Women's Health (General)

Latest News
• Women Smokers Increase; Thompson Favors FDA Control (03/28/2001, Reuters)
• Estrogen Therapy Unlikely to Cut Alzheimer's Risk (03/27/2001, Reuters)
• Researchers Look to Light for Breast Cancer Detection (03/21/2001, Associated Press)
• More News on Women's Health (General)

From the National Institutes of Health
• Women's Health in the U.S.: NIAID Research on Health Issues Affecting Women (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - links to PDF file

General/Overviews

• Staying Healthy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Women's Health Issues (Public Health Service, Office on Women's Health)
• Women's Health and the Environment (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
• Women's Top Health Threats: A Surprising List (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Clinical Trials

• Women's Health Initiative (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Nutrition

• Nutrition & Health Campaign for Women (American Dietetic Association)

Prevention/Screening

• General Preventive Care (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Ten Step Countdown for a Healthy Life (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Women's Body Image and Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Women's Screening Tests: What, Why and How Often? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

Research

• Research on Women's Health (National Institutes of Health)
• Women Less Likely to Receive Cholesterol-lowering Drugs (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Women's Health in the U.S.: NIAID Research on Health Issues Affecting Women (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - links to PDF file

Specific Conditions/Aspects

• Asian American and Pacific Islander Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Healthy Women's Guide to Skin, Hair and Nail Care (American Medical Women's Association)
• Latina Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Low Estrogen Linked to Heart Attack in Premenopausal Women (American Heart Association)
• Minority Women (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Native American Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Women of Color Health Data Book (National Women's Health Information Center)

Directories

• ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Health Information for Minority Women (National Women's Health Information Center)
• Women's Health Resource Sampler (National Library of Medicine, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region)

Journals/Newsletters

• Harvard Women's Health Watch (Harvard Medical School) - list of latest year's articles with links to full text--click on the icon to read

Law and Policy

• Government Relations and Outreach: Fact Sheets (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

Organizations

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Medical Women's Association
• FDA Office of Women's Health (Food and Drug Administration, Office of Women's Health)
• National Women's Health Information Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services)

Statistics

• FASTATS: Women's Health (National Center for Health Statistics)
• Get Real: Straight Talk about Women's Health (Public Health Service, Office on Women's Health)

Women

• Frequently Asked Questions about Women's Health: African American Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)

Espaņol/Spanish

• Guia de Salud Personal: Recomendaciones para Practicar la Prevencion (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
• Ponga en Practica la Prevencion: Manteniendo la Salud Mas Alla de los 50 (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, American Association of Retired Persons, Health Resources and Services Administration) - links to PDF file
• Salud de la Mujer (National Institutes of Health)