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Site description: Non-profit membership organization dedicated to assuring access to voluntary, comprehensive family planning and reproductive health care services worldwide. Website has information on family planning and on current family planning issues in the U.S.
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| Previous 10 | Information and Experience with Medical Abortion | http://www.abtreibung.at/pages/English.html Information and Experience with Medical Abortion | Top/Society/Issues/Abortion/RU-486_and_Medical_Abortion Offers a comparative look on how abortion is approached in Austria, and the use of mifepristone to induce abortions. |
| Previous | Development Gateway: Population and Reproductive Health | http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/146526/ Development Gateway: Population and Reproductive Health | Top/Society/Issues/Family_Planning A large collection of information and internet links about strategies, issues and programmes in reproductive health services and family planning, particularly in developing countries. |
| Random 1 | Yahoo Health: Qigong | http://health.yahoo.com/health/Alternative_Medicine/Alternative_Therapies/Qigong/ Yahoo Health: Qigong | Top/Health/Alternative/Acupuncture_and_Chinese_Medicine/Qigong Describes qigong, who can benefit and simple exercises to practice. |
| Random 2 | NES Healthcare Group | http://www.neshold.com/ NES Healthcare Group | Top/Business/Healthcare/Employment/Recruitment_and_Staffing An emergency medical group of 93 independent companies with opportunities throughout the US. |
| Random 3 | Indiana's Health Industry Forum | http://www.ihif.org Indiana's Health Industry Forum | Top/Regional/North_America/United_States/Indiana/Business_and_Economy/Organizations A not-for-profit organization working to position Indiana as a premier state for the creation and growth of health industry enterprises. |
| Random 4 | Poisonous Mushrooms | http://www.mv.com/ipusers/dhabolt/dad/mushroom/puffball/puffball4/poisonous.html Poisonous Mushrooms | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Food_and_Water_Borne/Toxins Description of toxic species and the symptoms their toxins produce. |
| Random 5 | International Health News | http://vvv.com/healthnews/mammography.html International Health News | Top/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Breast/Testing Summary of research on breast cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. |
| Next | Emergency Contraception | http://www.amwa-doc.org/publications/Position_Papers/contraception.htm Emergency Contraception | Top/Society/Issues/Family_Planning/Emergency_Contraception American Medical Women's Association position paper supporting EC as an important option. |
| Next 10 | California Prison Focus | http://www.prisons.org/ California Prison Focus | Top/Society/Issues/Crime_and_Justice/Prisons An organization working to stop human rights violations, improve medical care and end long-term isolation in California prisons. |
| Random 1 | 101 Dalmatians: Cadpig | http://www.megaone.com/toons/101.htm 101 Dalmatians: Cadpig | Top/Arts/Animation/Studios/Disney/Characters Cadpig is the youngest puppy on the 101 Dalmatians television series. Includes downloads, pictures, fan fiction, and message boards. |
| Random 4 | Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center | http://www.hbmc.org Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center | Top/Health/Medicine/Facilities/Hospitals/North_America/United_States/Texas Hospitals located in Waco and West. Offers information on its counseling center, women's center, cancer services, center for sleep disorders, center for sports medicine and hospice and home care. |
| Random 4 | Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán | http://www.cuautitlan2.unam.mx/ Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán | Top/World/Español/Educación/Universidades/México/Universidad_Nacional_Autónoma_de_México/Escuelas_y_facultades Ofrece licenciaturas en administración, contaduría, diseño y comunicación visual, medicina veterina y zootecnia, informática e ingeniería agrícola, en alimentos, mecánica eléctrica, química, químico farmaco biólogo y química industrial. |
| Next 70 | Recovery Foundation | http://www.recoveryfoundation.com/ Recovery Foundation | Top/Society/Issues/Children,_Youth_and_Family/Service_Organizations Offers workshops to youth service organizations, community leaders, and youth that deal with high risk kids, violence, drugs, alcohol and suicide. |
| Previous 70 | Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/contents.htm Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical First symposium held in 1999 in Arlington, Virginia. |
| Next 170 | Domeestic Violence Medical Records | http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/ats/Aug11/ Domeestic Violence Medical Records | Top/Society/People/Women/Issues/Violence_and_Abuse/Domestic_Violence/Legal_Issues An essay from the Harvard School on Public Health discussing the importance of medical records in domestic violence legal cases. |
