NMA Healthful Links
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The following links are provided for informational purposes only. NMA does not endorse or assume responsibility for the content of these web sites.
NMA Websites/Projects
Diabetes Program - http://nmanet.org/index.php?/NatProgList/NationalDiabetesAwareness/
HIV/AIDS - http://nmanet.org/index.php?/NatProgList/info/hiv_vct/
Project IMPACT - http://nmanet.org/index.php?/NatProgList/ctpri/
Smoking Cessation - http://stopsmoking.nmanet.org/
NMA Partnerships
Auxiliary to the National Medical Association – http://www.anmanet.org
AARP - http://www.aarp.org/
Campbell and Company - http://www.campbellcompany.com/
Coalition on Donation – http://www.shareyourlife.org
Cover the Uninsured - http://covertheuninsured.org/
Covering Kids & Families/GMMB - http://coveringkidsandfamilies.org/
DHHS/Office on Women’s Health – http://www.nvhr.org
Doctors Against Handgun Injury – http://www.doctorsagainsthandguninjury.org
Families USA - http://www.familiesusa.org/
Food and Drug Administration/Office of Women’s Health – http://www.fda.gov
Health Power - http://www.healthpowerforminorities.org/
HHS/Office of Women’s Health – one shot deal – Women’s Health Summit – http://www.womenshealth.gov/mwhs
Intercultural Cancer Council – http://www.iccnetwork.org
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – http://www.nbcam.org
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy – http://www.teenpregnancy.org
National Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation – http://www.preventcancer.org
National Diabetes Education Program-Division of Diabetes Translation – http://www.ndep.nih.gov
National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable – http://www.nvhr.org
National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign – http://www.violenceprevetionweek.org
Partnership to End Cervical Cancer – http://www.nocervicalcancer.org
Student National Medical Association – http://www.snma.org
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) – http://www.unos.org
General Health Information
CDC National Prevention Information Network - http://www.cdcpin.org
The Consumer And Patient Health Information Section (CAPHIS) - http://caphis.mlanet.org/consumer/index.html
Ethnic Majority - http://www.ethnicmajority.com/Healthcare.htm
Food and Nutrition Information Center - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
HealthAtoZ - http://www.healthatoz.com
InteliHealth (Harvard Medical School and Johns Hopkins University) - http://www.intelihealth.com/
Mayo Clinic Health Oasis - http://www.MayoClinic.com/index.cfm
MedWeb (Emory University) - http://www.MedWeb.Emory.Edu/MedWeb/
National Health Information Center - http://www.healthfinder.gov
National Lead Information Center - http://www.epa.gov/lead/nlic.htm
New York Online Access to Health (NOAH)- http://www.noah-health.org
The National Caucus and Center on BLACK AGED, Inc -http://www.ncba-aged.org/health/index.html
Sickle Cell - http://www.SCInfo.org
African American Professional Health/ Medical Associations
Association of Black Cardiologists - http://www.abcardio.org
http://www.balmingilead.org
Health Power- http://www.healthpoweronline.com
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies- http://www.jointcenter.org
NAACP-http://www.naacp.org/
National Black County State Legislature -http://www.nbcsl.com
National Black Nurses Association http://www.nbna.org
National Black Women’s Health Project - http://www.blackwomenshealth.org
National Caucus and Center on Black Aged, Inc. - http://www.ncba-blackaged.org
Sickle Center Disease Association of America - http://www.sickledisease.org
Student National Medical Association- http://www.snma.org
Health/ Medical Reference/ Resources/ Statistics
MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr//mmwr_rr.html
Merck Manual Home Edition (Medicus) - Merck.com/pubs/mmanual_home/ (http://www.merck.com/)
Medical Encyclopedia - http://www.adam.com
MEDLINEplus Drug Information (Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications)- http://www.medlineplus.gov/
Medem - http://www.medem.com/default.cfm National Library of Medicine - http://www.nlm.nih.gov
National Center for Health Statistics - http://www. cdc.gov.nchs
National Health Organizations/ Foundations/ Associations
Alzheimer’s Association - http://www.alz.org
American Cancer Society- http://www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association - http://www.diabetes.org
American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org
American Sickle Cell Anemia Association - http://www.ascaa.org
American Stroke Association - http://www.strokeassociation.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200037
Arthritis Foundation - http://www.arthritis.org
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month- http://www.nbcam.org
Glaucoma Research Foundation - http://www.glaucoma.org
