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Alcohol self assessment
http://www.habitsmart.com/chkup.html
Drugs, Brains and Behavior: online
text
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/%7Elwh/drugs/
National Institute on Drug Abuse:
Searching the internet for reliable drug information
http://www.nida.nih.gov/NIDAHome.html
WebMD: Alcohol self assessment
http://www.habitsmart.com/chkup.html
Boston University Mental Health
Information Outreach Project
http://med-libwww.bu.edu/library/bmhiop.html#BAIOPINFO
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ALTERNATIVE HEALTH RESOURCES |
Planned Parenthood FAQ on oral contraceptives, effectiveness, cancer risk
and more
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/bc/you_and_pill.htm
Take the birth control IQ quiz
http://www.epigee.org/guide/quiz.html
The Biology Project’s birth
control quiz. Please do this one.
Link to Methods of
Birth Control…at the bottom of the page you can begin the quiz.
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/birth_control/birth_control.html
The abortion clinic directory. Information on abortion
procedures both surgical and non-surgical (RU486), and birth control
http://www.RU486.com/index.asp
RU486 info.
http://www.cbctrust.com/RU486.96.html
Birth control page
with extensive links.
http://www.ultimatebirthcontrol.com/
How emergency birth control, the morning after pill, works
http://www.emergencybirthcontrol.org/content_howEBCworks.htm
Wellesley College page on body image
http://www.wellesley.edu/Health/BodyImage/
National Women’s Health
Information Center
http://www.4woman.gov/bodyimage/
A tribute to black women’s hair
http://www.authorsden.com/externalsite.asp?authorID=6637&destURL=devoted%2Eto%2Fblackwomenshair&msg=
The American Cancer
Institute
http://www.cancer.org/
Online research journal that is
free to public
http://breast-cancer-research.com/default/start.asp
Specifics about BRCA1 gene and
breast cancer
http://bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/hotmolecbase/entries/brca1.htm#struct
Cancer biology overview. Good
review on risks due to water, pesticides, diet, etc.
http://www.cfe.cornell.edu/bcerf/FactSheet/FactSheet.cfm#Background
Avon raising monies for cancer
research
http://www.avoncompany.com/women/avoncrusade/background/overview.shtml
National Cancer Institute…what
your government is doing, research info, links
http://www.nci.nih.gov/
Cigna health insurance company
offers an excellent educational website on women’s and men’s health issues.
In October, they donate
up to 100,000 to cancer research ….just visit their site and click on the
pink ribbon to have Cigna donate a $1.00
http://www.cigna.com/consumer/education/yourhealth/women/
Breast cancer links sited by the feminist women’s
health centers
http://www.fwhc.org/health/breasthealth.htm
NCI tutorial on estrogen and
breast cancer
http://newscenter.cancer.gov/sciencebehind/estrogen/estrogen00.htm
NCI tutorial on angiogenesis and
cancer
http://newscenter.cancer.gov/sciencebehind/angiogenesis/angio00.htm
NCI tutorial on our immune system. Presents small
amount of very basic information about
cancer and the immune system. Focus is on how immune system works normally
http://newscenter.cancer.gov/sciencebehind/immune/immune01.htm
Merck free online medical manual for home use. Section
15 focuses on cancer
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/contents.htm
Breast cancer
ACTION page.
http://www.bcaction.org/
Franklin Institute online
exploration of the heart
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/TOC.biosci.html
The Biology Project’s human
reproduction quiz
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/Human_Reproduction/human_reproduction.html
The Census Bureau’s population clock watch for the US and the world.
Information and projection of population growth.
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Prochoice
Federation...take action, make a difference.
Has excellent
page on YOUR choices if you are pregnant and much more.
http://www.prochoice.org/
The Biology Project’s immunology
tutorial. Excellent
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/immunology/main.html
Florida State Univ. online
pathology of human diseases. Graphic images and pathological slides.
Not for the squeamish…but real. Technical
http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/WebPath/webpath.html
Athletic Amenorrhea Is Not
Healthy—Period an article by nutrition expert Stefanie Perelman
http://www.efit.com/servlet/article/womenshealth/28265.html
Menstrual art--Mariko
Goggans
www.u.arizona.edu/ic/mcbride/ ws200/Menstrual%20Art.html
The museum of menstruation in Washington DC…a wealth of info of all sorts
http://www.mum.org/index.html
The biology of menstruation plus
links from feminist women’s health centers
http://www.fwhc.org/health/moon.htm
A good overview of menstrual cycles
http://www.blc.arizona.edu/courses/181gh/rick/reproduction/female2.html
Another overview of
menstrual cycles
http://www.billings-ovulation-method.org.au/act/physiolo.shtml
Lamaze midwife web page on pregnancy and labor: while
this is informative, it is sometimes cutesy and all babies are male
http://www.loveyrusso.com/childbirth.htm
Contains information and links about a variety of tests
done throughout pregnancy and labor, provided by a male MD. And more…
http://www.howstuffworks.com/prenatal-testing8.htm
Westside Pregnancy Resource Center in Los Angeles, CA.
