Internet Resource Guide

General

·         Evaluating Health Information on the Internet – Michigan Electronic Library

http://med.lib.mi.us/health/health-evaluating.html

·         National Library of Medicine PubMed

http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

·         Healthtouch Online

http://healthtouch.com

·         Healthfinder – Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

http://www.healthfinder.gov

·         American Academy of Family Physicians

http://www.aafp.org

·         American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org

·         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov

·         National Institutes of Health

http://nih.gov

·         Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov

·         American College Health Association

http://www.acha.org

·         World Health Organization

http://www.who.org

·         Healthy People 2000

http://web.health.gov/healthypeople

·         National Health Observances for 1999

http://www.wellnessnwi.org/hoc99.html

·         Human Anatomy Online  -- interactive anatomical animations

http://www.innerbody.com/indexbody.html

Chapter  1  --  “An Invitation to Health For the 21^st Century”

·         National Wellness Institute – University of Wisconsin – Steven’s Point

http://www.wellnessnwi.org

·         Quizzes and Health Assessments

Ø       Mayo clinic Assessment: http://mayohealth.org/mayo/library/htm/quiz.htm

Ø       Lifescan Health Risk Appraisal

http://wellness.uwsp.edu/Health_Service/Services/lifeScan.shtml

Ø       Life Expectancy: The Longevity Game from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

http://www.northwesternmutual.com/games/longevity

Ø       Real Age:  an online assessment that also gives you options for growing younger

http://www.realage.com

Ø       Life Expectancy: How Long Will You Survive on Earth? It may depend on where in the world you live.

http://www.hksrch.com.hk/life.html

·         Children’s Health  -- information for parents, teens, and young children

http://kidshealth.org

Chapter  2:  “Managing Stress”

·         Stress Management: A Review of Principles,

presented by Wesley E. Sime, PhD, MPH, Professor of Health and Human Performance University of Nebraska-Lincoln

     http://www.unl.edu:80/stress/mgmt

·         Stress Assess  -- three internet assessment tools developed by the National Wellness Institute at the University of Wisconsin – Steven’s Point

http://wellness.uwsp.edu/Health_Service/services/stress.shtml

·         25 Ways to Reduce Stress

http://www.clinique.com/busters.html

·         Stress Facts for Young Adults – from the American Academy of Family Physicians

http://familydoctor.org/handouts/278.html

Chapter  3:  “Feeling Good”

·         National Mental Health Association

http://www.nmha.org

·         What’s Your Emotional Intelligence Quotient?

http://www.utne.com/lens/bms/9bmseq.html

·         National Sleep Foundation

http://www.sleepfoundation.org

·         American Sleep Disorders Association

http://www.asda.org

Chapter 4:  “Caring for the Mind”

·         Depression

-         General information from the Physician’s Desk Reference Getting Well Network

http://www.pdr.net/gettingwell/depression/index.html

-         Adolescent Depression  -- information from the National Mental Health Association

http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/leaflets/nmha/nmha034.htm

-         Women and Depression – information from the American Psychological Association

http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/depress.html

·         Suicide – information from the CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/suifacts.htm

·         Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

-         General Information from the National Institutes of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.htm

-         Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) http://www.chadd.org

·         Online Depression Screening Test  -- from New York University Department of Psychiatry

http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/screens/depress.html

Chapter 5:  “The Joy of Fitness”

·         Fitness Basics – Information from the American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/fitness/fitness.htm

·         Personal Trainer – Developing Your Own Exercise Program – Information from the American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/trainer/index.htm

·         Shape Up America

http://www.shapeup.org/sua/index.html

·         Information from the American Heart Association

-         Physical Activity in Your Daily Life                            http://www.americanheart.org/catalog/Health_catpage9.html

-         Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health: Fact Sheet

http://www.americanheart.org/Health/Lifestyle/Physical_Activity/PAfact.html

·         Determining Your Fitness Level

http://www.fitnesslink.com/exercise/level1.htm

·         Exercise Energy Expenditure – calculates the number of calories you burn during your workout.