| Previous 170 | Body Image Health | http://www.bodyimagehealth.org Body Image Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image Promoting healthy body image attitudes. Preventing eating and weight concerns. |
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| Previous 270 | FixMyHealthcare.com | http://www.fixmyhealthcare.com FixMyHealthcare.com | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Medicare A not-for-profit website providing free information about medicare and medicare reform. |
| Other resource N0 | Children's Health Insurance Issues | http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/health/kids.htm Children's Health Insurance Issues | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program A number of articles within the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Health Policy. |
| Other resource N1 | Maternal & Child's Health Policy | http://www.mchpolicy.org Maternal & Child's Health Policy | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program Specializes in issues affecting children, including those with special health care needs and those from low-income families. |
| Other resource N2 | Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP | http://www.cms.hhs.gov/schip/ Health Care Financing Administration: CHIP | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Children's_Health_Insurance_Program Official federal site devoted to the Children's Health Insurance Program. |
| Other resource N3 | Century Foundation: Prescription Drug Information | http://www.medicarewatch.org/research_development/prescriptiondrugs.htm Century Foundation: Prescription Drug Information | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs Sources for the debate over prescription drug coverage in Medicare. |
| Other resource N4 | No Free Lunch | http://www.nofreelunch.org/ No Free Lunch | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs Discusses pharmaceutical industry marketing, promotion, and sales practices and how they may adversely affect prescription drug prescribing practices, and increase prescription drug prices. |
| Other resource N5 | The Cost of Protectionism in Pharmaceuticals | http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14425 The Cost of Protectionism in Pharmaceuticals | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs An article from Alternet that examines the effects of the patent system in the pharmaceutical industry and suggests that increased public funding of pharmaceutical research and development could dramatically lower costs for consumers. |
| Other resource N6 | American Taxpayers for Rx Sanity | http://www.rxsanity.org American Taxpayers for Rx Sanity | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Prescription_Drugs Provides information to the public on the prescription drug reimportation war being fought between the pharmaceutical industry and America. |
| Other resource N7 | Vote Health | http://www.votehealth.net Vote Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care Vote Health is a non-profit based in Alameda County, California, advocating on a national level for universal healthcare and locally to make healthcare available to the indigent population. |
| Other resource N8 | Health Care for All - California | http://www.healthcareforall.org/ Health Care for All - California | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care Health Care for All is a nonprofit grassroots organization working for high quality, universal, single payer health care in California. |
| Other resource N9 | Reduce Health Care Costs | http://www.reducehealthcarecosts.com Reduce Health Care Costs | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care Universal health care is more affordable than you think. The issue is not who pays for universal health care, but that all health care is far more expensive than it needs to be. |
| Other resource N10 | Health Care for All - Californians, Santa Cruz Chapter | http://www.got.net/~seaseal/healthcare/ Health Care for All - Californians, Santa Cruz Chapter | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Universal_Health_Care Santa Cruz County supporters of single payer health care. |
| Other resource N11 | Duke Center for Health Policy: Hospital Conversions | http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/cyberexchange/conversion/truecon.html Duke Center for Health Policy: Hospital Conversions | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Hospitals Hospital conversion in the marketplace and the policy world. The growing trend towards mergers and acquisitions in the hospital industry. |
| Other resource N12 | The Leapfrog Group | http://www.leapfroggroup.org/ The Leapfrog Group | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Hospitals An organization of health insurance companies that is promoting Computerized Physician Order Entry to hospitals as a way to decrease medication errors. |
