Women's General Health Sites

Traveling abroad? Want health information?
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/

Laughter is Ha-Ha-Heart Healthy
http://4woman.gov/News/english/524353.htm

www.blackwomenshealth.com

http://fwhc.org feminist womens health

http://www.securityoncampus.org  
- comprehensive listing about safety
and also sexual assault statistics reported
by all college campuses in the country

www.womenshealthnetwork.org

NOW
http://www.nowfoundation.org/issues/health/whp/

http://www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu/Women.html
excellent site- womens health links and journals

 

AIDS

http://www.thewellproject.org//index.jsp

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/community/agape/

 

Body Image and Disordered Eating

http://www.acne-resource.org/

http://caringonline.com/

http://www.healthyweight.net/

http://www.something-fishy.org

http://www.colorsofana.com

http://www.edap.org -national eating disorders association

www.hedc.org - Harvard eating disorders center

http://www.self-injury.net/

 

Breast Feeding

http://www.lalecheleague.org/

 

Cancer

www.wcn.org (women's cancer network)

http://www.natlbcc.org/

http://www.healthline.com/channel/breast-cancer.html

 

Domestic Violence

Dating Violence
http://www.acadv.org/dating.html      

Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
http://www.dvinstitute.org

Domestic Violence Center
http://www.domesticviolencecenter.org/

International inventory of hotlines, shelters, refuges, crisis centers and women's organizations, searchable by country, plus index of domestic violence resources in over 70 languages.
International Domestic Violence and Abuse Agencies List

Community Shelters
Westside Catholic Shelter
http://www.wsccenter.org/

 

Drugs and Alcohol

http://www.ghbkills.com/ - information on ghb and other date-rape drugs

health and alcohol - Center for Women Health Advocacy page

 

Endometriosis

http://www.endometriosis.org

http://www.endometriosisassn.org/index.html

http://www.endocenter.org

 

Fertility

http://www.asrm.org/ - American society for reproductive medicine

http://www.ihr.com

http://www.ferti.net/

 

Fibroids

http://www.ivf.com/fibroid.html

 

Fitness

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/exercisephysicalfitness.html

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/index.htm
has the new cholesterol guidelines etc.

 

Hormone Replacement Therapy

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hormonereplacementtherapy.html

http://www.4woman.gov/menopause/news.htm

http://www.acog.org/

 

Media

www.aboutface.org

 

Menopause

www.powersurge.com

 

Mental Health

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/womensoms.cfm

http://www.self-injury.net/

 

Osteoporosis

http://www.nof.org/PreventOsteo.html

http://www.nof.org

 

Pregnancy

www.storknet.com

http://www.noah-health.org

www.4women.gov

www.abcbirth.com

www.drspock.com

Click here to download a brochure for Pregnancy Resources

 

Current and Expectant Parents

http://www.heightsparentcenter.org

http://www.heightslibrary.org/local.php

http://www.heightslibrary.org/databases/daycare/search.php

http://www.shakerlibrary.org/Kids/links.aspx?Websites+for+Parents

http://drsenders.com/?q=event

http://www.dailydoseofreading.org/

http://www.ed.gov/parents/earlychild/ready/healthystart/index.html

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/kid/

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/bab/

http://www.workingmother.com/web?service=vpage/3581

 

Sexual Assault

http://www.rainn.org

www.4women.gov/faq/sexualassault.htm

http://www.ndvh.org

http://www.nsvrc.org

http://www.pcar.org

http://www.securityoncampus.org

Silent Witness Project
addresses the issue of domestic violence
http://www.silentwitness.net

 

Faith Trust Institute
support for survivors website- faith based
http://www.faithtrustinstitute.org/

Title IX & Sexual Assault
http://www.aauw.org/laf/library/assault_titleix.cfm

 

Stalking

Stalking on Campus
http://www.actionohio.org/Stalking_on_campus.htm

Stalking Resource Website
http://www.lovemenot.org/

Stalking Resource Center
http://www.ncvc.org/src/Main.aspx

 

Sexual Health, Reproductive Health

www.agi-usa.org (Alan Guttmacher Institute Research)

www.acog.org (American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology)

www.sexualhealth.com (sex and disabilities)

www.positive.org pro-sex and sexual health site

www.plannedparenthood.org

www.rhtp.org (reproductive health technology project)

www.backupyourbirthcontrol.org

American Social Health Association (Information about HIV and Herpes)

Dr. Ruth Westheimer

FDA: HIV and AIDS

Go Ask Alice (A Columbia University site with lots of good information.)

 

Violence

www.ncadv.org (violence resources)

 

Working Moms

www.workitmom.com

www.mommytrackd.com

www.marjoriegreenfield.com