Health Promotion/Wellness
Go Ask Alice (Columbia University - Morningside Health Promotion)
Centers for Disease Control
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Community and Personal Health Information – NYC
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College and University Health
Healthy Campus 2010
American College Health Association
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Substance Use
Addiction Illnesses: Medical Solutions
National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Fact Sheets on drugs of abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Smoking Cessation
Smoking Cessation - CDC
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Rosenthal Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (CUMC site)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
– National Institutes of Health
American Botanical Council (information on herbs
and their medical use(s)
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Travel and International Health
Centers for Disease Control - Traveler's Health
World Health Organization
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General Health Information
Harvard Health Information
Up-to-date (Columbia has an institutional subscription; aimed
at physicians) Excellent, updated, evidence-based summaries on just about anything
Centers for Disease Control – search health topics, travel, etc.
Medline Plus – aimed at consumers
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Physical Activity & Fitness
Physical
Fitness for Everyone - fitness across the lifespan
The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
Nutrition
Weight Loss Information
General Nutrition – Tufts University
Food and Nutrition Information Center
American Dietetic Association
Information on Regulation of Dietary Supplements
Bibliographical Information on Dietary Supplements
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Body Image and Eating Disorders
Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders – opportunities for online chat groups
National Eating Disorder Association
About Face –
excellent examples of media influence on body image
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Sexual Health
Medline Plus – reliable sexual health information
Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Gay & Lesbian Health
Gay Lesbian Medical Association
King County Public Health
- Health information for gays, lesbians, bisexual &transgendered individuals
American Public Health Association
– links to GLBTQ health resources
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Women's Health
Minority women's health information
National Women's Health Information Center
Center for Disease Control
- Women's health information, materials, stat sheets and more
Women's health information –
aimed at college women (Brandeis University site)
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Other Questions?
Pub Med
(National Library of Medicine)
Regulatory and Policy Information
Evaluating Information on the Internet
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