Women's Health

Health matters unique to female physiology.

Sub-headings:

Breast Cancer

Cervical Dysplasia

Endometriosis

Menopause

Menstruation

Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding

Ovarian Cancer

Resources in this category:

About.Com: Women's Health
http://womenshealth.about.com/

An internet guide to women's health issues, with feature articles, website guides, and discussion forums. Topics covered include contraception, breast cancer, menstruation, exercise, fertility, menopause, and more.

Body Postive: Boosting body image at any weight
http://www.bodypositive.com/

"BodyPositive looks at ways we can feel good in the bodies we have." This site offers resources for accepting your body at whatever weight you are.

BreastCancer.org
http://www.breastcancer.org/

Women's health resources centering around the topic of breast health, including prevention, diagnosis and treatment, as well as support issues. Searchable.

Cervix and Pap Smear Problems
http://www.wdxcyber.com/mcervix.htm

Frequently Asked Questions explaining various cervical tests, conditions, effects, and treatments. The site also provides links to further educational material, related topics, and message boards.

Colposcopy Unit Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
http://www.colposcopy.com/

An informational site that describes the procedures of colposcopy ("a means of viewing your cervix, vagina and/or vulva with a microscope") and pap tests. It explains how they are done and what abnormal results might mean.

Dying to be Thin
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/thin/

This companion site to the film "Dying to be Thin" includes information on minority women and eating disorders, personal stories, resources, and frequently asked questions answered by an experienced psychologist.

FeMiNa: Web Search for Women
http://femina.cybergrrl.com/

"A comprehensive, searchable directory of links to female friendly sites and information on the World Wide Web." Sites are arranged hierarchically. All entries have abstracts. Topics covered include: Health, Business and Finance, Feminism, Religion, Lesbians and Bisexuals, Pregnancy, Family and Motherhood, Arts & Humanities, Computers & Science, and Regional resources.

The Fertility Race
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/fertility...

"In the late 1990s, Minnesota Public Radio broadcast this series on infertility and the social issues related to advanced reproductive technologies. Listen to the original audio, or explore insightful articles on the history of American attitudes toward infertility, surrogate motherhood, the vast and profitable fertility industry, a generation of test-tube babies, and sperm and egg donation. There's a wealth of unbiased information here -- glossaries, statistics, personal accounts, photo albums, and links to organizations across the fertility spectrum."

Gallstones: Symptoms, Treatments, Prevention
http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/gallbladder/a/gallstonessym...

Site includes descriptions, risk factors, symptoms, treatment, prevention, and links to additional information.

Hygeia
http://hygeia.org/index.html

"Hygeia® is a global community and Internet portal providing programs to educate, counsel and support families who grieve the loss of a pregnancy or newborn child, advocate for the healthcare of women and children, worldwide, and promote humanism in the education of tomorrow's healthcare professionals."

iVillage
http://sorry.ivillage.com/sorry/v_health/

Features articles on a wide range of health topics, including cancer, depression, sexual health, and sleep disorders. There are also health news items, a section of interactive online tools, and an ask the expert section where users send in questions for various practitioners to answer.

Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs
http://www.jhuccp.org/

Part of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, this site promotes worldwide health communication in the area of reproductive health. An online searchable database of over 450 reproductive health, population and development organizations with Internet resources. POPLINE's on-line searchable database of the most recent citations on population, family planning, and related health information. Full text of online publications on these topics.

Jo’s Trust
http://www.jotrust.co.uk/

"Jo's Trust is an online information and counselling service dedicated to women with cervical cancer, their family and friends." The site offers free, confidential medical advice from experts and counselors. It also includes general information, news, events, frequently asked questions, and bulletin boards.

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
http://www.ovarian.org/

Clear yet detailed information about all aspects of ovarian cancer.

The National Women's Health Information Center
http://www.womenshealth.gov/

"The NWHIC provides a gateway to the vast array of Federal and other women¹s health information resources. Our site on the World Wide Web can help you link to, read, and download a wide variety of women's health-related material developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Defense, other Federal agencies, and private sector resources... Our site includes a reference library, frequently asked questions about women's health, Selected Health Information (including Women of Color, health professionals and Spanish speakers), news stories and a searchable database of resources."

OBGYN.net
http://www.obgyn.net/women/conditions/conditions.asp

Information on health conditions that effect women, including cancer, eating disorders, menstruation, menopause, migraines, and sexuality. There's a section on medical procedures, such as hysterectomy and mammograms. An annotated list of other health related links is also available.

Reproductive Health Gateway
http://www.rhgateway.org/

"Reproductive Health (RH) Gateway gives you quick access to relevant, accurate information about reproductive health on the World Wide Web. RH Gateway lets you search a group of websites carefully selected for accuracy, authority, and relevance... The ready-to-use search function currently searches through more than 20,000 pages on over two dozen websites selected for information on reproductive health. Search results are hot-linked to the specific pages containing your search terms."

SafetyNet
http://home.cybergrrl.com/dv/

This page was set up to provide resources for information on domestic abuse. It includes contact information for domestic violence projects and organizations, sources of statistics, a domestic violence handbook posted by Peace at Home and bibliographies of suggested readings.

Stroke
http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/stroke.htm

A overview about stroke's effects on women. Includes descriptions, warning signs, effects, risk factors, prevention, treatment, diagnosis, and rehabilitation information.

The National Coalition for LGBT Health
http://www.lgbthealth.net/

Health resources for the LGBT community that will "help to ensure equity in health status and participation in the decision-making process for individual members of the LGBT population and representative organizations."

What You Need To Know About Cancer of the Cervix
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/cervix

"This National Cancer Institute (NCI) booklet will give you some important information about cancer of the cervix and about some conditions that may lead to this disease. You can read about prevention, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment. This booklet also has information to help you deal with cancer of the cervix if it affects you or someone you know."

Women For Sobriety, Inc.
http://www.womenforsobriety.org/

Women For Sobriety, Inc., "a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women overcome alcoholism and other addictions," identifies local chapters, links to related materials, provides text of articles by the founder, and provides information on becoming a moderator.

Women's Health
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/womenshealth/index.html

An extremely well-organized and content-rich site for information about all aspects of women's health issues from the New York Times. Includes "comprehensive guides to 29 issues of special concern to women;" articles and essays by New York Times writers; online versions of the books The Harvard Guide To Women's Health , AMWA Women's Complete Health Book, and The New Our Bodies, Ourselves ; data related to women's health from the Centers for Disease Control; and an "annotated guide to more than 100 Web sites offering detailed information on women's health." Highly recommended.

Women's Health Zone
http://www.womenshealthzone.net/

This site provides women of all ages with timely, relevant information covering a wide range of health topics from diet and exercise to pregnancy and preventive care.

Women's Health: Anemia
http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/article.asp?id=1211

Describes anemia, symptoms, and treatment. The page provides a self-care informational chart and procedures for treating anemia.

Women's-Health.com
http://www.womens-health.com/

"WHI's mission is to be a unique, interactive learning environment where women gain knowledge and mastery of their health through the multidisciplinary resources that are offered for consumers and women's health professionals." The site has a Midlife Health, Gynecologic Health, and Infertility Center as well as FAQs and a section on research. Topics covered include menstrual disorders, menopause, and nutrition.

Yahoo! News Full Coverage: Women's Health
http://news.yahoo.com/fc/health/womens_health

Features current news stories related to women's health. Also links to news sources, opinions & editorials, magazine articles, video sources, and related Web sites.