This outstanding site, a collaborative project of four New York organizations including the City University of New York and the New York Public Library, is committed to providing relevant, unbiased, and accurate consumer health information to an underserved population. Currently available in both Spanish and English, the site has information on topics ranging from aging to diabetes to patient rights. Wellness Web Created collaboratively by consumers and healthcare professionals, this site is designed to help people find the best and most appropriate medical information and support. Very easy to use and provides evenhanded treatment of both Western and alternative medicine. A great list of annotated links, with extensive sections on growing older, controlling fertility, and the medical system and women.
Information is available in both French and English.
An extensive, annotated list of sites with resources on women and women's issues, including activism, health, women of color and sexuality. An excellent site put together by women whose goals are to promote awareness, education, activism and empowerment. Has a nationwide database of tens of thousands of women's resources that allow you to locate a women's services, including adoption agencies, battered women's shelters and AIDS organizations near you. The CDC web site offers practical information on diseases, health risks and prevention guidelines and strategies. It also provides access to CDC databases and summaries of hundreds of CDC publications.