Health

A national health promotion and disease prevention initiative bringing together many individuals and agencies to improve the health of all Americans, eliminate disparities in health, and improve years and quality of healthy life.

Helping prepare the public health workforce respond to bioterrorism and emerging health threats.

Provides online First Aid and CPR information on how to handle common first aid emergencies written by medical professionals.

A pictorial tour of sweatshops from 1820 to the present. From the National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution.

Providing material for policy makers, service providers, researchers, students and the general community. Features information on cultural, social, historical and economic health-related issues.

An Association of professionals working together to assure healthy people and healthy places in Colorado.

Encourages research and promotes knowledge relating to the problems, needs and development of public health, as well as ensuring communication between organizations, the government, and workers. Includes details of policies and conferences.

Promotes health policy-making through analysis of the dynamics of health care systems in Europe, in partnership with WHO.

Conducts interdisciplinary studies of local, national, and international health services delivery. Affiliate of the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration.

Public health programs and services. (Ontario)

Promotes patient safety by encouraging collaboration between participants of the Minnesota health care system. Includes organizational assessment tools, information on best practices, and links to related resources.

Serves as a coalition of chief executives from all disciplines within the health care system and forum to jointly develop policies, plans and programs; includes resources on key issues, legislative advocacy, and current news.

Promotes public health by representing the professional interests of pharmacists and medication safety officers practicing in hospitals and other healthcare organizations.

A monthly journal presenting peer-reviewed ideas, solutions and practices in the field of patient safety and quality improvement.

Provides guidelines and suggestions for farms, horticulture and the environment. Fact sheets can be downloaded on managing hazards and safe work practices.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports on the number of workplace injuries, illnesses, and fatalities.

Information on tropical diseases especially Malaria, dangerous sea creatures, survival at sea.

Content includes scientific articles on tropical medicine, parasitology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, virology and international medicine.

Objective is development of new or improved contraceptive methods that are safe, effective, acceptable, and suitable for use in the US and developing countries.

Information on the currently available male and female contraceptive methods, including reference material and training tools, such as presentation graphics with trainer notes.

Collection of articles, life stories, questions and various bulletin boards.

Headline news, research reports, and other media items about fertility and infertility.

Includes information on pregnancy, birth, a new baby or new parents.

Provides information about labor signs, their causes and symptoms, and describes when to seek medical care.

Offers general information, its upcoming conferences and contact details.

Hosts support groups covering a variety of mental and physical health issues. Topics include fibromyalgia, bipolar disorder, allergies and cancers. Also runs lifestyle groups with themes such as divorce, parenting, death and relationships.

Provides a paid for interface between a medical professional and a patient to communicate. Also provides free community consultations. Includes testimonials.

Not for profit, independent organization in the USA, informing and helping to protect members of the public in their encounters with the medical care system.

Health law, policy and regulatory materials. Organized deep links to US government health care resources.

Dedicated to helping people obtain eyeglasses online. Reviews, consumer ratings, e-mail discussion group.

Provides a database of patients' experiences and opinions of prescription drugs. Also includes opinion polls on health care topics.

Develops targeted news, data and strategic information in hospitals, managed care plans, medical companies and other health organizations.

Guide to seniors' housing and care services including retirement homes, nursing homes, home health care, adult lifestyle retirement communities, supportive housing and palliative hospice care in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Free referral source and contact listings for helping the elderly find appropriate living arrangements in the Florida area.

An elder care resource magazine for family and professional caregivers.

Offers access to support, information, and resources for caring for an aged relative.

A one step provider of geriatric care services in the United States.

Offers online resources for family caregivers. Also offers support for caregivers in the South Plains region of Texas, USA.

A faith-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to serving seniors in the St. Louis, Missouri area by helping with senior housing and community services.

Offers older adults, family caregivers and physicians a single source for providing information and referrals and locating and arranging services and supports for seniors in the Capital Region in New York.

Elderly care services in Central and South Florida. Includes a list of services and contact information.

Information and resources on elder suicide.

Promoting healthy lifestyles for seniors through education, fitness and sports.

A Professor at Cardiff University, Wales, this site lists information on his research and teaching interests. It includes information on brain activity related to smell, which may be of interest to anosmics.

Alternative eye care site with detailed nutritional protocols and prevention to help preserve vision.

Undertaking research, providing clinical services, and supporting community projects against blindness and disease. Features details of local and international programmes, list of services, and information on the Lions Eye Bank. Perth, Western Australia.

Provides living wills at no cost to all who request them; stores your medical records and emergency medical information for immediate download by health care professionals worldwide.

Guide to keeping your own health records online.

Information on marijuana, how it is taken, and effects it has on the body.

Division of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center that investigates the chemical nature of coffee, identifies potential therapeutic uses, and disseminates findings to the public. Includes summaries of research.