Women's Health General Resources

Advancing Women's Health newsletter provides updates about research and clinic activities, events and other happenings at our center. Click here to read the newsletters and learn about issues that affect women's health.

Kentucky Women's Health Registry
To help women and medical professionals of Kentucky find out why diseases affect women differently than men, the Center for the Advancement of Women's Health has created the Kentucky Women's Health Registry. Women living in Kentucky are encouraged to fill out the Kentucky Women's Health Registry form and consider volunteering for medical studies that will help us advance medical knowledge about women's health.

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Compare Kentucky statistics related to women's health to other state's rankings. What is Kentucky's ranking for cancer? Find it and much, much more here.

The Changing Face of Women's Health 

Healthfinder
This is a consumer health and human services web site developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HealthfinderÃÆ'ââ"šÂ¬Ã…¡Ãƒâ€šÃ"šÃ‚® provides access to selected online publications, clearinghouses, databases, web sites, and support and self-help groups, as well as government agencies and not-for-profit organizations that produce reliable information for the public. A web site in Spanish is also available.

Drug information from the FDA
Provides drug information, a directory of organizations, and data on specific health topics. Information is compiled from a variety of reputable sources (e.g., National Cancer Institute).

Kentucky Office of Women's Physical & Mental Health in the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services:
This site includes publications, statistics, legislation, and organizations related to women's health issues in Kentucky. The Women's Health Resource Center web site is available from this site.

MEDLINEplus

Produced by the National Library of Medicine, this web site provides access to up-to-date, quality health care information about specific diseases and conditions for consumers and health professionals. It also has links to lists of hospitals and physicians, medical dictionaries, health information in Spanish and other languages, and clinical trials. Patient education tutorials have recently been added to this site.

Federal Government Source for Women's Health Information

National Council of Women's Organizations

National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
One-stop-shopping resource for women's health sponsored by the federal government.

National Women's Health Resource Center
Women's health and wellness resource sponsored by a non-profit organization. 

The New York Times Women's Health

Websites for Women's Health

WomensHealth.Org

A forum for women's health covering all types of health topics.

Women's Media
Includes articles on a variety of issues affecting women including self-improvement, health and finances.

Global Alliance for Women's Health dedicated to improve health care services and research for women