Health and Fitness Related Websites

Current Health News

General Health Information

http://teenshealth.org/teen/ Site for teens about your health, body, sexual health, drugs, disease, mental health

http://medlineplus.gov/ Extensive information on various health topics from NIH and US Library of Medicine

www.mayoclinic.org/healthinfo/ Mayo Clinic Health and Medical Information

http://www.webmd.com/ WebMD

goaskalice.columbia.edu Go Ask Alice. Ask any health related question, search for info, or read up on Q&A's of the week

www.americanheart.org American Heart Association

www.healthypeople.gov Healthy People 2010

www.healthfinder.gov/ Health Finder

www.redcross.org/ American Red Cross

www.idph.state.il.us/ Illinois Department of Public Health

www.cdc.gov/nchs/ National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.likeitis.org.au/ Sex Like It is, Exactly How It Is

www.plannedparenthood.org/ Sexual and Reproductive health topics

https://h1n1.cloudapp.net/Default.aspx H1N1 Flu Self- Assessment

Fitness and Strength Training

http://www.errx.net Resource featuring comprehensive exercise information on weight training, aerobic conditioning, fitness testing

http://www.exrx.net/Exercise.htm Exercise and Muscle Directory, Includes video clips

http://www.exrx.net/Calculators.html Fitness Calculators

Longevity Game

Fitness Notes

Nutrition

www.mypyramid.gov MyPyramid

http://www.nat.uiuc.edu/ Nutrition Analysis Tool (UIUC)

www.usda.gov/ U.S Dept of Agriculture

www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/ Food and Nutrition Information center

www.nutrition.gov/ Nutrition Information

www.calorie-counters.net/ Calorie counter fast-food restaurants

www.fatcalories.com Fast Food Explorer

www.ific.org/about/students.cfm IFIC Foundation offers a variety of publications that cover various nutrition and food safety topics

Vitamin and Mineral Chart

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

www.ilcat.org Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco

www.lungusa.org American lung association

www.thetruth.com The Truth on Tobacco

www.health.org Alcohol and drug information

Other Drugs

www.nida.nih.gov National Institute on Drug Abuse- Multiple Drugs

www.teens.drugabuse.gov NIDA for Teens- Info on Drugs and Effects on Brain

http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/ Info on Various Drugs and Treatment

Drugs and Sports - Barbiturates and Sports

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/barb.html Barbiturates, Links to other Drugs

www.oxyabusekills.com Oxycontin

http://www.stopaddiction.com/ Multiple drug and rehab info.

http://www.brainsource.com/brain_on_drugs.htm Brain on Drugs

http://www.heroinaddiction.com/ Heroin and Rehab

http://www.amphetamines.com/ Amphetamines

http://www.erowid.org/ Information on multiple psychoactive drugs

Diseases and Disorders

http:/health.nih.gov/ National Institute of Health- Health Information

http://www.cdc.gov/DiseasesConditions/ CDC- Diseases and Conditions

www.who.int/en/ World Health Organization

http://www.sfaf.org/aids101 WHO 10 Facts on AIDS

www.hopkins-aids.edu/ John Hopkins AIDS information

http://www.sfaf.org/aids101 AIDS 101

www.ashastd.org/ Info on STDs and STIs

www.cancer.org/ American Cancer Association

www.americanheart.org/ American heart association

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ National Library of Medicine

www.nci.nih.gov/ National Cancer Institute

www.oncolink.com Univ. of Penn cancer center

www.arthritis.org Arthritis Foundation

http://www.nothingbutnets.net/ Malaria- Send a net. Save a life.

http://health.nih.gov/category/Cancers NIH- Cancers

Eating Disorders

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Mental Health