| Other resource N13 | Health Canada Population Health Development | http://www.population-health.com Health Canada Population Health Development | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Canadian_Health_Policy Resources and other publications regarding Health Canada's population health policies. |
| Other resource N14 | Public Health and Personal Freedom | http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/healthfreed.html Public Health and Personal Freedom | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Articles Argues that more emphasis should be given to personal freedom over public health, using the example of alcohol. |
| Other resource N15 | Infostat, Cargo-Cult Science and the Policy Sausage-machine | http://www.hedweb.com/bgcharlton/cargocult.html Infostat, Cargo-Cult Science and the Policy Sausage-machine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Articles Paper on the managerial takeover of clinical practice, and how the process of medical science is distorted by politics and dubious trendy theories. |
| Other resource N16 | The Bush Presidency - Bush Record on Health | http://www.theBushPresidency.org/Health.htm The Bush Presidency - Bush Record on Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/Articles Articles explore the Medicare bill and its drug plan, the imported drug controversy, stem cell research, and the Administration's policy for the uninsured. |
| Other resource N17 | National Library of Medicine | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ National Library of Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/United_States_Government The world's largest medical library. It collects materials in all major areas of the health sciences and to a lesser degree in such areas as chemistry, physics, botany and zoology. |
| Other resource N18 | GlobalHealth.gov | http://www.globalhealth.gov/ GlobalHealth.gov | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Health_Policy/United_States_Government From the Dept. of Health and Human Services' Office of International and Refugee Health (OIRH), which is responsible for facilitating cooperation and providing policy guidance on refugee health policy issues. |
| Other resource N19 | Will CODEX Harmonization End Health Freedom Worldwide? | http://sumeria.net/health/codexharm.html Will CODEX Harmonization End Health Freedom Worldwide? | Top/Society/Issues/Health/The_Codex_Alimentarius 'Threatening large fines, the so called "Health Protection Branch" (HPB) has just ordered Toronto's biggest health food store, the Big Carrot, to remove over one third of their stock because the products don't contain so called "Drug Identification Numbers."' (1997) |
| Other resource N20 | Environmental Health Information Service (EHIS) Environews by Topic: Water Pollution | http://ehis.niehs.nih.gov/topic/waterpol.html Environmental Health Information Service (EHIS) Environews by Topic: Water Pollution | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment Links to current information on water quality and treatment issues. |
| Other resource N21 | Preventive Dental Health Association | http://emporium.turnpike.net/P/PDHA/health.htm Preventive Dental Health Association | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation Educates about the dangers of fluoride and mercury, and provides healthful alternate solutions. |
| Other resource N22 | eMedicine Online Text - Emergency Medicine | http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic181.htm eMedicine Online Text - Emergency Medicine | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation Fluoride toxicity symptoms and antidotes intended for professionals, but has value to patients as well. |
| Other resource N23 | Adverse Health and Behavior from Silicoflourides Used to Fluoridate Public Water Supplies | http://www.dartmouth.edu/~rmasters/AHABS/ Adverse Health and Behavior from Silicoflourides Used to Fluoridate Public Water Supplies | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation A public service website addressing a major health issue by a Dartmouth university professor. |
| Other resource N24 | Case Study For The 4th Year Course in Ecosystem Health | http://www.med.uwo.ca/ecosystemhealth/education/casestudies/fluorosismed.htm#top Case Study For The 4th Year Course in Ecosystem Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Water_Treatment/Fluoridation From the faculty of medicine and dentistry, University of Western Ontario. Information on fluoride sources, fluorosis and its health implications. |
| Other resource N25 | Voice of the Natural Health Consumer | http://www.citizens.org Voice of the Natural Health Consumer | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism Activism made easy. Tell Congress what you think about Genetic Engineering, irradiated food, Codex, organic food. |
| Other resource N26 | Issues in Health Care | http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/3872/ Issues in Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism A guide to health-care related issues including medical ethics, health policy reform, and other topics. |