http://www.healthcalc.net/hcn/tools.htm

·         How Healthy Are You compared to others?   Take the test to fine tune your exercise program, identify areas for improvement, and to measure progress.

http://www.healthcalc.net/hcn/tools.htm

·         Aerobics  -- a virtual library of different types of aerobic exercises, including FAQ’s

http://www.turnstep.com

Chapter 6:  “Nutrition for Life”

·         American Dietetic Association

http://www.eatright.org

·         The Food Guide Pyramid

http://www.nal.usda.gov:8001/py/pmap.htm

·         Food Pyramid Quiz

http://www.thriveonline.com/eats/pyramid/index.html

·         Your Personal Dietary Analysis – from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center features four different nutrition analyses, including a calorie counter and  fast food information.

http://www.bgsm.edu/nutrition/in.html

·         Nutrients for Good Health  -- general information

http://www.realtime.net/anr/nutrient.html

·         Cyberkitchen  -- by Shape Up America

http://www.shapeup.org/kitchen/index.htm

·         Fast Food Facts

http://www.olen.com/food/book.html

·         CyberDiet’s Eating Out Guidelines – information on healthy selections from the following cuisines: USA, France, India, Mexico, Italy, Thailand, Japan, China, and Greece

http://www.CyberDiet.com/foodfact/eatguide.html

·         Heart Healthy Diets

http://www.amhrt.org

·         Nutrition and Cancer – information from the American Cancer Society

http://www.cancer.org/statistics.cff98/nutrition.html

·         Sports Nutrition & Food Supplements

http://www.fitnesslink.com/food/sportnut.htm

·         Nutrition Quizzes

http://www.cspinet.org/quiz

·         Healthy Eating on the Run

http://www.shapeup.org/publications/fitting.fitness.in/noframes/eating.htm

Chapter 7:  “Eating Patterns and Problems”

·         Dietary Guidelines for Americans

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fric/dga/dguide95.html

·         Shape Up America!  -- founded by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D.

http://www.shapeup.org/sua

·         Weight Control Information Network – from the National Institutes of Health

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm

·         Body Mass Index Determination

http://www.shapeup.org/bmi/index.html

·         Healthy Weight, Healthy Living – Understanding the Medical Hazards of Obesity

http://www.shapeup.org/library/indexall.htm#hwhl

·         Eating Disorders – information from Mental Health Net

http://eatingdisorders.cmhc.com

·         Eating Disorders Quiz

http://www.bgsm.edu/nutrition/BwgQuiz/QzQues.htm

·         Anorexia Nervosa – information from the American Academy of Family Physicians

http://familydoctor.org/handouts/063.html

Chapter 9:  “Personal Sexuality”

·         Sexuality information from Columbia University  “Go Ask Alice”

-         Sexual intercourse, abstinence, kissing, masturbation, etc.

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/Cat6.html

·         Planned Parenthood

http://www.plannedparenthood.org

·         Homosexuality: Choice or Fixed Orientation?

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_fixe.htm

·         Safer Sex

http://safersex.org

·         Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

http://www.healthy.net/library/books/healthyself/womens/pms.htm

·         Anatomy

-         Female Reproductive Organs

-         http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/femorg.htm

-         Female Reproductive System

-         http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/femrep.htm

-         Male Reproductive Organs

-         http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/male.htm

Chapter 10:  “Reproductive Choices”

·         National Women’s Health Information Center – U.S. Public Health Office on Women’s Health

http://www.4woman.gov

·         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Women’s Health

http://www.cdc.gov/health/womensmenu.htm

·         Methods of Contraception

http://www.fiu.edu/~health/contraception.htm

·         Contraception Information Center  -- from the American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/special/contra/contra.htm

Chapter 11:  “Defending Yourself From Infectious Diseases”

