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Women's Health (General); Women's Health in the U.S. -- Research on Health Issues Affecting Women; Women's Health Issues |
Women's health refers to health issues specific to human female anatomy. These often relate to structures such as female genitalia and breasts or to conditions caused by hormones specific to, or most notable in, the female. Women's health issues include menstruation, child birth, menopause and breast cancer. Publications Journal of Women's Health, published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes clinical and research papers on health issues a ...
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Women's Health Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Cancer Institute http://www.nci.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Women's Health
- Public Health Service, Office on Women's Health
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
- NIDDK Weight-control Information Network
- National Center for Health Statistics
- National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/
- American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/
- Food and Drug Administration, Office of Women's Health
- Dept. of Health and Human Services
- Social Security Administration
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Society for Women's Health Research www.womenshealthresearch.org
- NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org/
- National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
- American Medical Women's Association http://www.amwa-doc.org/
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
- National Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/
- Alliance for Aging Research http://www.agingresearch.org/
- Project Inform http://www.projectinform.org/
- National Institute of Nursing Research http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/
- American Podiatric Medical Association http://www.apma.org/
- National Eating Disorders Association http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/p.asp?WebPage_ID=337
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Publications Office http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/pubs.html
- National Institute of Mental Health Information Center http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ocpl/index.htm
- Employee Benefits Security Administration http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/
- Women's Health Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine http://www.womenshealth.uc.edu/
- National Academy Press http://www.nap.edu/
- Office of Research on Women's Health, OD, NIH, HHS http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/index.html
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubsix.htm
- Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention, NCHSTP, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/dhap.htm
- U.S. Department of State http://www.state.gov/
- Indian Health Services http://www.ihs.gov/
- National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness, CMHS, SAMHSA, OPHS, HHS http://www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Office on Women's Health, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/owh/index.htm
- Center for Research on Women with Disabilities http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/crowd/
- National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, HHS http://www.drugabuse.gov/
- Federal Citizen Information Center, GSA http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
- National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/
- Food and Nutrition Information Center, NAL, USDA http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
- Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, OS, OPHS, HHS http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov/
- Office on Women's Health, HRSA http://www.hrsa.gov/WomensHealth/
- National Women's Law Center http://www.nwlc.org/index.cfm
- National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America http://www.plannedparenthood.org/
- National Institutes of Health, OPHS, HHS http://www.nih.gov/
- National Aging Information Center, AoA, HHS http://www.aoa.gov/naic/default.htm
- Administration on Aging, HHS http://www.aoa.gov/
- U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs
- National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- CDC National Prevention Information Network http://www.cdcnpin.org/
- Division of Diabetes Translation, NCCDPHP, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/
- National Mental Illness Screening Project http://www.nmisp.org/
- New York Thyroid Center http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/thyroid/
- American Council on Science and Health http://www.acsh.org/
- Bureau of Justice Assistance Clearinghouse, NIJ, NCJRS, BJA, OJP, DOJ http://www.ncjrs.org/
- National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC, OPHS, HHS http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/index.htm
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS http://www.niaid.nih.gov/
- Women's Health Initiative, OD, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/index.html
- Health Resources Services Administration Information Center http://www.ask.hrsa.gov
- Office of the Director http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- Office of Research on Women's Health http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
Resources
- 10 Tips for a Healthy Pregnancy (HealthWorld)
- 4th Year Medical Student Electives in Women's Health (Women's Health Program, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine)
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