| Other resource N27 | Physicians for a National Health Program | http://www.pnhp.org/ Physicians for a National Health Program | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism Believes that access to high-quality health care is a right of all people and should be provided equitably as a public service rather than bought and sold as a commodity. |
| Other resource N28 | Health Care Advocacy Web Ring | http://www.attcanada.ca/~lrs/webring/webring.htm Health Care Advocacy Web Ring | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Activism Connecting health advocacy websites. |
| Other resource N29 | Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Institute (BMSI) | http://www.bmsi.net/ Bloodless Medicine and Surgery Institute (BMSI) | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Blood_Products A private, educational institute founded in 1997 in Cleveland, Ohio by nationally recognized leaders in the bloodless field. Through our research, we continually develop new standards for applying bloodless medical techniques. Through our education efforts we are protecting patients and their caregivers with regard to the use of blood and blood products. |
| Other resource N30 | Bloodless Medicine Research | http://www.med.unipi.it/patchir/bloodl/bmr.htm Bloodless Medicine Research | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Blood_Products "Bloodless medicine" is a modern field of research which studies the available strategies for providing medical care without allogeneic transfusions. In most cases this is undertaken because of religious convictions, but not always. Any technological improvement, as well as any therapeutic strategy, that permit the avoidance of the allogeneic blood, have to be carefully followed in the universities. Our site propose to coordinate research in this field. |
| Other resource N31 | Big Folks Health FAQ | http://www.faqs.org/faqs/fat-acceptance-faq/health/ Big Folks Health FAQ | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance From the newsgroups soc.support.fat-acceptance and alt.support.big-folks. |
| Other resource N32 | Plus-size Health | http://www.plussizehealth.com Plus-size Health | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Fat_Acceptance/Directories Health information for plus-size people. |
| Other resource N33 | Unhealthy Obsessions | http://shiveringnaked.org/kerry Unhealthy Obsessions | Top/Society/Issues/Health/Body_Image/Pro-Anorexia Includes a journal, a photolog, a progress report, and a motivational page. Also a support group for multiples with eating disorders. |
| Other resource N34 | Fetal Abuse | http://www.motherjones.com/news_wire/fetal.html Fetal Abuse | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Prenatal_Rights The rash of women being charged criminally, or having their babies taken away from them, because they took drugs while pregnant focuses attention on the notion that unborn babies deserve the same legal protections as children. |
| Other resource N35 | Chile Disputes the Medical Report on General Pinochet's Fitness to Plead | http://www.remember-chile.org.uk/declarations/00-02-20rc.htm Chile Disputes the Medical Report on General Pinochet's Fitness to Plead | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Regional/South_America/Chile The recommendation that Senator Pinochet is not fit to stand trial is at odds with the available evidence. |
| Other resource N36 | Privacilla.org | http://www.privacilla.org/ Privacilla.org | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Privacy Links to articles and opinions about a variety of privacy issues from medical records to bank statements. Articles have linked bibliographies. |
| Other resource N37 | Helpline for Drivers and Families | http://www.driver-families-helpline.org/ Helpline for Drivers and Families | Top/Society/Issues/Human_Rights_and_Liberties/Advocacy_Organizations/Europe Helpline for imprisoned truck drivers abroad, accused of smuggling drugs in their loads, and support for their families who are left to cope at home alone. A free service from a non-profit organisation. |
| Other resource N38 | Healthcare for the Homeless Bibliography | http://www.homeless-healthcare.org/hhh/research/references.htm Healthcare for the Homeless Bibliography | Top/Society/Issues/Poverty/Homelessness List of over 200 books and articles regarding health care for homeless persons. |
| Other resource N39 | Urban Institute | http://www.urban.org/ Urban Institute | Top/Society/Issues/Poverty/Welfare Policy think tank that tracks welfare, Social Security, Medicare, and other domestic policy issues. |
| Other resource N40 | Bazelon Center for Mental Health Laws | http://www.bazelon.org/ Bazelon Center for Mental Health Laws | Top/Society/Issues/Disabilities/Advocacy Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability. |
