Heart Health Links
Categories:Heart Disease Medical Information Prescription Medicine Alternative and Complementary Medicine Healthy Eating Fitness and Wellness Stop Smoking Alcohol Abuse Mental Health General Women's Interest
Heart Disease
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) publishes a series of comprehensive Clinical Practice Guidelines on heart disease (and other medical conditions) by panels of leading medical experts. These reports describe the best current knowledge and treatment guidelines for doctors and health care professionals to follow.
American Heart Association - funds heart disease medical research studies and offers comprehensive information about various heart conditions and treatments. Sponsors "Go Red for Women" - a public awareness campaign for women about heart disease prevention.
Family at Heart - a campaign that strives to shift the focus from disease prevention and better quality of life from individuals to the entire family. A collaborative effort between the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) and the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers (NAMN).
HeartCenterOnline - click on the Patients icon to read information and news about heart disease, risk factors, treatments, and patients' stories. You can also sign up for their free weekly E-mail newsletter devoted to heart disease and treatments.
Heart Healthy Women - source for information on heart disease in women sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation in collaboration with WomenHeart and the Office on Women's Health of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Heart Information Network - offers comprehensive information on heart disease. Especially helpful are its Q&A Library and Glossary, which explains medical jargon.
Heartmates - an organization offering online support to spouses and family members of people with heart disease. It's geared more for wives of men with heart disease but still offers good advice, videos on recovery, and a helpful book, Heartmates: A Guide for the Spouse and Family of the Heart Patient.
The Heart Truth - a national awareness campaign of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health, features the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease. View their materials online or call to order copies.
Sharing Miracles - a forum for people to relate their own personal stories of hope and survival.
Other Heart Related Organizations:
Medical InformationClincialTrials.gov – a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world; provides information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers for more details.
Dr. Koop's Community - Offers consumer- friendly information and a Virtual Pharmacy that can help you evaluate the risk of harmful interactions among prescription medicines.
InteliHealth - the Johns Hopkins Medical Center offers a free daily E-mail subscriber newsletter, InteliHealthConnect, as well as Heart Health, a weekly E-mail newsletter that is devoted to news about heart disease and its treatments.
MedLine - the National Library of Medicine's database of more than nine million abstracts of medical journal articles. MedLine allows you to search PubMed for medical-based abstracts and articles about women and heart disease once a search is done for Women and Heart Disease. Also check out MEDLINEplus which offers consumer-oriented health information about women and heart disease.
MedTech1.com - The Complete Source for Medical Technology Information - containing health news and features on medical devices, comprehensive information on medical conditions and diseases, treatment options, diagnostic tools, patient stories, a section on living with medical devices along with a Q&A forum.
National Women's Health Information Center - the federal government's main information site about women's health issues.
National Women's Health Resource Center - a national clearinghouse of women's health issues.
SeeMyHeart.org - the American Society of Echocardiography created SeeMyHeart to help patients find information about echocardiograms, what they are, what they do and who does them.
Society for Women's Health Research - the nation's only not-for-profit organization whose sole mission is to improve the health of women through research. It advocates increased funding for research on women's health, encourages the study of sex differences that may affect the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, and promotes the inclusion of women in medical research studies.
The Heart: An Online Exploration – The Franklin Institute’s online resource detailing the heart’s development and structure. Allows visitor to follow the blood through the blood vessels, wander through the weblike body systems, and offers information on how to monitor your heart's health.
Prescription Medicine
Center Watch - lists over 7,000 clinical trials that are testing new prescription medicines and treatments. Nearly all the trials are recruiting patients and often pay them for participating; you can even enroll in many of the clinical trials by E-mail.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) - the federal FDA's Office of Women's Health is sponsoring a national campaign called "Take Time to Care" that aims to educate women about the safe use of medicine.
Rx List - offers information on the 200 most-prescribed prescription medicines and describes their side effects, clinical studies, and dosage information. Also describes which health insurance companies carry these medicines on their lists of preferred medicines (called "formularies").
The leading new online pharmacies through which you can fill new and refill prescription medicines are listed below. Most feature a pharmacist on duty 24 hours a day. If harmful interactions among your prescription medicines might occur, a pharmacist will contact you.
Alternative and Complementary HealingNational Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - the federal agency that funds research into and issues reports on safety/effectiveness of alternative and complementary medicines and therapies.
Vitacost - offers the most complete online health store offering over 6,000 vitamins, herbal remedies, health products and 10,000 pages of natural health articles and information. Check out women's health section.
Healthy EatingAmerican Dietetic Association - provides information and recipes for well-balanced and healthy meals.
Choose to Lose - Choose to Lose offers great programs and award-winning books for low-fat, low cholesterol meal planning and cooking, including Choose to Lose: A Food Lover's Guide to Permanent Weight Loss and Eater's Choice: A Food Lover's Guide to Lower Cholesterol
Monthly magazines - sites that provide valuable health information and low-fat recipes.
Weight Watchers - commercial weight loss program. Locate the meetings held nearest you and subscribe to the monthly magazine.
eDiets - commercial online weight loss program individualized to your needs.
Fitness and Wellness
50-Plus Fitness Association - California-based international organization offers information about fitness and sponsors fitness events in local communities.
Nutrition Data Analyzer - NutritionData (ND) provides a complete nutrient analysis for any food or recipe, and helps you select foods that best match your dietary needs.
Shape Up America! - consumer friendly site that offers helpful tips and programs for managing your weight and healthy eating. Offers a CyberKitchen through which you can plan healthy meals and a Fitness Center to help you get more physically active.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S.) - there are over 11,000 non-profit TOPS weight loss support groups across the country, some of which feature walking programs.
Stop Smoking
American Lung Association - local chapters offer smoking cessation programs.
Alcohol Abuse
Alcoholics Anonymous - offers free daily meetings for people in recovery, some meetings for women only; emphasizes spiritual healing and religious faith.
National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence - can identify treatment centers near you.
Rational Recovery - offers programs for people in recovery; emphasizes personal responsibility rather than spiritual healing.
Mental Health
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy - locate a licensed marriage and family therapist near you though its Find A Therapist icon. These therapists provide therapy for individuals, couples, and families.
American Association of Pastoral Counselors - locate a certified pastoral counselor near you. These certified clergy therapists combine spiritual and religious resources with psychotherapy.
Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance - a patient-run national mental health organization that sponsors support groups across the country and offers a comprehensive publications catalog.
Mental Health America - provides information on many mental health conditions and illnesses, including clinical depression; 330 affiliates can refer you to local mental health services.
General Women's Interest
Womenworking.com - one of the premier websites for working women, features advice from top leaders, skill-building tips and strategies for advancing and navigating work/life, access to Power Contacts, reviews of the latest books, and practical resources that will help take you to the next step in your career and life. An active message board forum offers mentoring for women and free personalized career advice direct from featured guest experts. |
