplastic Diseases.

   

• Multiple Myeloma Weekly Discussion
  A weekly chat for those interested in multiple myeloma on Tuesdays from around 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm eastern time (and often later).

   

• The Round Table - Cancer Chat Room
  Hosted by Keepin' The Faith! Cancer Support, this cancer chat room is always available. There are scheduled chats on Sundays from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm eastern time. "The first Sunday of each month will feature a special topic, usually with a guest host. On all other Sundays, the topic will be Caregivers Support chat."

   

• Pancreas Cancer Discussion Page
  John Hopkins University provides this site where you can post a message or view the informative forum archives.

   

• The Group Room
  The Group Room is a call-in cancer support show that you can listen to every Sunday from 4pm to 6pm est on Real Audio.

   

• MediConsult's Cancer Patient Emotional Support Group
  Dr. Jeff Kane hosts this Support Group that allows visitors to "post comments, ideas or questions to a public bulletin board to encourage a sensible discussion. The submission process is moderated to ensure that inappropriate messages are not posted".

   

• Cancer Discussion Group
  This site is in bulletin board format and is "intended as an open forum for discussion of cancer related issues."

  IRC CANCER CHATS

• OncoChat's Home Page
  OncoChat is an IRC chat channel. At Oncochat's Home Page you can find out how to use IRC and get links to other oncology chat rooms and resources. If already have IRC access them on the undernet server at channel #oncochat.

   

• IRC Cancer Chat Channel
  Cancer-survivors is an IRC chat channel. Use the Efnet server and go to #cancer-survivors. For information about the channel and its participants go to their home page the IRC Cancer Chat Channel.

   

• Chatnet Cancer Support
  A supportive group for cancer victims, cancer survivors, their friends and families. To access the chat use Chatnet and go to #cancer channel.

   

• #braintmr
  An IRC chat channel accessed on the Anothernet IRC network. Use irc.another.net (port 6667) and go to channel #braintmr. This channel is for brain tumor patients and caregivers.

   

• #breast_cancer_friends
  An IRC chat channel accessed on the DALnet IRC network.

   

•  #leukemia_support
  Provides support for leukemia patients, family, and friends.

   

•  #ovca
  Support for ovarian cancer survivors and caregivers. Look for #ovca on the Undernet.

   

•  #nhlgroup
  An IRC chat on the Undernet for Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. NHL Cyber Family is their website.

   

•  #oncotnt
  A cancer chat for teens and young adults. They are on the Undernet IRC network. For more information visit their homepage OncoTNT.

   

• Touchstone Support Network
  An IRC chat channel accessed on the DALnet IRC network. Go to channel #Touchstone every Saturday from 3:00 to 8:00 PM, PDT. This channel is an online cancer support group for kids and teens.

   

• You can try searching for cancer chat channels at Liszt.