| Other resource N41 | The Urban Institute | http://www.urban.org/ The Urban Institute | Top/Society/Issues/Policy_Institutes/U Investigation and nonpartisan analysis of U.S. social and economic problems and issues, including the New Federalism, welfare and welfare-to-work, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, disabilities, crime, the nonprofit sector, education, tax policy, labor, housing, and community development issues. |
| Other resource N42 | Senate Finance Committee | http://www.senate.gov/~finance/ Senate Finance Committee | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/National_Budget/Congressional_Committees Senate committee charged with writing tax legislation and bills affecting Social Security, Medicare, and other entitlement programs. |
| Other resource N43 | Without Medicine And Supplies, The Children Die | http://www.commondreams.org/views/102300-103.htm Without Medicine And Supplies, The Children Die | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Sanctions/Iraq Iraq medical staff must decide who will live and who will die because sanctions prevent ordinary medical supplies from reaching the war torn country. AP article in the Hartford Courant. |
| Other resource N44 | National Academy of Social Insurance | http://www.nasi.org National Academy of Social Insurance | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Social_Security The nation's leading experts on Social Security, Medicare, and other social insurance programs. It does not lobby or take positions on policy issues. |
| Other resource N45 | Concord Coalition | http://www.concordcoalition.org/socialsecurity/ Concord Coalition | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Social_Security Testimony, statements, assessments of reform proposals, from an organization dedicated to efficient government and preserving Social Security and Medicare. |
| Other resource N46 | IPPPH - The Initiative on Public-Private Partnerships for Health | http://www.ippph.org/ IPPPH - The Initiative on Public-Private Partnerships for Health | Top/Society/Issues/Economic/Public_Private_Partnerships Provides detailed information on 80 public-private partnerships for health, up-to-date news and events on global health issues and a library of relevant publications. Offers web-based discussions on cutting-edge topics to authorized users. |
| Other resource N47 | Implications of U.S. Whitehouse, CIA and "war on drugs" | http://www.friendsoffreedom.com/Writings/DupeOfDrugWar.html Implications of U.S. Whitehouse, CIA and "war on drugs" | Top/Society/Issues/Conspiracy/US_Central_Intelligence_Themes Friends of Freedom paper called "Dupe of Drug War," implicating top US officials and central intelligence figures in complicity with Central American drug czars. |
| Other resource N48 | Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care | http://www.cp.duluth.mn.us/~ennyman/ethics.html Ethical Issues in Terminal Health Care | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life Articles and essays on patients' rights, Ethics Committees, the Right-to-Die Debate, and Physician Assisted Suicide. |
| Other resource N49 | Compassionate Health Care Network | http://www.chninternational.com Compassionate Health Care Network | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Euthanasia/Anti-Euthanasia Consists of professional and lay people who care about the crisis medicine and healthcare is experiencing, and promote 'Aid in Living'. CHN opposes euthanasia by actively defending the inherent value of all human life. |
| Other resource N50 | Embracing Our Dying | http://www.embracingourdying.com/ Embracing Our Dying | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Euthanasia/Anti-Euthanasia Catholic moral theology overview on death and dying, medical, legal, and bioethical issues, political concerns, with information on hospice care, parish nurses and health ministry. |
| Other resource N51 | The Nucleus January 2002 - Diane Pretty | http://www.cmf.org.uk/index.htm?nucleus/nucjan02/pretty.htm The Nucleus January 2002 - Diane Pretty | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Right_to_Die/People/Pretty,_Diane A physician examines the Pretty case and its implications for medicine in Britain. From the Christian Medical Fellowship, an organization that opposes end-of-life choice. |
| Other resource N52 | Cybercast News Service - "Befriend a Vet for Access to Lethal Drugs, Euthanasia Activist Suggests" | http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200304%5CFOR20030416b.html Cybercast News Service - "Befriend a Vet for Access to Lethal Drugs, Euthanasia Activist Suggests" | Top/Society/Issues/End-of-Life/Right_to_Die/People/Nitschke,_Philip Nitschke suggests that the terminally ill obtain lethal medication from veterinarians. |
| Other resource N53 | Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty | http://www.childrenshealthcare.org/ Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty | Top/Society/Issues/Church-State_Relations CHILD is a nonprofit US organization fighting religion-based medical neglect. Includes case histories of children who died after receiving faith-based healing instead of medical care, examples of religious exemptions to public-health regulations, and legal news. |