Lupus Foundation of America - http://www.lupus.org
National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations - http://www.nabco.org
National Breast Cancer - http://www.kidney.org/
National Osteoporosis Foundation - http://www.nof.org/
National Parkinson Foundation - http://www.parkinson.org/
National Stroke Association - http://www.stroke.org/
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - http://www.kff.org/
Federal Government
US Department of Health and Human Services - http://www.hhs.gov
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - http://www.ahrq.gov
Center for Disease Control and Prevention - http://www.cdc.gov
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services - http://www.cms.hhs.gov
Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov
Healthfinder – http://www.healthfinder.gov
Health and Human Services – http://www.hhs.gov
MedlinePlus - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
MEDLINEplus Drug Information - http://www.medlineplus.gov/
National Hispanic Medical Association - http://www.nhmamd.org
National Institutes of Health - http://www.nih.gov
National Alliance for Hispanic Health - http://www.hispanichealth.org
National Institute on Aging - http://www.nia.nih.gov/
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - http://www.niaid.nih.gov/default.htm
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - http://www.niams.nih.gov/
National Cancer Institute - http://www.nih.nci.gov
National Institute of Deafness and Other Communication Disorders - http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
National Institute on Drug Abuse - http://www.nida.nih.gov/
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
National Eye Institute - http://www.nei.nih.gov/
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
National Human Genome Research Institute http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
National Institute of Mental Health - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
National Library of Medicine - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
Office of Rare Diseases - http://www.rarediseases.ino.nih.gov/ord
Office of Minority Health - http://www.omhrc.gov
Clinical Trial Information
AIDS Clinical Trials Information Center - http://www.actis.org
Clinicaltrials.gov - http://cancertrials.gov
CenterWatch - http://www.CenterWatch.com
Women’s Health
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) - http://www.acog.org
FDA Office of Women’s Health http://www.fda.gov/womens/programs.html
National Black Women’s Health Project http://www.nbwhp.org
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - http://www.nbcam.org
National Women’s Health Information Center - http://www.4woman.gov/x/index.htm
NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/
Men’s Health
Prostate Cancer - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1998/598_pros.html
Prostate Health Information - http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-1098994230924.html
National Center of Health Statistics - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/prostate.htm
National Prostate Cancer Coalition - http://www.npcc.org
National Prostate Institute - http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/5_23.htm
Siteman Cancer Center - http://www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu/
Understanding Prostate Health NIH - http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/prost-change/prost-ch.htm
Heart Health
2010 Minority Populations Gateway - http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/minority/aa_frameset.htm
Heart Attacks - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/aha/aha.htm
Heart Attack Warning Signs - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime/haws/haws.htm
Heart Attack, Stroke and Cardiac Arrest Warning Signs - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3053
Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=10000056
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/index.htm#ami
Children’s Health
The American Academy of Pediatrics - http://www.aap.org
CDC’s Healthfinder® web site - National SIDS Resource Center - http://www.sidscenter.org
National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth - http://ncfy.com/
Family Health
The American Academy of Family Physicians - http://www.familydoctor.org
Consumer Information Center (Federal government site) - http://www.Pueblo.gsa.gov/
FDA Consumer Magazine - http://www.fda.gov/fdac/202_toc.html
NetWellness (joint project from the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve University and the Ohio State University) - http://www.NetWellness.org
Presidents Council on Physician Fitness and Sports - http://www.fitness.gov
Howard University Cancer Center - http://www.huhosp.org/hucc
Traveler’s Health Information
CDC Traveler’s Health - http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/default.aspx