·         Cells Alive!  -- interactive animations and illustrations to illustrate how the immune system works in the human body

http://www.cellsalive.com

·         Immunization Action Coalition -- Information for children, adolescents, and adults

http://www.immunize.org

·         Vaccine Information Sheets  in English and Spanish -- for measles, rubella, tetanus, hepatitis A & B, influenza, chickenpox, polio, diphtheria, and more

http://www.immunize.org/vis/index.htm

·         Color Photographs of people with vaccine preventable diseases

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/pict001.htm

·         Allergy:  The PDR’s Getting Well Network

http://www.pdr.net/gettingwell/allergy/index.html

·         Assess Your Risk for HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

http://www.thebody.com/surveys/sexsurvey.html

·         AIDS Fact Sheets

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/HIV _aids/pubs/facts.htm

·         American Medical Association HIV/AIDS Information Center

http://www.ama-assn.org/special/HIV/search/search.htm

-         AIDS Statistics from the AMA   

http://www.ama-assn.org/special/HIV/search/search.htm

·         Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)

http://www.caps.ucsf.edu

·         Condoms and Their Use in Preventing HIV and other STD’s

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/HIV _aids/pubs/facts/condoms.htm

·         Sexually Transmitted Diseases  -- general info on prevention and treatment

http://www.unspeakable.com/std-index.html

·         Sexually Transmitted Diseases  Prevention  --  information from the CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/dstdp.html

·         STD  Quiz

http://www.unspeakable.com/nph-survey.cgi?tag=std

·         STD Risk Profiler  -- take this simple test to see your relative risk of acquiring a STD

http://www.unspeakable.com/profiler/profiler.html

·         STD’s in Women  -- from American Institute of Preventive Medicine

http://www.healthy.net/library/books/healthyself/womens/std.htm

·         Chlamydia

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdclam.htm

·         Herpes

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/dstd/Genital_Herpes_facts.htm

·         Syphilis

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdsyph.htm

·         Gonorrhea  -- fact sheet

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dastlr/gcdir/gono.html

·         Vaginal Infections

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdvag.htm

·         Human Papilloma Virus and Genital Warts

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/stdhpv.htm

·         Influenza  -- infection and vaccination

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluvirus.htm

·         Infectious Mononucleosis

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/infmono.htm

·         Measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR)

http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vaccine/nip-mmr.htm

·         Meningitis

-         Bacteria        http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/bactmen.htm

-         Viral             http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/virlmen.htm

·         Tuberculosis

-         American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/patient/pat020.htm

·         Urinary Tract Infections

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/urolog/pubs/utiadult/utiadult.htm

Chapter 12:  “Keeping Your Heart Healthy”

·         American Heart Association  -- Home page

http://www.amhrt.org/newhome.htmlhttp://www.amhrt.org/newhome.html

·         Virtual Body: The Heart  --  an animated, interactive tour of the human heart

http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody/heart.html

·         Your Heart and How It Works

http://www.amhrt.org/Heart/CPR/cpr_broch.html

·         Coronary Risk Factors – American Heart Association

http://www.amhrt.org/risk/quiz.html

·         Preventing Heart Disease  --  American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/heartrsk/heartrsk.htm

·         Angina Pectoris

http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/angina.html

·         Warning Signs of a heart attack

http://www.amhrt.org/Heart/Warning_Signs/index.html

·         Cardiopulmonary Resusciation

http://www.amhrt.org/Heart/CPR/cpr_broch.html

·         Heimlich Maneuver

http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/heim.html

·         Hypertension   --  American Heart Association

http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/hbp.html

·         Cholesterol sites

-         American Heart Association

http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/chol.html

-         National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute  -- Interactive Site

http://rover.nhlbi.nih.gov/chd/

·         Self-help Strategies to Prevent Heart Disease

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/healthy-heart/cheart.htm#xaspir

·         Tests to Diagnose Heart Disease

http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/tests.html

Chapter 13:   “Lowering Your Risk of Cancer and Other Major  Diseases”

·         American Cancer Society

http://www2.acan.net/~amcancer

·         American Lung Association

http://www.lungusa.org/

·         National Cancer Institute

http://www.nci.nih.gov/

·         Risk Behaviors for Chronic Diseases

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/risk.htm

·         Cancer Prevention and Control  -- CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dcpc/index.htm