| Other resource N54 | Online Exhibitions | The Doctors Trial | Nuremberg Code excerpt | http://www.ushmm.org/research/doctors/Nuremberg_Code.htm Online Exhibitions | The Doctors Trial | Nuremberg Code excerpt | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/War_Crimes/Nuremberg,_International_Military_Tribunal Code developed at Nuremberg as a result of wartime medical experimentation on humans. |
| Other resource N55 | Wounded Warrior Hospital Fund | http://www.woundedwarriorhospitalfund.org/ Wounded Warrior Hospital Fund | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Specific_Conflicts/Iraq/Military/Operation_Iraqi_Freedom_-_US Purchases and delivers quality-of-life items for soldiers wounded or injured in Iraq and Afghanistan and evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. Includes photo galleries and information how to contribute. |
| Other resource N56 | Health in French Polynesia: The Effects of French Nuclear Testing | http://canterbury.cyberplace.co.nz/peace/nuchealth.html Health in French Polynesia: The Effects of French Nuclear Testing | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Weapons/Nuclear/Nuclear_Tests A discussion of the health effects of French nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean area on the peoples living in French Polynesia. |
| Other resource N57 | Gulf War Veterans and Depleted Uranium | http://ccnr.org/du_hague.html Gulf War Veterans and Depleted Uranium | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Weapons/Depleted_Uranium By Dr. Rosalie Bertell. Health effects including medical testing for contamination. |
| Other resource N58 | Depleted Uranium Weapons | http://www.ngwrc.org/Issues.cfm?NewsTopicID=8 Depleted Uranium Weapons | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Weapons/Depleted_Uranium National Gulf War Resource Center information on depleted uranium. Includes medical and training information. |
| Other resource N59 | Depleted Uranium in the Balkans | http://www.deploymentlink.osd.mil/du_balkans/index.html Depleted Uranium in the Balkans | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Weapons/Depleted_Uranium/Used_in_Kosovo_and_Yugoslavia Summarizes the findings of environmental and medical studies designed to answer questions about DU contamination in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. |
| Other resource N60 | U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense | http://chemdef.apgea.army.mil/ U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense | Top/Society/Issues/Warfare_and_Conflict/Weapons/Biological,_Chemical,_and_Radiological/Government_Sites Laboratory for research to advance the medical prevention and treatment of chemical warfare casualties. |
| Other resource N61 | National Disaster Medical System | http://www.oep-ndms.dhhs.gov/ National Disaster Medical System | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism NDMS assists American state and local medical agencies responding to the health effects of peacetime disasters, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction. Includes discussion of counterterrorism, searchable directory, and links to related materials. |
| Other resource N62 | U.S. Department of Homeland Security - National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) | http://www.oep-ndms.dhhs.gov/ U.S. Department of Homeland Security - National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Counter_Terrorism Section with the responsibility for managing and coordinating the Federal medical response to major emergencies and Federally declared disasters including acts of terrorism. |
| Other resource N63 | U.S. Department of State - Kashmir: Reward Offer | http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/briefing/press_statements/9611/961121ps2.html U.S. Department of State - Kashmir: Reward Offer | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Rewards Dr. Donald Hutchings, a respected American medical professional, was abducted by unknown persons on July 4, 1995, while trekking with his wife in the hill country of Kashmir. |
| Other resource N64 | Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism | http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol5no4/contents.htm Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical First symposium held in 1999 in Arlington, Virginia. |
| Other resource N65 | Yahoo! Health - Bioterrorism Guide | http://health.yahoo.com/health/centers/bioterrorism/ Yahoo! Health - Bioterrorism Guide | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical Learn about bioterrorism including emergency preparedness, agents, drugs and medications. |
| Other resource N66 | Anthrax | http://www.nbc-med.org/SiteContent/HomePage/WhatsNew/MedAspects/Ch-22electrv699.pdf Anthrax | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical/Anthrax Chapter from the Textbook of Military Medicine, Walter Reed AMC in .pdf format. [Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader] |
