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Health Services
Resources
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AIDS/HIV
AIDS Education & Research Trust
Presents basic and general information about sexuality, AIDS, HIV and other sexual education topics. Special section for youth.
Center for Disease Control
This website provides statistics on HIV/AIDS in the United States as well as the latest information on AIDS conferences. Also provides links to other government sites and organizational sites.
ABUSE
Parents & Loved Ones of Sexual Abuse & Rape Survivors
A good site for the friends and family of a person who has been sexually abused. Give tips on how you can help them through. Also provides some insights from survivors.
ALCOHOLISM
Alcoholics Anonymous
An introduction to the organization. This site offers information on the disease of alcoholism and about the recovering theory.
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
The Wellness Web, Inc.
The website provides access to information on a wide range of treatment options. Gives overview to "integrative" medicine and gives tips as to what treatments work best on what diseases and conditions.
CONTRACEPTION/SAFER SEX
Duke University
This website was designed to provide contraception information. The topics of information include: abstinence, Depo-Provera, emergency contraception, Norplant, diaphragms, male condoms and female condoms. The effectiveness rates, advantages, and disadvantages of each are explored.
DEPRESSION
National Institute for Mental Health
This website provides details on depression with breakdown by gender, age, and type of depression.
DRUG ABUSE
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Contains reports and articles on addictions. Also gives information on the latest research and advances in scientific research regarding addictions and drug abuse.
Narcotics Anonymous
An introduction to the organization. This site offers information on addictions and about the organization's recovering theory.
EATING DISORDERS
Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (ANRED)
This website is managed by a non-profit organization that considers its primary mission to make it easier to learn about eating disorders and how to recover from them.
Prevention and Treatment
This web site is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Edreferral.com provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. Their goal is to provide assistance, in the form of information and resources, to those suffering with eating disorders to get them started on the road to recovery and healthy living.
GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL RESOURCES
Advocates for Youth
This website includes information on places that GLB youth can turn to for information or support, as well as personal coming-out stories. Also provides up-to-date news affecting the GLB community.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Contains weekly updated information in the news, and other important resources.
GLAAD - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
This website contains information about GLAAD. It is a national organization dedicated to promoting fair, accurate and inclusive representation of individuals and events in the media as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.
GENERAL HEALTH
Columbia University
Go Ask Alice! is a web-based health education resource. Its mission is to provide factual, in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist readers' decision-making about their physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health
MEN'S HEALTH
The Testicular Cancer Resource Center
This website provides personal testimonies and first-hand accounts of people who have survived the disease. Also addresses the costs of treatment and surgery, concerns regarding sex after surgery, and advice and helpful hints on dealing with the experience.
NUTRITION
American Dietetic Association
This Association's website includes information regarding nutritional facts, the food pyramid, fats, oils, and cholesterol. You can even contact a dietician by phone if your questions are not answered here.
SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION
This website provides information and resources on prevention of HIV and STDs.
American Social Health Association
This website provides information on STDs such as chlamydia, hepatitis B and herpes, as well as STD statistics in the United States. This site is very easy to read and understand.
Sexual Health Information - University at Buffalo
Information on sexually transmitted diseases, safer sex, emergency contraception, and other resources. View as a PDF (12 pgs. 60kb) or Word (12 pgs. 70kb) document.
SMOKING
Center for Disease Control
This website deals with tobacco information and addiction as well as prevention.
New York State sponsored smoking cessation info & support
SUICIDE
Suicide Hotlines and Prevention Resources
This website contains resources for help and information reguarding suicide.
Metanoia Communications
This website was created directly for those who are seriously considering committing suicide. It outlines resources and information that is currently available on the internet or in the library.
American Association of Suicidology
This website presents a large amount of information of the understanding and prevention of suicide.
TATTOO REMOVAL
Contemporary Health Communications
This website provides information on the different methods that can be used to remove tattoos.
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Women's Health Interactive
This website has resources available on women's health issues and also has support services. Personal assessments are also available for such topics as risk for osteoporosis, reproductive system tests, and pregnancy factor assessments.
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