Women's Health Issues

Revised: May 24, 1999

National Women's Health Resource Center - NWHRC is a clearinghouse for information and resources about women's health.
Women's health links from the Feminist Internet Gateway.
Harvard Women's Health Watch (the UAH Women's Studies Resource Center has had a subscription to this since fall 1997)
New York's Breast Cancer Information Clearinghouse.

The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a major research study of women and their health, focusing on the effect of hormone replacement therapy. They are inviting participants between the ages of 50 and 70 who are willing to take hormones (or placebos). The study "will help decide how diet, hormone therapy, and calcium and vitamin D might prevent heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and bone fractures. It will also help identify any risks. This is the first such study to examine the health of a very large number of women over a long period of time. About 160,000 women of various racial and ethnic backgrounds from 40 communities across the United States will take part in the study."

The New York Times on the Web has a Women's Health page, apparently a follow-on to their Women's Health Special, which they described as "an in-depth resource covering 28 topics of health concern, from nutrition to cancer to cosmetic surgery. The Special section includes several original features, archival New York Times content, licensed material from The Harvard Guide to Women's Health and The New Our Bodies Ourselves, and a database of resources for further study."
Whole Health Library: Women's Health: This site provides information about endometriosis, menopause, eating disorders, and a variety of other matters relevant to women's health. It is of particular interest in emphasizing alternative medicine. The company, American WholeHealth Inc., says it specializes in combining conventional and alternative medicine.

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