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Alcohol and Drugs
- NYS Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services
www.oasas.ny.gov - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration
www.samhsa.gov - The National Institute on Drug Abuse
www.nida.nih.gov - New York Listings of AA Meetings
alcholicsanonymous.com
Allergies / Asthma
- American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
www.acaai.org
Anxiety
- Anxiety Disorders Association of America
www.adaa.org
B
Best Colleges
- Empowering students to make informed decisions regarding Higher Education
www.bestcolleges.com/resources
Birth Control
- Planned Parenthood - Presents contraceptive options. Looks at effectiveness rates, advantages, possible problems, and costs of each.
www.plannedparenthood.org
C
Cancer
- American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org - American Institute for Cancer Research
www.aicr.org - Inclusive breast cancer database
www.komen.org - National Cancer Institute
www.nci.nih.gov - University of Minnesota Cancer Center
www.cancer.umn.edu
Complementary Medicine
- American Botanical Council - A nonprofit group promoting benefits of herbs and botanical medicines
abc.herbalgram.org - American Herbal Pharmacopoeia - Authoritative herbal monographs containing accurate, critically-reviewed information on botanicals, which can provide guidance in the appropriate use of herbal therapies.
www.herbal-ahp.org - Natural Healers - Education resource for people pursuing careers in the natural healing arts
www.naturalhealers.com
Conventional Medicine
- American Medical Association - Conservative, established medical organization offers resources and a Migraine Information Center. Includes doctor finder to locate a M.D. or an O.D.
www.ama-assn.org - Medscape - A service for clinicians and consumers. Features medical news articles, and Medscape Women's Health, a peer reviewed online journal.
www.medscape.com
D
Dating Abuse
- Love Dignity
www.loveisnotabuse.com - Love is Respect
www.loveisrespect.org
Dental
- American Dental Association
www.ada.org
Diabetes
- American Diabetes Association - Information on preventing and alleviating diabetes, while improving the lives of those with diabetes.
www.diabetes.org - The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation supports research on juvenile diabetes.
www.jdrf.org
E
Eating Disorders & Body Image
- Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders, Inc.
www.anred.com - Ophelia's Place
www.opheliasplace.org - The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders
www.anad.org - The National Eating Disorders Association
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org
G
Gambling
- Gamblers Anonymous International Service Office
www.gamblersanonymous.org - New York State Council on problem gambling
www.nyproblemgambling.org
Grief and Loss
- Center for Loss and Life Transition
www.centerforloss.com
H
Headache
- National Headache Foundation
www.headaches.org
Health Agencies and Organizations
- American Medical Association
www.ama-assn.org - National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov - National Women's Health Resource Center
www.healthywomen.org - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov - World Health Organization
www.who.int
Heart Disease
- American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
HIV / AIDS
- AIDS Action Council
www.thebody.com/aac/aacpage.html - AIDS.org
www.aids.org
L
LGBTQ2S+
- Children of Lesbians & Gays Everywhere
www.colage.org - GLAAD
www.glaad.org - GSA Network - books and movies for LGBT youth
www.gsanetwork.org/resources - Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
www.pflag.org - The Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network
www.glsen.org - The Trevor Project - 24-hour suicide prevention hotline
www.thetrevorproject.org
Lupus
- Lupus Foundation of America
www.lupus.org
M
Men's Health
- Men's Health - Mayo Clinic
www.mayoclinic.com/health/mens-health/mc99999
Mental Health
- Active Minds
- American Psychological Association
www.apa.org - CHADD (Attention deficit Attention Disorder)
www.chadd.org - Half of Us
www.halfofus.com - I'm Alive
www.imalive.org - Mental Health America (MHA) Screenings
https://screening.mhanational.org/screening-tools/ - NAMI on Campus (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
www.nami.org - National Institute of Mental Health
www.nimh.nih.gov - Psych Central
www.psychcentral.com - Psychology Today
www.psychologytoday.com - Tiny Buddha
tinybuddha.com - TWLOHA
www.twloha.com
N
Nutrition
- NCES - source for books, videos and teaching aids on nutrition, exercise, and eating disorders
www.ncescatalog.com - The American Dietetic Association - National Center for Nutrition and Dietetics, promotes optimal nutrition, health, and well being
www.eatright.org - The Council for Responsible Nutrition - online page for the benefits of nutritional supplements
www.crnusa.org
O
Overall Health & Wellness
- Columbia University - Health Question and Answer Internet Service
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
P
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
www.cdc.gov/std/PID/STDFact-PID - Pregnancy
www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy - Prostate Cancer
www.cancer.org/cancer/prostate-cancer
R
- Rabies
www.cdc.gov/rabies - Ringworm
www.cdc.gov/fungal/diseases/ringworm
S
Self Injury
- www.selfinjury.com
- To Write Love on Her Arms
www.twloha.com
Sexual Abuse, Assault & Rape
- Love Is Respect
www.loveisrespect.org - Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network
www.rainn.org - Safe Horizon - Victim Services
www.SAFEHORIZON.org - SUNY SAVR
suny.edu/violence-resources - YWCA of the Mohawk Valley - provides domestic and sexual violence services to the Central New York region
www.ywcamv.org
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Infections information
www.cdc.gov/std
Sleep
- Information on Sleep Disorders
www.sleepdisorders.com - National Sleep Foundation
www.sleepfoundation.org - The Better Sleep Council
www.bettersleep.org
Smoking
- Centers for Disease Control - Smoking information
www.cdc.gov/tobacco
Stress
- The American Institute of Stress
www.stress.org
Suicide
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
www.samhsa.gov/prevention/suicide.aspx - Suicide Prevention Services of America
www.spsamerica.org - The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
www.afsp.org - Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program
www.yellowribbon.org
Suicide Prevention Resources for Survivors of Suicide Loss
- Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors
www.allianceofhope.org - Be The 1 to Keep Them Safe
www.BeThe1To.com - Friends for Survival
www.friendsforsurvival.org - HEARTBEAT: Grief Support Following Suicide
heartbeatsurvivorsaftersuicide.org - Parents of Suicides and Friends & families of Suicides (POS-FFOS)
www.pos-ffos.com - The Trevor Project - 24-hour suicide prevention hotline
www.thetrevorproject.org
T
Travel Information
- National Center for Disease Control provides information regarding travel vaccines
www.cdc.gov/travel/travel.html
Tuberculosis
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Tuberculosis
www.cdc.gov/tb
U
Ulcerative Colitis
- Crohns & Colitis Foundation
www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org
V
Viral Meningitis
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Viral Meningitis
www.cdc.gov/meningitis/viral
Y
Yeast Infection
- Mayo Clinic - Yeast Infections
www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/yeast-infection/symptom-cuases/syc-20378999
W
Women's Health
- National Women's Health Resource Center
www.healthywomen.org
Z
Zika Virus
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Zika Virus
www.cdc.gov/zika
