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The purpose of this page is to provide an organized approach to finding basic information about the most common preventable health problems that plague women. It is my hope that you will find what you need fast and easy. This is by no means exhaustive, but I have picked those sites that I consider to be reliable. If you have any suggestions about what else I can include, please do not hesitate to E-mail me your suggestions. SALUD!

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Behavioral Health

Alcohol

Alcohol

Alcohol, Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer

Sex Differences in Response to Pharmaceuticals, Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit Drugs Society for Women's Health Research

Surgeon General's Advisory on Alcohol Use in Pregnancy March 2005

Smoking/Tobacco

Independence from Smoking Womenshealth.gov

Making the Grade on Women's Health - Women and Smoking 2003

Tobacco Information

Useful Resources to Quit Smoking CDC

Women and Smoking - Surgeon General's Report

Diseases Affecting Women

Cancer

Breast Cancer

Cervical Cancer

Lung Cancer Alliance

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition

Ovarian Cancer (CDC)

Ovarian Cancer MedlinePlus

Uterine Cancer MedlinePlus

Vaginal Cancer MedlinePlus

Chronic Conditions

Fibromyalgia MedlinePlus

Diabetes
Eating Disorders
Endometriosis

Endometriosis MedlinePlus

Environmental Health

Environmental Health
Endocrine disruptors — tipping the hormonal scales Womentowomen.com
Environmental Health Issues for Women and Children (EPA)

Heart Disease
Osteoporosis

8 Common Myths About Osteoporosis

Bone Health and Osteoporosis: A Report of the Surgeon General Issued October 14, 2004

Check up on your bones NIH.gov

Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis AHRQ

Comparative Effectiveness of Treatments To Prevent Fractures in Men and Women With Low Bone Density or Osteoporosis AHRQ

FRAX World Health Organization's Fracture Risk Assessment Tool

NOF’s New Clinician’s Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis Guide to Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment (Brigham & Women's Hospital)

Osteoporosis Screening (AHRQ)

Osteoporosis MedlinePlus

Relationship between Use of Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs (Statins) and Osteoporosis in Women after Menopause

Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Hip Fracture Risk Calculator

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Severe Clostridium difficile--Associated Disease in Populations Previously at Low Risk --- Four States, 2005 MMWR 12/2005

Urinary Problems

Urinary Tract Infections MedlinePlus

What I need to know about Urinary Tract Infections NIDDK.NIH

Uterine Fibroids

Hope for Fibroids Personal Web site

Uterine Diseases MedlinePlus

Uterine Fibroids PageMedlinePlus

Uterine Fibroids 4woman.gov

Infectious Diseases

AIDS/HIV

HIV, Pregnancy and AZT

U.S. Public Health Service Task Force Recommendations for Use--of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1--Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions To Reduce Perinatal HIV-1 Transmission in the United States*

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Male Latex Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (CDC)

Screening Tests To Detect Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections --- 2002

Sexual Health for Women HealthInsite Australia

Sexually Transmitted Diseases 4woman.gov

Sexually Transmitted Diseases MedlinePlus

Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) - Facts & Complications

Specific STDS

STD Information Center AMA

Social Issues Affecting Women's Health

Mental Health

Surgeon General's Workshop on Women’s Mental Health, November 30 – December 1, 2005 Surgeongeneral.gov

Workshop Report Webpage Surgeongeneral.gov

Depression

Depression A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment (Brigham & Women's Hospital)

Women's Mental Health 4woman.gov

Domestic Violence
National Violence Hotlines

National Domestic Violence Hotline

800-799-SAFE (domestic violence)

800-422-443 (child abuse)

800-656-HOPE (sexual assault)

Adverse Health Conditions and Health Risk Behaviors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence --- United States, 2005 MMWR 2/2008

American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence

A National Protocol for Sexual Assault Medical Forensic Examinations US Dept of Justice 9/2004

CyberAngels.Org

Domestic abuse: Help is available MayoClinic.Com

Domestic-violence-help.com

Domestic Violence MedlinePlus

Domestic violence toward women: Recognize the patterns and seek help Mayo Clinic

Interpersonal Violence Research Pire.org

Jane Doe No More Developed by a woman who was sexually assaulted

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control CDC

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

National Stalking Awareness Month --- January 2008 MMWR 1/2008

Office of Violence Against Women US Department of Justice

Prevent Child Abuse America

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network / National Sexual Assault Hotline

Safety issues

Screening for Family Violence: Recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

State Approaches to Screening for Domestic Violence Could Benefit from HHS Guidance (TANF) GAO 8/2005

Toolkit To End Violence Against Women National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women

Violence Prevention

Violence Against Women: Identifying Risk Factors National Institute of Justice; November 2004

Female Mutilation

Harmful Traditional Health Practices Reproductive Health Outlook

Sexuality

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS)

SIECUS Links Page to other resources

Therapies

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

4Woman.Gov's HRT News

Estrogen and Estrogen with Progestin Therapies for Postmenopausal Women FDA

Facts About Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy (NHLBI)

FDA Plans to Evaluate Results of Women's Health Initiative Study for Estrogen-Alone Therapy 3/2004

FDA Updates Hormone Therapy Information for Post Menopausal Women 2/2004

Hormone Replacement Therapy MedlinePlus

Hormone Replacement Therapy Does Not Appear To Influence Breast Cancer Detection AMA

Hormone therapy for menopause: Who should take it and what are the alternatives? MayoClinic

Menopausal Hormone Therapy Information NIH Very comprehensive

Menopausal Hormone Use Q & As NIH/NCI

Menopause & hormones FDA

NHLBI Stops Trial of Estrogen Plus Progestin Due to Increased Breast Cancer Risk, Lack of Overall Benefit

Ovarian Cancer MedlinePlus

Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy NHLBI

Q & A about the Estrogen-alone Study NIH

Rates of Dementia Increase Among Older Women on Combination Hormone Therapy (5/27/03) NIH

Study of Menopausal Women with Heart Disease Finds No Benefit, Potential for Harm from Hormone Therapy and Antioxidant Vitamins

WHI Study Finds No Heart Disease Benefit, Increased Stroke Risk With Estrogen Alone 4/13/04

WHIMS Study on Estrogen/Progestin (FDA) (5/27/03)

Women's Health Initiative NHLBI

Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS)

Hysterectomy

Hysterectomy: Benefits and alternatives Mayoclinic

Uterine Diseases MedlinePlus

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