Photos of human fetal development, an overview of development, and info on
pregnancy, testing, and abortion
http://www.w-cpc.org/fetal.html
Journal and resource: Midwifery Today
http://www.midwiferytoday.com/
Australian midwifery resource
http://www.moonlily.com/obc/
Links to history of Midwifery in US, by state.
http://www.rslnetwork.com/midwifery/mid-hist.html
British Food
Standards Agency page on healthy eating before and during pregnancy.
Also includes information about foods that have high incidence of
contamination. Excellent site.
http://www.food.gov.uk/healthiereating/pregnancy/
March of Dimes website
with brief information on diet during pregnancy and while breastfeeding.
Information on prenatal testing.
The first page is brief overview/advice and the second page is more
detailed.
http://www.marchofdimes.com/pnhec/159_826.asp
http://www.marchofdimes.com/professionals/681_1152.asp
ABC news report on
late 1990’s study of health care prejudice: Racial Divide
http://abcnews.go.com:80/sections/living/DailyNews/racial_healthcare990224.html
What you need to know about newsletter of the Southern Poverty Law Center
and Tolerance.org.
Good site for keeping abreast of race issues in health, white privilege etc.
http://racerelations.about.com/library/weekly/blracehealth.htm
101 tools to promote
tolerance from Southern Poverty Law Center and Tolerance.org.
http://racerelations.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.tolerance.org/hidden%5Fbias/index.html
Experience the Civil Rights Memorial
http://racerelations.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.tolerance.org/hidden%5Fbias/index.html
Hidden bias quiz.
The suggestion is that while people are
sometimes unwilling to admit to their preference
on certain subjects (race included), there is also a factor that can make
one unable to admit these biases.
The tests are designed to break through these barriers and present the user
with some insight into their "automatic preferences."
http://racerelations.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.tolerance.org/hidden%5Fbias/index.html
Quiz on prejudice
http://racerelations.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eburg.com%2F%7Ecole%2FQuiz.html
Government office of
minority health: has initiative to eliminate disparities in health care.
http://www.omhrc.gov/omhhome.htm
Office
of the Surgeon General of the United States
http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/sgoffice.htm
Amer. J. Public Health. Paradigm
lost: race, ethnicity, and the search for a new population taxonomy.
Article and evidence that race is a misnomer.
http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/7/1049
The CDC guide to sexually
transmitted diseases, prevention, and current treatments. A very
comprehensive resource
http://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/TOC2002TG.htm
Epigee’s guide to STD's
http://www.epigee.org/guide/stds.html
The Biology Project’s STD quiz.
Please do this one
http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/problem_sets/stds/stds.html
Pfizer STD quiz
http://www.unspeakable.com/quiz/quiz.jsp
American Social Health
Organization STD web site
http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/index.html
World Health Org. dept of HIV/AIDS
http://www.who.int/HIV_AIDS/
Pfizer STD risk profiler….do this
one!
http://www.unspeakable.com/profiler/profiler-frame.html
STD causes, symptoms, and treatments.
Only address a few of the STDs but does a good job addressing types of
vaginitis.
http://www.well-net.com/STD/std1.html
National Center for Disease Control in Georgia. Viral/bacterial STD
website.
This page can also link you to their HIV webpage.
Great for detailed info and updated statistics.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html
CDC statistics on
HIV/AIDS in US population
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stat-trends.htm#trends
CDC website for
parasitic diseases including the STD, Trichomoniasis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trichomonas/factsht_trichomonas.htm
CDC website for
bacterial and fungal diseases including the STD, Candidiasis
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/candidiasis_gen_g.htm
CDC website
information on cytomegalovirus (CMV)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/cmv.htm
CDC treatment
guidelines for STDs
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/cmv.htm
Government AIDS/HIV and treatment site. Good one
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/daids/dtpdb/virpage1.htm
A site in Adelaide S.
Australia that has basic info on STDs including several I have not covered
in the class.
http://www.stdservices.on.net/std/Default.htm
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