A list of web sites that provide information on a variety of women's health topics targeted to the community.
Check Up on Your Bones
This is an interactive bone health checkup for people of all ages. The goal of the checkup is to help you identify the most common red flags that put your bones at risk and to give you a strategy - specific to you - to make your bones stronger and healthier. The web site was created by the National Institutes of Health Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center.
NIDDK Resource Helps Guide Women with Diabetes Through Health Pregnancies
Produced by the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC), an information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health, the new booklet is available at www.diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/pregnancy. A Spanish-language version of the booklet will be available soon.
National Library of Medicine
A new Web Resource providing consumers with the latest information on significant topics in women's health research from scientific journals and other peer-reviewed sources is now available through the National Library of Medicine (NLM). The NLM, of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its Division of Specialized Information Services, Office of Outreach and Special Populations has partnered with the NIH Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) to create this one-stop resource.
The National Women's Health Education Center (womenshealth.gov)
Sponsored by the Office on Women's Health (OWH) in the US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). They do not represent any commercial interest and simply help you get the information you can trust on a wide range of women’s health issues.
National Women's Health Resource Center (healthywomen.org)
The not-for-profit National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) a leading independent health information source for women. NWHRC develops and distributes up-to-date and objective women's health information based on the latest advances in medical research and practice.
Society for Women's Health Research (womenshealthresearch.org)
The Society for Women’s Health Research is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. They encourage the study of sex differences that affect prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (cdc.gov/Women)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention established the Office of Women’s Health to promote and improve the health, safety, and quality of life for women including all functions related to mental and physical wellness from puberty through old age.
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