| Other resource N67 | Anthrax Scares | http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/departments/29/anthrax.asp Anthrax Scares | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical/Anthrax The Infectious Diseases Department at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati provides information resources pertaining to anthrax. |
| Other resource N68 | IndiaHealthstat.com: Data about Anthrax | http://www.indiahealthstat.com/indian/health/diseases.asp?secid=20941&ptid=77&sec=Health IndiaHealthstat.com: Data about Anthrax | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical/Anthrax Details of cases and deaths from Anthrax from 1999 to 2001 in India. |
| Other resource N69 | Biological Terrorism Response Manual | http://bioterry.com Biological Terrorism Response Manual | Top/Society/Issues/Terrorism/Biological_and_Chemical/Reference A medical reference for sale for identification, management and emergency response to international terrorism including medical symptoms, medical diagnosis and medical procedures. |
| Other resource N70 | Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP) | http://www.helpnetwork.org/ Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP) | Top/Society/Issues/Gun_Control/Anti-Gun_Rights An international network of medical and allied organizations and individuals dedicated to furthering gun control in the United States. |
| Other resource N71 | Kaiser Daily Health Reports: Reproductive Health | http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_repro.cfm Kaiser Daily Health Reports: Reproductive Health | Top/Society/Issues/Education/Sex_Education Daily reports on reproductive issues; includes sex-education topics. |
| Other resource N72 | American Civil Liberties Union : Abstinence-Only Education Censors Vital Health Care Information, Jeopardizing the Health of Teens | http://www.aclu.org/ReproductiveRights/ReproductiveRights.cfm?ID=11141&c=147 American Civil Liberties Union : Abstinence-Only Education Censors Vital Health Care Information, Jeopardizing the Health of Teens | Top/Society/Issues/Education/Sex_Education/Abstinence-Only/Opposing_Views Despite no credible evidence that abstinence-only programs reduce sexual activity or risk-taking behaviors among teens, the same ineffective programs are being pushed on students. |
| Other resource N73 | Frontline: Medicating Kids | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/ Frontline: Medicating Kids | Top/Society/Issues/Education/Behavior_Medication A one hour documentary which examines the dramatic increase in the prescription of behavior-modifying drugs for children. |
| Other resource N74 | Drugged Obedience in the School | http://www.keirsey.com/druggedobedience.html Drugged Obedience in the School | Top/Society/Issues/Education/Behavior_Medication Summarizes how various narcotics increase and decrease sensory attention and motor activity, and argues that medicating children to get satisfactory behavior is the wrong approach for a number of reasons. |
| Other resource N75 | ADHD and Medication | http://www.baltimorepsych.com/adhd_and_medication.htm ADHD and Medication | Top/Society/Issues/Education/Behavior_Medication Balanced information on the proper use of Ritalin in individuals who might have attention deficit disorder. |
| Other resource N76 | A Doctor's Right to Choose | http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/24/late_term/ A Doctor's Right to Choose | Top/Society/Issues/Abortion Gives the views from the medical profession's standpoint on political actions that could hamper the types of procedures performed on women ending pregnancies. From Salon Magazine. |
| Other resource N77 | Sunshine for Women: Abortion with an Attitude | http://www.pinn.net/~sunshine/abortion.html Sunshine for Women: Abortion with an Attitude | Top/Society/Issues/Abortion/Pro-Choice Information on the legal, medical, theological, and religious history of abortion and contraception from a pro-choice vantage point. |
| Other resource N78 | Medical Students for Choice | http://www.ms4c.org/ Medical Students for Choice | Top/Society/Issues/Abortion/Pro-Choice/Organizations Medical students and residents working to make reproductive health education a standard part of medical training. "The biggest obstacle to safe, legal abortion today is not the law. It is the absence of trained providers." |
| Other resource N79 | Abortion Clinics OnLine | http://www.gynpages.com Abortion Clinics OnLine | Top/Society/Issues/Abortion/Pro-Choice/Organizations US and international listings of abortion clinics with websites, plus information on abortion procedures and issues, patient instructions, aftercare, gynecology, birth control, emergency contraception, and medical abortion with Methotrexate and Misoprostol. |
| Other resource N80 | Association of Reproductive Health Professionals | http://www.arhp.org Association of Reproductive Health Professionals | Top/Society/Issues/Abortion/Pro-Choice/Organizations Pro-choice medical organization with the mission to educate healthcare professionals and the public on all reproductive topics. |