Recommended Web Sites

GirlsHealth.gov - A companion site for young women, who also need to take care of their health!

Depression in Women - FamilyDoctor.org has created this fact sheet.

WomensHealth.gov - The National Women's Health Information Center offers information on hundreds of topics relevant to women and their health and wellbeing.

Women's Health from JAMA - The Journal of the American Medical Association offers this quick review of women's health issues.

Bioidentical Hormones - This fact sheet, from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists maintains there is no evidence that bioidentical hormones work.

Body Image: Are You Imagining the Wrong Body -Find out here at WomensHealth.gov.

CDC on Women's Health - Links to a number of articles on women's health issues from the US Centers for Disease Control.

Environment and Women's Health - WomensHealth.gov explains how the environment effects women's health.

Female Genital Cutting - This information comes from the National Women's Health Information Center.

For Women Ages 65 and Older...- Learn more about healthy aging from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

General Screenings & Immunizations for Women - The WomensHealth.gov site has created this chart.

HealthFinder - Women's Health - Selected links to health resources on topics of special interest to based on the requests for information that healthfinder® and National Women's Health Information Center receive.

HealthyWomen - Excellent information on women's health topics and news clips about discoveries in women's health are featured in this web site from the National Women's Health Resource Center.

Heart Truth - The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute offers this great site devoted to women and heart disease.

Intelihealth Women's Health - A large assortment of articles on health and health-related topics specifically for women from the web site which partners the Harvard Medical School.

Low Sex Drive in Women - The Mayo Clinic talks about the causes and some possible solutions to the problem.

Mayo Clinic - Women's Health - Excellent site from the Mayo Clinic offering great articles, patient health scorecards, lifestyle planners, and health decision guides.

MedicineNet Women's Healthy Living - Good articles about all phases of a woman's health.

MEDLINEPlus: Heart Disease in Women - Great links to sites selected by the librarians at the National Library of Medicine.

MEDLINEPlus Women's Health Topics - An extensive listing of health topics of interest to women, from the National Library of Medicine.

Menstrual Cramps - The Mayo Clinic offers this review of cramps, and some things you can do about them.

Test Your Women's Health Knowledge - WomensHealth.gov has put out this quick quiz.

Urinary Incontinence in Women - The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse has provided this information on the different types of incontinence and what can be done about it.

U.S Food and Drug Administration, Office of Women's Health - This government site provides information on numerous health topics.

Uterine Prolapse - The Mayo Clinic describes what this is and what can be done about it.

Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle - Great articles from the OBGYN web site, including an e-journal called "The Female Patient".

WISEWOMAN - Through WISEWOMAN, qualified women receive testing and may receive educational programs that help women lower their risk for heart disease.

Women’s Cancer Network – Risk Assessment - This organization offers a lengthy questionnaire about your medical and family, and will then calculate the risk that you will develop: breast cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, and vaginal cancer.

Women's Health - The Journal of the American Medical Association offers this information.

Women's Health from NOAH - The librarians at the NY Academy of Medicine and the NY Public Library have created this site.

Women's Health Initiative - The WHI is one of the largest preventive studies of its kind in the United States. The WHI will focus on the major causes of death, disability and frailty in postmenopausal women. The overall goal of WHI is to reduce coronary heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporotic-fractures among postmenopausal women via prevention/intervention strategies and risk factor identification.

Women's Health from the Nation's Medical Societies - Excellent resources from a number of the nation's medical societies about all phases of women's health.

Women's Health from the University of Pittsburgh - Good links to information on a wide range of women's health topics.

Women's Mental Health Issues - The American Psychiatric Association offers information on several topics.

Women's Top Health Threats: A Surprising List - Click here to see what the Mayo Clinic has on the list.