Websites on Gender Differences in Health

Does Sex Make a Difference ? (Food and Drug Administration)

Just the Facts ! (Society for Women’s Health Research) 

Women’s Health Center (Mayo Clinic) 

Action Steps for Staying Healthy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) 

Tools to Help You Build a Healthier Life (National Women’s Health Information Center)
Spanish

Leading Causes of Death in Females (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Heart Disease in Women – MedlinePlus
Spanish  

Women’s Health Issues – MedlinePlus

 

Recommended Books

Women’s Health in the U.S.: Research on Health Issues Affecting Women  
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (2004)
A number of diseases affect women at a disproportionately high rate. Many of these are infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases that fall under the mandate of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health. This report reviews NIAID’s clinical studies on the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS, autoimmune diseases, chronic fatigue syndrome, and sexually transmitted infectious diseases in women. 

Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era
Boston Women's Health Book Collective (2005)
This completely revised classic maintains its aim to empower women by taking a practical approach to a wide range of health issues. Topics range from diet and exercise to relationships, motherhood, sexuality, and physical and mental illnesses. Includes personal stories of women and men.

New Harvard Guide to Women's Health
Karen J. Carlson, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Terra Diane Ziporyn (2004)
This new edition includes updated recommendations about cardiac health and heart disease, recent advances in the understanding and treatment of autoimmune diseases, new information about perimenopause and menopause, expanded nutritional recommendations, including a chart of the Daily Reference Intakes for micronutrients, and updated information on over-the-counter medications, prescription drugs, procedures, screenings, and diagnostic tests.

 

NC Services & Support

Women’s Wellness and Specialty Services (UNC Health Care)

Chapel Hill North (UNC Health Care)
(919) 960-7461

Ambulatory Care Center (ACC) (UNC Health Care)
(919) 966-2496

North Carolina Women’s Hospital (UNC Health Care)
(919) 966-2496

Women’s Health Information Center (UNC Health Care)

UNC Center for Maternal and Infant Health

Women’s Health Issues – Web Sites Serving North Carolina (NC Health Info)

Reproductive Health – Web Sites Serving North Carolina (NC Health Info)

Women’s Health Branch (NC Department of Health and Human Services)

ACOG Physician Lookup – North Carolina (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)  

 

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