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Women's Health Issues
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Linked to Pelvic Pain (06/15/2005, Reuters Health)
- Black Womens' HIV Rates Lopsided, Researcher Says (06/14/2005, New York Times Syndicate)
- Fat, Cigarettes Make Women Age Faster (06/14/2005, United Press International)
- Women with Heart Attacks Benefit from Stenting (04/06/2005, American Heart Association)
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From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Women's Health in the U.S.: NIAID Research on Health Issues Affecting Women (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) - Large PDF file
Overviews
- Overviews
- Frequently Asked Questions about Women's Health (National Women's Health Information Center)
Also available in: Spanish - Generations: Women's Health Across the Lifespan (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Women's Health Issues (Public Health Service, Office on Women's Health)
Prevention/Screening
- Prevention/Screening
- Action Steps for Staying Healthy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Women's Health)
- General Screenings and Immunizations Guidelines for Women (National Women's Health Information Center) - Links to PDF
- Lifetime of Good Health: Your Guide to Staying Healthy (National Women's Health Information Center) - Large PDF file
Also available in: Spanish - Pap Smears: What They Are and What the Results Mean (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Recommended Screenings and Immunizations for Women with High Risk Factors (National Women's Health Information Center) - Links to PDF
- Women's Screening Tests: Prevent Small Problems from Growing Larger (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Women: Stay Healthy at Any Age (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Also available in: Spanish
Health Check Tools
- Health Check Tools
- Test Your Women's Health Knowledge (National Women's Health Information Center)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Alcohol Alerts: Alcohol-An Important Women's Health Issue (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
- Alcohol: A Women's Health Issue (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
Also available in: Spanish - Body Image: Are You Imagining the Wrong Body? (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Celebrate the Beauty of Youth (NIDDK Weight-Control Information Network)
- Heart Truth for Women (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Just the Facts: Differences Between Women and Men in Specific Diseases (Society for Women's Health Research)
- What Is Sex-Based Biology? (Society for Women's Health Research)
- WISEWOMAN: Frequently Asked Questions (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Women and Men: 10 Differences That Make a Difference (Society for Women's Health Research)
- Women's Top Health Threats: A Surprising List (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Your Ob-Gyn: Your Partner in Health Care (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Research
- Research
- Diseases and Disorders Related to Women's Health and Selected Treatments (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Labor Takes Longer for Overweight and Obese Women (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- New Report Shows Link between Community Environment and Women's Health Outcomes (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Women's Health Initiative (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Organizations
- Organizations
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- FDA Office of Women's Health (Food and Drug Administration, Office of Women's Health)
- National Asian Women's Health Organization
- National Institutes of Health, Office of Research on Women's Health
- National Women's Health Information Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Also available in: Spanish
Law and Policy
- Law and Policy
- Social Security and Today's Woman (Social Security Administration)
Also available in: Spanish
Statistics
- Statistics
- American Women Are Waiting to Begin Families: Average Age at First Birth up More Than 3 Years from 1970 to 2000 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Childbirth and Depression Are Leading Reasons for Hospitalization of Younger Women (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Also available in: Spanish - Disparities by Gender (American Public Health Association) - Links to PDF
Also available in: Spanish - FASTATS: Women's Health (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Health of Minority Women (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Heart Disease and Stroke Maps (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Leading Causes of Death, Females United States, 2001 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Women's Health)
- New Report Maps Women's Health in the United States (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- What Do Women Suffer From? (Society for Women's Health Research)
- What Really Claims Womens Lives? (Society for Women's Health Research)
- Women of Color Health Data Book (National Women's Health Information Center) - Large PDF file
Also available in: Spanish
Seniors
- Seniors
- For Women Ages 65 and Older: Staying Healthy (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- What's Important about Elderly Women's Fat? Amount or Location? (American Heart Association)