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AMA Health Insight - Designed and maintained by the American Medical Association, this interactive site helps rate your personal nutritional habits, evaluate your ideal weight, and/or develop an exercise program that is right for you. American Diabetes Association - Find out if you are at risk, get the healthy recipe of the day, or learn more about this sometimes deadly disease. American Heart Association - According to a recent Essence article, heart attack is the leading cause of death for men and women. Know the facts. Visit this site by the American Heart Association. Black Health Net - An online source of health information for African Americans. Read the latest articles on men's and women's health and fitness or locate a minority physician in your area. IntelliHealth - This site is the home to Johns Hopkins' Online Health Information Center. You can search through hundreds of medical/health articles, find a doctor, get information on breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure and much more. Office of Minority Health - National resource and referral service on minority health issues, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Minority Health Network - Resources, from the Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Minority Health Project - Data on racial and ethnic populations, from University of North Carolina's Department of Biostatistics, National Center for Health Statistics, and Association of Schools of Public Health National Center for Health Statistics - News releases and fact sheets, from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News About Minority Health - From the Commonwealth Fund President's Initiative on Minority Health - From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Race, Health Care and the Law - An informative site by the University of Dayton Ohio. Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1997 - Tons of statistical information from the U.S. Census Bureau. The National Medical Association - This organization is comprised of African American physicians and seeks to eliminate disparities in health care. |
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