·         Breast Cancer 

-         AMA:           

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/spec_con/patient/pat041.htm

-         PDR’s Getting Well Network

http://www.pdr.net/gettingwell/breast_cancer/index.html

·         Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program  --  CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dcpc/nbccedp/index.htm

·         Skin Cancer Prevention  --

-         American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/yourhlth/skin_ca/index.htm

-         CDC  -- Choose Your Cover  (excellent site)

http://www.cdc.gov/ChooseYourCover/

·         Diabetes

-         American Diabetes Association

http://www.diabetes.org

·         Asthma

-         AMA        http://www.ama-assn.org/special/asthma/support/educate/basics.htm

Chapter 14:  “Drug Use, Misuse, and Abuse”

·         Partnership for a Drug-free America  -- most comprehensive site on different types of drugs

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/

·         Prevalence for Different Types of Drugs   --   Colleges

http://www.health.org/pubs/caps/NCCollege.htm

·         Trends in Drug Use Among College Students  -- National Institutes on Drug Abuse

http://www.health.org/pubs/caps/NCCollegeTrends.htm

·         American Council for Drug Education

          http://www.acde.org

·         Drugs and Alcohol Abuse – general information

http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/leaflets/118054/118054.htm

·         Photos of what specific types of drugs look like – Partnership for a Drug-free America

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/drug_pic.html

·         Cocaine, crack

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/cocaine.html

·         GHB

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/ghb.html

·         Marijuana

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/marijuana.html

·         Rohypnol

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/roofies.html

·         Anabolic Steroids

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/steroids.html

·         Tobacco

http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/tobacco.html

Chapter 15:  “Alcohol Use, Misuse, and Abuse”

·         Alcohol Fact Sheet – from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

http://www.health.org/pubs/catalog/RP0s.htm#Alco

·         The College Alcohol Study:  Harvard University School of Public Health recent research

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas

·         BACCHUS & GAMMA Peer Education Network for Colleges

http://www.bacchusgamma.org

·         Facts On Tap: Alcohol and Your College Experience

-         Risky Relationship: Alcohol and Sex

http://www.factsontap.org/riskyrel/Riskyrel.htm

-         College Experience: Alcohol and Student Life

http://www.factsontap.org/collexp/Collexp.htm

-         The Naked Truth: Alcohol and Your Body

http://www.factsontap.org/yourbody/Yourbody.htm

-         When Someone Else’s Drinking Gives You a Hangover

http://www.factsontap.org/hangover/Hangover.htm

·         If Someone Close Has an Alcohol or Other Drug Problem --  from NCADI Prevention Works

http://www.health.org/pubs/someone.htm

·         Alcoholics Anonymous

http://www.alcoholics-anonymous.org

·         Al-Anon and Alateen – for friends and family of alcoholics

http://www.Al-Anon-Alateen.org

·         Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)

http://www.saddonline.com

·         Alcohol Impairment Chart

http://www.health.org/pubs/qdocs/alcohol/bac-chrt.htm

·         Impaired Driving Fact Sheets – CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/drving.htm

·         Self-scoring Alcohol Check-up  -- questionnaire to determine if your drinking behavior is problematic

http://www.cts.com/crash/habtsmrt/chkup.html

Chapter 16:  “Tobacco Use, Misuse, and Abuse”

·         CDC Page on Smoking and Health: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco

·         Do You Smoke? Do You Want to Quit? -- Consumer Information on Smoking Cessation

http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/smokecsm.htm

·         Clearing the Air: How to Quit Smoking … and Quit for Keeps

http://rex.nci.nih.gov/NCI_Pub_Interface/Clearing_the_Air/clearing.html

·         The Great American Smoke-out – American Cancer Society  -- interactive site

http://www.cancer.org/smokeout/

·         Truth:  The Facts about Tobacco – fun, interactive site

http://www.wholetruth.com/asp/truth/fs_start.asp

·         Smoking & Tobacco Control --  CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/health/smoking.htm

