Women's Health Resources Index
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Alternative Health News Online
AlternativeMedicine.com (Alternative Medicine Magazine)
Alternative Medicine Home Page (A jump station for information sources)
The Center for Integrative Medicine at George Washington U. Medical Center ((" . . . a healing environment in which patients have access to a variety of complementary and alternative therapies to promote healing and wellness.")
The Center for Women's Health ( ". . . a supportive environment where qualified and experienced physicians, nurses, and healthcare practitioners believe in the partnership between the physician and patient, and in the importance of the balanced integration of the physical, emotional, and spiritual elements that interact to create wellness.")
Duke Center for Integrative Medicine ("Integrative medicine is based on a partnership between patient and practitioner, with which the best of conventional, complementary and alternative medicine can be explored in a whole person, body, mind and spirit approach to health care and healing.")
HANS The Health Action Network Society (Information for members and consumers)
Integrative Medicine Alliance (A comprehensive links directory in integrative medicine)
Jefferson Center for Integrative Medicine ("A clinical practice bridging mainstream medicine to promising alternative therapies.")
Oakwood Complementary & Alternative Medicine Center ("Our center strives to take our patients on a journey of healing all aspects of self: physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually)
OneMedicine (A knowledge site for health care professionals)
Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine Research (Conducts a range of clinical and basic science studies on aging and women's health.)
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine ("We offer the full spectrum of care, from traditional medicine to scientifically validated complementary approaches.")
Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine (". . . dedicated to providing personalized, nourishing therapy for those people seeking enhanced well being and improved quality of life")
University of Colorado Center for Integrative Medicine (". . . to improve health care by combining the best practices in conventional, allopathic medicine with complementary and alternative approaches through academic and clinical leadership, robust research, compassionate patient-centered care and innovative educational initiatives.")
Wellspring Media (Tools for a vibrant mind, body, and spirit)
WholehealthMD.com (A top rated site for consumer health information, physician network, and e-commerce)
American College of Nurse Midwives
American College of Obstetrician & Gynecologists
American Medical Women's Association
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Association of Women's Health, Obstetrics, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
March of Dimes Birth Defect Foundation
National Osteoporosis Foundation
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH
BehavioralHealthOnline.com
(Targeted to behavioral health professionals)
Lifescape.com (A comprehensive consumer site on behavioral health)
Women's Mental Health Collective (Psychotherapy practice)
BIRTH CENTERS (Hospital based and free-standing)
Birthplace at Wellesley (A virtual tour)
Family Birth Center (Maternity tour @ Legacy Meridian Park Hospital)
The Baby Garden (A unique maternity site in a community hospital)
Seton Birthing Center (Features a 360-degree virtual tour of a birthing room that you can control!)
BREAST CANCER/BREAST HEALTH RESOURCES
Best Web Sites on Breast Cancer (Designed to help patients research treatment options)
BreastDoc.com (Interactive site on breast cancer and information on boutiques)
Breast Cancer Answers (Clearinghouse from the University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center on reliable sources of information)
Center for Breast Health (A different type of Breast Center)
EduCare (Comprehensive breast health information & consulting services)
Imaginis (Latest news, research, and developments in breast health)
Action Plan in Breast CancerNational
National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
National Breast Cancer Coalition
Oncolink (One
of the most comprehensive cancer information sites on the Internet)
Susam B. Kommen Breast Cancer Foundation
Veritas Medicine (Information on clinical trials and treatment options)
Association of Cancer Online Resources
CancerDirectory (A Directory for People with Special Needs)
CancerWeb (A multimedia resource on cancer)
Center for Alternative Medicine Research in Cancer A rich source of information on cancer therapies and research)
Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (Society of Gynecological Oncologists)
National Cervical Cancer Coalition (Patient Support & Advocacy)
National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (Resources on ovarian cancer)
Oncolink (University of Pennsylvania site for general cancer information)
Women's Cancer Center (Information on gynecological cancers for physicians)
Heart Health Center for Women (Heart health for women at Northside Hospital in Atlanta)
My Heart (Comprehensive site on heart health sponsored by several hospitals)
Women's Cardiac Center (Caring for the Hearts of Women in Kansas City-Midwest America Heart Institute)
Women's Heart Institute of Southern California
Women's Health Hotline (Newsletter on women's heart issues)
Women's Heart Center - UPMC Presbyterian
Women's Heart Foundation (Dedicated to improving the survival and quality of life of women with heart disease)
Women's Heart Institute (Office based program dedicated to the diagnosis, prevention, evaluation, and treatment of heart disease in women) man's Health Risk
CHILDREN'S HEALTH/PARENTING
ABC's of Parenting (Comprehensive parenting site)
Beaumont Hospital Parenting Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Connecticut Children's Medical
Center (Outstanding children's hospital site)
CyberMom (Interesting e-business model for all sorts of parents and kids stuff)
eDads.com (Comprehensive information and lifestyle site for dads)
Growing Child (Child development resources)
Health Windows Jr (A guide to health for teens)
