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34 Menopause Symptoms - all about each menopausal symptom.
All about the 34 menopause symptoms. Learn how to identify menopause and perimenopause symptoms.

A Friend Indeed
"A Friend Indeed" is the menopause newsletter available from the non-profit organization Initiatives for Women's Health. The newsletter addresses issues including pros and cons of hormone replacement therapy, menopausal weight gain and body image, and useful suggestions for being careful consumers of health products and the health care system.

A Woman's Way
A Woman's Way is a healing sanctuary, a place where women can find balance and discover that they already are the women they aspire to become. Join us for retreats for women in beautiful Sedona, Arizona.

Afghans for Afghans
afghans for Afghans is a humanitarian and educational people-to-people project that sends hand-knit and crocheted blankets and garments to the beleaguered people of Afghanistan. This grassroots effort is inspired by Red Cross volunteers who made afghans, socks, slippers, and other items for soldiers and refugees during World Wars I and II and other times of crisis and need. Read about the Red Cross knitting tradition. From American hands and hearts Mark Wunderlich, Provincetown, MA Your gift of a handmade blanket or garment will bring comfort and warmth to Afghan women, men, and children who continue to suffer from oppression, war, hunger, poverty, and sickness. Your lovingly made gifts will send a message of concern and hope to our fellow humans on the other side of the globe. Your participation is important.

American Medical Women's Association
The Chicago chapter of this national organization has put online mentoring, domestic violence, sexual harassment, and breast cancer links, in addition to the usual organization information.

American Social Health Association
ASHA is dedicated to stopping sexually transmitted diseases and their harmful consequences to individuals, families, and communities. The site offers telephone hotlines, answers to frequently asked questions, information about ASHA's programs, and more.

Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators
The Association of Labor Assistants and Childbirth Educators (ALACE) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting women’s choices in childbirth. ALACE accomplishes this goal by providing training and certification for Childbirth Educators and Labor Assistants/Doulas. ALACE Childbirth Educators and Labor Assistants respect birth as a woman-centered and woman-directed passage. Our goal is to help women reclaim trust in their ability to safely and dependably give birth.

Center for Disease Control
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the CDC, the website offers a plethora of information relating to traveler's health, publications and products, data and statistics, training and employment, and funding.

Cervical Barriers Advancement Society (CBAS)
CBAS aims to raise the profile of cervical barrier methods both for preventing pregnancy and potentially HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The website provides information and clinical research updates on cervical barriers, spermicides and microbicides. Members include organizations and individuals around the world working on cervical barriers and issues or products related to cervical barriers. CBAS’s goal is to create an international, professional networking organization including clinical and social science research groups, academic institutions, policy and advocacy groups, trade associations, and pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies.

Concerned Counseling
This internet community features information on a variety of mental health disorders, an ezine, interviews that you can listen to, and chatrooms where you can find support.

Condom
Keepcondom.com is the most convenient way to buy condoms online. Our pride is to deliver the best varieties and the lowest rates at your door step. The best online shop for all your needs.

Endometriosis Association
The Endometriosis Association is dedicated to supporting women and girls with endometriosis, educating the public and medical community about the disease, and conducting and promoting research. Find a support group in your area and learn about their family and teen programs.

Feminist Therapy Online
Offers feminist therapy to women, online, via IM and writing/email. For women who for whatever reason can't get to, or don't want to do office based feminist therapy.

Feminist Therapy Referral Project
The Feminist Therapy Referral Project (FTRP), founded by Bay Area feminist therapists in the women's movement, has been providing psychotherapy referrals for women and their families in the San Francisco area for over 35 years. All FTRP members are California-licensed professionals with many years of specialized training, clinical experience, and community service. FTRP offers information, choice, and empowerment to clients seeking mental health services, respecting each person's particular needs and economic circumstances. We value all kinds of families and acknowledge every person's ethnicity, race, culture, class, sexual and gender identity, and special needs when making referrals.

Health Rumors on the Internet
Heard a health rumor on the Internet lately? The risks of plastics in the microwave? Dioxin in tampons? Dangers of cell phones while putting gas in your car? For information about these and other rumors, click here: http://www.center4policy.org/internet.html

Healthy Fish Healthy Families
About eight percent of women of child-bearing age, millions of American women, have blood mercury concentrations higher than the level considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency. This means that over 600,000 newborns are exposed to mercury above EPA’s safe level each year. This has prompted the first safe fish consumption guide written by physicians, published at www.MercuryAction.org. The guide will help parents choose what kind of and how much fish they and their young children can most safely eat.

Intersex Society of North America
The Intersex Society of North America is "devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with atypical sex anatomy." Its site offers education and action opportunities, a wonderful bookstore, and a chance to hear the personal stories of people affected by the Western medical profession's outdated model of treating intersex individuals. The Intersex Society of North America is "devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with atypical sex anatomy." Its site offers education and action opportunities, a wonderful bookstore, and a chance to hear the personal stories of people affected by the Western medical profession's outdated model of treating intersex individuals. The Intersex Society of North America is "devoted to systemic change to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries for people born with atypical sex anatomy." Its site offers education and action opportunities, a

Medicine (Biosciences)
This site contains a links to 400-500+ sites dealing with medicine and health, including links to specific women's health problems.

Melpomene Institute
This Institute, the "only research organization in the United States devoted to women's health and physical activity," at the moment has a Product Catalog and Membership Information on its site.

Menopause and Black Cohosh Information Center
At the Menopause and Black Cohosh Information Center, you can get up-to-date information on menopause and black cohosh,hormone replacement therapy and the latest menopause research.