·         Second-hand Smoke – from University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center

http://oncolink.upenn.edu/disease/lung1/second-hand.html

·         Check Your Smoking IQ  -- interactive questions

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/educprog/smoking.html

·         Tackling Tobacco – from drkoop.com – site by the former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everette Koop

http://www.drkoop.com/tobacco/facts_and_figures/index.asp

Chapter 17:  “Protecting Yourself”

·         National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

-         Ten Leading Causes of Death

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/osp/leadcaus/chrtrqpg.htm

·         Safety – from drkoop.com

http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/001931.htm

·         Accident Causes and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nasd/menus/topacp.html

·         Ergonomic Guidelines – working with computers

http://www.fiu.edu/~ehs/ergonom.html

·         Dating Violence  --  CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/datviol.htm

·         Stalking

http://www.fiu.edu/~victimad/st.htm

·         Domestic Violence  --  CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/fivpt/spotlite/home.htm

·         National Safety Council

http://www.nsc.org

·         Heat Emergencies

http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000056.htm

·         First Aid Information --  from drkoop.com – a superb web site:

-         Allergic Reactions               http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000005.htm

-         Head Injury                       http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000028.htm

-         Near Drowning                   http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000046.htm

-         Heart Attack                     http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000063.htm

-         Insect Bites                       http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000033.htm

-         Animal Bites                       http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000034.htm

-         Burns                               http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000030.htm

-         Choking                            http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000047.htm

-         Poisoning                          http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000003.htm

-         Sunburn                            http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000062.htm

-         Nosebleed                         http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000020.htm

-         CPR                                  http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000010.htm

-         Unconsciousness                http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000022.htm

-         Strains                    http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/000042.htm

Chapter 18:  “Living Longer and Better”

·         Aging Healthy – drkoop.com – site by former US Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop

http://www.drkoop.com/resource/aging/index.asp

·         Administration on Aging

http://www.aoa.gov

·         National Institute on Aging

http://www.nih.gov/nia

·         National Council on Aging

http://www.ncoa.org

·         Shape Up Fitness Program – from Green Thumb Web Site, funded by the CDD

http://www.greenthumb.org/shape2/index.html

·         Diet and Nutrition Needs with Aging

http://www.drkoop.com/resource/aging/nutrition

·         Fitness and Aging

http://www.drkoop.com/resource/aging/fitness

·         Mental Health and Aging

http://www.drkoop.com/resource/aging/body

·         Menopause:  online booklet from the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health

http://www.nih.gov/health/chip/nia/menop/men1.htm

·         Arthritis 

-         NIA brochure

http://www.nih.gov/nia/health/pubpub/pubpub.htm

-         American Arthritis Association

http://www.arthritis.org

·         Can Hormones Prevent Aging?  Online information about estrogens, testosterone, DHEA, melatonin, and others -- from the National Institute on Aging

http://www.nih.gov/nia/health/pubpub/hormrev.htm

·         National Osteoporosis Foundation

http://www.nof.org

Chapter 20:  “Taking Charge of Your Health”

·         Dr. Koop’s Preventionnaire – personalized confidential interactive health risk appraisal survey

http://www.drkoop.com/adam/mhc/top/001931.htm

·         Personal Health Guide:  Put Prevention Into Practice

http://www.ahcpr.gov/ppip/ppadult.htm

·         American Medical Association Preventive Health Services by Age and Procedure for Adolescents and Young Adults

http://www.ama-assn.org/adolhlth/recomend/monotbl3.htm

·         Rock the Vote – glossary of health care terms

http://www.iuma.com/RTV/glossary.html

·         Health Hotlines – National Library of Medicine  -- online database of health organizations operating 24 hour telephone hotline services

http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hotlines/index.html

·         Be Well – Healthy Living Electronic Magazines with consumer information on athletics, nutrition, men’s health, women’s health, healthy mind, healthy parenting, healthy sexuality, and healthy traveler

http://beWELL.com

·         Quick Checks for Selecting Quality Health Care  - Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/quick.htm