Joy of Parenting Programs (Comprehensive parenting programs at Marquette General Hospital)
Just for Kids (Kosair Children's Hospital)
Kids Health at the AMA (A delightful site for children's health)
Kidsmeds (Parents information on children's prescriptions)
MyKidsDoctor.com (A comprehensive pediatrics site complete with online health records)
Momsnetwork.com (A premier women site)
Parent Connection Store (One of a kind baby specialty store located and Greater Baltimore Medical Center)
Parents Place (Parenting information from iVillage)
Parentsoup (Parenting information from iVillage)
ParentStages.com (Parenting content, articles, and tools)
PD Parrot (Women's
& Children's Services mascot at Baptist Memorial Health Care-an
outstanding program for branding a children's health program)
Safe Kids Campaign (All about protecting kids from unintentional injury from Children's National Medical Center)
SmartParent.com ("Dedicated to educating parents on the best ways to safeguard their children from the dangers presented by cyberspace")
Storknet.com ("Your pregnancy and parenting Web station)
Teen Health (Hospital sponsored site to answer teen questions about health)
Virtual Children's Hospital (Children's Hospital of Iowa)
Young
Hero's Club (Very successful membership program for children at
Methodist Medical Center in Houston)
Young Women's Health Forum (Health information site for young women)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (An extensive resource on research including practice guidelines and women's health)
Center for Disease Control (Office of Women's Health)
Department of Health and Human Services
Food and Drug Administration (Office of Women's Health)
HealthSTAR (Enhanced Medline data base)
HHS Office on Women's Health (U.S. Government Resource Center on Women's Health
National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health (Links to all of the demonstration projects plus lots of resources on women's health)
National Center for Health Statistics
National Institutes of Health - Women's Health Initiative
Office of Women's Health (U.S. Government center for research, education, and information on women's health. Access to Centers of Excellence in Women's Health)
Women's Health Initiative (Longitudinal research program major health issues in post menopausal women) back to top
MIDLIFE & MENOPAUSE RESOURCES AND CENTERS
Menopause Online (Information on symptoms and treatments)
North American Menopause Society (Professional association)
Powersurge ("A warm and caring community for women in menopause)
PrimePlus/Red Hot Mamas (Very good source of information & programs on Menopause)
ThirdAge (A women's health site focusing on menopause topics and resources)
WomenFirst Health Care ("A Better Way to Midlife Health)
NEWSLETTERS, JOURNALS & PERIODICALS 0N WOMEN'S HEALTH
Care Publications (Comprehensive newsletter service with a focus on parenting and maternity)
Harvard Women's Health Watch (An excellent consumer newsletter)
Her Health Online (Health for the whole women)
Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine
The Ireland Report on Succeeding in Women's Health
The Female Patient (Medical journal devoted to women's medicine)
Mayo Women's Health Source (An excellent consumer newsletter)
Medscape Women's Health
(One of the best online sources of professional information on women's
health)
National Women's Health Report
Rodale Press (Publishes Prevention Magazine)
Women & Aging Newsletter (The National Center on Women and Aging)
Women's Health Issues (Journal of The Jacobs Institute on Women's Health)
OBSTETRICAL CARE: RESOURCES, SERVICES, INFORMATION, & ISSUES
American College of Nurse Midwives
American Surrocacy Center, Inc.
ASPO/Lamaze (Lamaze International)
Atlanta Reproductive Health Centre (Infertility information)
Babydata (A comprehensive and informative web site for couples who are trying to conceive)
Baby Press Conference (Unique online service for hospital based birth announcements)
BabySoon.com (Childbirth education and resources)
BabyUniversity.com (Pregnancy and baby information, baby freebies & coupons, humor, health and safety tips, baby names, and online shopping)
Baby Web (Comprehensive site on maternity with e-store)
Birthannouncements.org: the online birth announcement page
Birthworks (Childbirth education and certification)
Breastfeeding.com (Billed as the #1 site for information etc. on breast feeding)
Childbirth.Org (Natural childbirth information)
Crisis Pregnancy Centers Online
CyberNursery at Holy Name Hospital
Hygeia: An Online Journal for Pregnancy and Neonatal Loss
iMaternity (iVillage shopping site for maternity clothing)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
Medela (Products and services for breastfeeding)
MomsOnline (Information and chat rooms, part of Oxygen)
OBGYN.net (A comprehensive
information site for healthcare professionals and consumers)
Online Birth Center (Newsletter)
Seton Birthing Center (Offers a virtual tour)
Stork Site: The premier pregnancy and new parenting website
Virtual Birth Center (Resource for birthing providers including midwives and doulas)
The Visible Embryo: (Pictoral essay on how embryo develops)
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND INFORMATION
CenterWatch: Clinical Trials Listing Service
Healthtouch (Drug information site)
Pfizer (Has a women's health page and several women's health projects)
Pharmaceutical Information Network
Searle HeathNet - Women's Health
Berry & Associates (Professional placement for women's health professionals)
EduCare (Comprehensive
breast health information & consulting services)
Growing Family (Baby photos system)
Health Care Innovations (Women's health and market research consulting and professional resources)
Longe Life Libraries (Consumer/women's health resource centers)
Medscape Women's
Health (The latest health and medical information for healthcare
professionals)
Medwebsource.com (Web design services)
Nisbet & Associates (Service Line Management and Nursing Salary Management Services)
Nurses for a Healthier Tomorrow (Career, educational, and resource information for nurses)
Reuters Health News (Current headline news and archives)
Rocket News (Portal for current news items. Excellent search engine)
Speaking
of Women's Health Foundation (Presents Speaking of Women's
Health Conference in selected cities across the U.S.)
