Women's Health Information

Name: Ask NOAH About: Women's Health
URL: http://www.noah-health.org/en/healthy/women/
Description: The New York Online Access to Health (NOAH) is a bilingual (English and Spanish) health information site. Sponsors include The City University of New York (CUNY), The New York Academy of Medicine, and The New York Public Library. Contains basic health information for women about normal conditions, such as puberty, sexuality, pregnancy, birth control/contraception, and menopause. Also contains information about abnormal conditions, such as eating disorders, endometriosis, menstruation problems and concerns, osteoporosis, sexually transmitted diseases, and urinary tract infections.

Name: Feminist.com Health and Sexuality Links
URL: http://www.feminist.com/resources/links/links_health.html
Description: A comprehensive list of links to pages concerning breast cancer/cancer, reproductive health, reproductive rights, sexuality, women & AIDS, and general women's health provided by feminist.com, a grassroots community. Benefactors include The Gloria Steinem Fund.

Name: HHS U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Women's Health (OWH)
URL: http://www.fda.gov/womens/
Description: The mission of the FDA's Office of Women's Health (OWH) is "to serve as a champion for women's health both within and outside the agency." It "funds research and education/outreach programs on pressing women's health issues," such as " breast and ovarian cancer, women and HIV, women and cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, breast implant safety, the effects of estrogen, and women and autoimmune disease ... [and] ... continues to focus its scientific intramural research on gender effects and regulatory science." Provides links to regulatory guidance, [OWH] scientific projects, publications, and health topics.

Name: HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Women's Health
URL: http://www.hrsa.gov/womenshealth/default.htm
Details: The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), provides links to women's health contacts; women's health resources; HRSA publications and communications, including fact sheets on women's health; and HHS women's health links. Information is provided about access to prenatal care, immunizations, physical exams, and other preventive health care; community-based health services for women and girls; HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services for women and children; cancer prevention services, nutrition and fitness, diabetes management, domestic violence screening and referral, mental health, and oral health programs; and health care and outreach services for women living in rural communities coordinated by HRSA Office of Women's Health (WHO) through HRSA programs.

Name: HHS Office on Women's Health

URL: http://4woman.gov/owh/index.htm
Description: "The Office on Women's Health (OWH) in the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) is the government's champion and focal point for women's health issues, and works to redress inequities in research, health care services, and education that have historically placed the health of women at risk." Contains links to National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health, National Community Centers of Excellence in Women's Health, minority women's health, girl and adolescent health, older women's health, reproductive health, violence against women, HIV/AIDS in women, breast health, environmental health, international health, and much more.

Name: HHS Office of Women's Health (OWH): National Women's Health Information Center
URL: http://4woman.gov
Description: The National Women's Health Information Center, a service of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health & Human Services. The NWHIC provides a gateway to the vast array of Federal and other women's health information resources. Includes links to health news stories via Women's Health News Today, featured health articles, Healthy Women Today Newsletter, frequently asked questions, breastfeeding, screening and immunizations schedule, violence against women, calendar of women's health events, women with disabilities, body image, men's health, minority health information, and other topics.

Name: ihr.com Internet Health Resources: For Consumers
URL: http://www.ihr.com/
Description: IHR develops, hosts, and promotes infertility Web sites for infertility organizations and provides links that are useful to consumer and professionals. This site includes information about all aspects of infertility, including, In vitro fertilization(IVF), gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT), tubal embryo transfer (TET), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), egg donation, financial issues, subject matter experts, and sperm banks. Information about Internet newsgroups and mailing lists, research, journals, medications, infertility medical supplies, and adoption is also provided.

Name: National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC)
URL: http://www.healthywomen.org/
Description: The National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) is a non-profit, national clearinghouse for women's health information. NWHRC develops original health materials and content specifically for women, and provides links to related news, public education campaigns, conferences/events, information about book titles, national organizations, and contact information for local health departments.

Name: NIH Office of Research on Women's Health
URL: http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/
Description: Links are given to reports (e.g.: Agenda for Research on Women's Health for the 21st Century: Executive Summary); funding support for ongoing research, conference and workshops, special projects, etc.; various publications, including fact sheets and research agendas; videocasts of upcoming and past workshops, conferences, and events can be viewed.