·         Communicating With Your Health Care Provider

-         American Heart Association’s Tips on How to Talk to a Medical Professional

http://www.amhrt.org/Health/Talking_with_Your_Doctor/talktips.html

·         Insurance Information

http://www.drkoop.com/hcr/insurance

·         Personal Drug Store

http://www.drkoop.com/drugstore

·         Health Insurance Association of America – comprehensive information about health insurance

http://www.hiaa.org/consumerinfo/guidehi.html

Chapter 21:  “Working Toward A Healthy Environment”

·         U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

http://www.epa.gov

·         Environmental Hazards: Boston University Medical Center Community Outreach Health Information System

http://www.bu.edu/cohis/environ/environ.htm

·         Environmental Health – CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/health/environm.htm

·         Environment and Life Expectancy

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/oc/factsheets/ead/life.htm

·         Air Pollution and Health Risks  --  Office of Air and Radiation, EPA

http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/air_risc/3_90_022.html

·         Global Warming Site – EPA

http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming

·         Indoor Air Environments  – EPA

http://www.epa.gov/iaq

·         Sick Building Syndrome

http://www.nsc.org/ehc/indoor/sbs.htm

·         Household Chemicals – National Safety Council

http://www.nsc.org/ehc/indoor/altchems.htm

Alternative (Complementary) Medicine

¨       National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine  -- National Institutes of Health

http://altmed.od.nih.gov/nccam

¨       Ask Dr. Weil – alternative medicine physician answers your questions

http://cgi.pathfinder.com/drweil

¨       Ask NOAH about Alternative Therapies

http://www.noah.cuny.edu/alternative/alternative.html

¨       The Alternative Medicine Homepage

http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

¨       Chiropractic

·         American Chiropractic Association

http://www.amerchiro.org

·         What is Chiropractic?

http://pages.prodigy.com/chiropractic/whatis.htm

¨       Dietary Supplements

·         FDA Guide to Dietary Supplements

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/fdsupp.html

·         National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements

http://odp.od.nih.gov/ods

¨       Herbal Therapy

·         Herb Research Foundation

http://www.herbs.org

·         A Review of the 12 Commonly Used Medicinal Herbs

http://www.ama-assn.org/sci-pubs/journals/arcHIV e/fami/vol_7/no_6/fsa8005a.htm

·         American Botanical Council – Herbs and Phytomedicinals

http://www.herbalgram.org

¨       Homeopathy

·         Introduction to Homeopathy

http://www.homeopathic.com/intro/index.html

·         Specific Ailments and Their Homeopathic Treatment

http://www.homeopathic.com/ailments/index.html

¨       Aromatherapy

·         National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy

http://www.naha.org/index.html

¨       Ayurveda

·         Introduction to Ayurveda

http://www.ayurveda.com/info/Ayurintro.htm

·         The Ayurvedic Institute

http://www.ayurveda.com

¨       Oriental Medicine

·         American Association of Oriental Medicine

http://www.aaom.org

·         American Academy of Acupuncture

http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/general.htm

·         Acupuncture.com

http://www.acupuncture.com

¨       Biofeedback

·         Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

http://www.aapb.org/public

¨       Massage and Somatic Therapy

·         American Massage Therapy Association

http://www.amtamassage.org

·         Massage Therapy for Health and Fitness

http://www.doubleclickd.com/theramassage.html

¨       Reflexology

·         The Healing Art of Reflexology – Association of Reflexologists

http://www.reflexology.org/aor/refinfo/healart.htm

¨       Guided Imagery

·         International Association of Interactive Imagery

http://www.iaii.org

¨       Naturopathy

·         Naturopathic Medicine Network

http://www.pandamedicine.com

·         Bastyr University – trains Naturopathic physicians

http://www.bastyr.edu

¨       Yoga

·         American Yoga Association

http://members.aol.com/amyogaassn/index.htm