Menopause Information and Advice
Nancy Schurr is a Womens Health Nurse Practitioner with over 15 years experience in the field. She specializes in bio identical hormones and natural hormones. Her website gives information on menopause - diagnosis, symptoms and treatments, including alternative treatments.

Menopause Information and Advice
Information and advice on the symptoms and treatment of perimenopause and menopause by a Women's Health Nurse Practioner.

National Asian Women's Health Organization
Advocates the improvement of the lives of Asian American and other underserved communities in the US, primarily working with federal health agencies.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Working alongside the National Institutes of Health, NCCAM explores complementary and alternative healing practices that incorporate rigorous scientific methods. The sire offers information for consumers and practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine, plus news and events of interest.

National Research Center for Women & Families
NRC for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that is dedicated to improving the health and safety of women, children, and families. The Center goes beyond the hype for new products and programs, to explain what works and what doesn’t, and provide useful information for policy makers, opinion leaders, and the public. It is an independent voice that doesn’t take contributions from pharmaceutical companies or other companies with financial interests in products or programs they evaluate.

National Women's Health Resource Center
The National Women's Health Resource Center is a non-profit organization which serves as a national clearinghouse for women's health information. Consumers who have turned to the organization for over ten years, can now access its resources via its world wide web site. This site provides an extensive "question and answer" area which covers subjects ranging from smoking to contraception to stress to breast cancer and heart disease. Its resource and links areas provide the users with an index of women's health web sites, sorted by health topics. A user can also apply for membership to the NWHRC via the site and subscribe to the organization's National Women's Health Report.

Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center
This site is maintained by a reservation-based, non-profit organization in Lake Andes, SD. Their services and programs address a wide range of issues including "domestic violence, education, health awareness, reproductive rights, and environmental racism."

Oklahoma - A Million Women Organizing for Change
Being the only pro-choice organization in Oklahoma, OKAMWOC's site offers fictional stories, newsletters, news briefs, and highlights of Oklahoma's anti-choice state legislators who are working on parental notification legislation.

Our Bodies, Ourselves
The Boston Women's Health Book Collective's website features excerpts from the book (in English and Spanish), and articles related to health and health activism.

Patient Advocate Foundation
This national non-profit organization serves as a liason between patients and their insurers/creditors in order to resolve insurance, job discrimination or debt crisis matters related to their diagnoses.

Pregnancy Options Workbook
All options considered accurately and fairly. Decision making help for women making a difficult pregnancy decision.Info on post abortion and adoption feelings, what's harmful to pregnancies, STD's birth control, protecting fertility. Also, unbiased comparison of surgical and medical abortion.

Scarleteen: Sex Ed for the Real World
Extensive article and community based website since 1998 dedicated to providing inclusive, feminist, accurate and accessible sexuality education for young adults of all genders and all orientations.

Sex Matters For Women
This website stems from a book published under the same title. Developed by a group of three renowned sex educators and therapists at the University of Michigan. The website contains a wonderful F.A.Q section and a lengthy excerpt about the history of women and sex.

Society for Women's Health Research
The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. The Society encourages the study of sex differences between women and men that affect the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Susan Weed: Herbal Medicine for Women's Health
A widely recognized herbalists, Susan Weed offers insight into improving health, preventing disease, and more--specifically for women. Get information on alternative medicine to cope with everyday ailments and chronic problems, browse Weed's bibliography, and locate workshops near you.

terra femme
This site contains information on the 100% surgical-grade, long fiber cotton (cotton staples) terra femme tampons which the site claims are safer for women then other commercial tampons. The site contains extensive information on the health factors associated with tampon use.

The Breast Site
The Breast Site is an online guide to breast health, breast augmentation, breastfeeding, breast cancer, and bras. Also have a look at the bookstore, news, and mailbag for more information.

The Keeper Menstrual Cup
The Keeper is a revolutionary product for women's gynecological health. It is an internally worn, soft rubber, reusable menstrual cup and is a great alternative to tampons.

The Progress of Nations (UNICEF)
This site contains sections for women and sections for health, but nothing specifically on women's health. However, there are a number of interesting documents that are relevant to women and women's health. The site has a global focus.

The Thinking Parent
Keeps parents and professionals up-to-date with recently published research about education, parenting, child development, pregnancy, childbirth, physical health, and mental health. The Thinking Parent is designed for busy, information-seeking people who want targeted, high quality information with a minimal time investment.

US Vulvar Health Awareness Initiative
This group works to raise awareness of vulvar health and vulvar disorders and to promote the importance of performing monthly vulvar self-exams. March is Vulvar Health Awareness Month.

Vegetarian Women
A site that supports and hightlights the acheivements of vegetarian women: women who value their personal health and the health of Mother Earth. (Ecofeminism).

Vulvar Health
The Vulva Health Awareness Campaign aims to educate and inform women, doctors, and the media about vulvar health and vulvar disorders. The site hopes to empower women to make educated decisions regarding their health. Explore extensive links, read the news, and find awareness events in your area.

Women's Health Hotline
This newsletter provides the media with information on women's health. The newsletters contain few if any links to other sites, while the site focuses on heart disease.

Women's Health Information You Can Use
This website provides easy-to-understand information for women on a wide range of health issues. The National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families is one of the few women's health organizations that does not accept funding from pharmaceutical companies, so it can critically look behind the industry spin when it explains new medical research findings.

Women's Health Interactive
Women's Health Interactive provides a holistic view of women's health, including answering questions about health problems concerning women. The site welcomes all those who are interested in women's health when it is approached purely from a woman's point of view.

Women's Hearts at Risk
This page describes a PBS program about women and heart disease.

Yahoo's Women's Health
This site contains approximately 50 links to women's health pages. The topics covered include: breast cancer, menopause, obstetrics, gynecology, and a number of general women's health sites.