SENIOR HEALTH RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS
AgeVenture News Service (The voice of aging America)
American Association of Retired Persons
Genesis ElderCare (National system of centers for health services for the elderly)
Keiser Institute on Aging (Resources for older adults)
Seniorcom (Online health & wellness center)
GENERAL HEALTH INFORMATION,
WELLNESS & MEDICAL NEWS
AMA Health Insight ("Online Health Information for Everyone")
AmericasDoctor.com ("Real Doctors, Real Answers, Real Time, 24 Hours a Day")
Dr. Koop.com (A comprehensive, award winning, health information and resource site)
Discovery Health (Comprehensive health information site)
Health On the Net Foundation (Linkages to healthcare resources)
Healthfinder (Health information from the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services)
Health Network.com (A comprehensive internet directory)
HealthSeek (A rich source of health information and resources)
HealthScout (General health information site with interesting and current resources)
Health Square ("Helping women and their families lead healthier lives")
Healthy Generations (Resources for tracing family medical history)
Intellihealth ("Award winning health information portal by Aetna US Healthcare & Johns Hopkins)
LaurusHealth.com (Comprehensive health information site by VHA)
OnHealth (Comprehensive health information site)
Mediconsult.com: (The latest in medical news)
MyDailyHealth ("Nations first personalized, incentivized, online health and wellness program)
Wellmed (A membership based site that offers tools for personal health information)
Center for Women's Health at Evergreen (Offers a combination of alternative & traditional healthcare)
Elizabeth Blackwell Center (Women's resource center at Grant/Riverside Methodist Hospitals)
Famiily Health
Center at St. Vincent Hospitals and Health Services
Health Center for Women at Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Northside
Hospital Women's Center
Oakwood HealthCare
System, The Center for Women's Health
St. Mark's Hospital-Women's Health Center
Renaissance Women's Center (All in one center for women's health)
Summa Health System - Women's Health
Vera
West Women's Center (Portal to Hendrick Health System Women's Health
Network)
University of Manitoba-Web Centre for Women's Health
Waukesha Memorial Hospital (Women's Health Center of Excellence)
Woman's Hospital of Baton
Rouge
Women & Children's Hospital -- Lake Charles, LA
Women's Health Service at Fletcher Allen Health Care
WOMEN'S HEALTH INFORMATION & RESOURCES
DrDonnica.com (Information on women's health resources)
Estronaut (A Forum on Women's Health
GYN101 (How to prepare for a gynecological exam. An award winning site by Pfizer.)
iVillage (Comprehensive set of web sites for women)
JAMA Women's Health Information Center
National Women's
Health Resource Center
New York Times Women's Health (Women's health articles from the New York Times)
Online to Women's Health Headache Center (An e-learning community for women's headaches)
Oxygen (Sponsors several sites on women's health)
The National Women's Health Infromation Center: (A one-stop gateway for women who want health information)
TheDailyApple.com (A resource site for PMS)
TheHealthSource.com (Billed as "your online women's health resource")
WomenConnect: The first stop for women on the Internet
Women'sEdge (Prevention Magazines Healthy Ideas)
Women's
Health Interactive (An outstanding interactive learning site on
women's health)
Women's Healthnet International
Women's Medical Update (Information on crinone, a natural progesterone)
Vagisil Women's Health Center ("A Better Understanding of Better Intimate Care.")
AHCPR Women's Health Highlights (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research)
Complementary & Alternative Medicine Research in Women's Health
National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
New England Research Institute
Office of Research on Women's Health
Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research
The Center for Research on Women's Health
HealthMag.com (Health magazine)
Phys (Online women's magazine)
Rodale Press (Publishes Prevention Magazine)
