The following sites are categorized by medical sites for basic information, government sites with initiatives for women, health organizations that provide help for specific topics or women, fitness sites to help stay in shape, sites geared toward teens and educational sites. The latter category shows what is possible when universities health into local communities, and all sites show what can be done through preventative measures.

This list represents just a handful of sites available to women today, but they contain all the resources you may need to attain optimum health and wellness. Each link within the categories is listed in alphabetical order to show readers that we do not favor one resource over another.

Medical Sites

1. Coalition for Research in Women’s Health: The Coalition was initiated by the Women’s College Research Institute (WCRI) as a catalyst for women’s health research.
2. FamilyDoctor Women: While this link provides information solely for women, the entire site is a help in dealing with family health issues.
3. Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health: JIWH is a nonprofit organization working to improve health care for women through research, dialogue, and information dissemination.
4. Healthy Women: HealthyWomen has provided unbiased and accurate health information and has earned the trust of consumers and health care providers as well as nonprofit and corporate partners and the media for thirty years. Founded by a female physician, this site is powered by medical advice from a variety of sources.
5. Mayo Clinic Women’s Health: Learn more about the top health risks for women from this top-notch medical center.
6. MedlinePlus Women’s Health: Learn more about the diseases and conditions that affect women differently or that affect women only.
7. Merck Manuals Women’s Health Issues: This site is a virtual medical library, filled with issues that affect women’s health.
8. Section on Women’s Health: This site is sponsored and maintained by the American Physical Therapy Association, initally founded to serve as a resource for physical therapists interested in women’s healthcare before, during and after pregnancy.
9. WebMD Women’s Health: Learn more about women’s health through news, videos, discussions and well-defined glossaries.
10. Women’s Therapy Center: This site is dedicated to female sexual health and related conditions.

Government Sites

11. CDC Women’s Health: This site is provided by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC also offers WiseWoman, a program focused on heart disease and stroke prevention.
12. FDA For Women: Learn about women’s health topics as well as news about product recalls, safety warnings and other Food and Drug Administration activities.
13. National Women’s Health Information Center: The government Office on Women’s Health (OWH) provides this site for free women’s health information on more than 800 topics.
14. Office of Research on Women’s Health: ORWH coordinates and serves as a focal point for women’s health research funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH – Dept. of Health and Human Services).
15. Quick Health Data Online: The Department of Health and Human Services and the Office on Women’s Health provides online access to county-level health status data to help you learn more about health issues in your specific location.
16. Rural Women’s Health: Sponsored by the Rural Assistance Center within the Department of Health and Human Services’ Rural Initiative, this site focuses on America’s rural women and their particular needs.
17. Women’s Health Initiative: The Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute offers some transparency in their clinical trials, research and more through this site.

Health Organizations

18. American Medical Women’s Association: This organization functions at the local, national, and international level to advance women in medicine and improve women’s health.
19. American Society for Reproductive Medicine: This link leads to the patient section in a site that focuses on infertility, menopause, contraception and other reproductive health issues.
20. Black Women’s Health Imperative: Since inception, this organization has been in the forefront of women’s health issues, with a focus on those issues that affect Black women.
21. Feminist Women’s Health Center: This organization supports the belief that women should have the right to make their own decisions regarding their bodies, reproduction and sexuality.
22. Global Alliance for Women’s Health: GAWH promotes and implements women’s health care research and service improvements at local, national, and international levels.
23. International Women’s Health Coalition: This organization focuses on achieving rights for women worldwide in the areas of physical, mental and emotional health.
24. National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health: UCSF was founded to correct historical imbalances in health care while acting as a catalyst for change in women’s health.
25. National Women’s Health Foundation: NWHF strives to provide accurate and comprehensive education and outreach; funding for women to receive high-quality, safe, and legal reproductive health care services; and legislative and political advocacy to improve policies that impact the lives of women.
26. National Women’s Health Network: The National Women’s Health Network improves the health of all women by developing and promoting a critical analysis of health issues in order to affect policy and support consumer decision-making.
27. Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center: This organization focuses on reproductive rights, violence against women and other topics and projects related to women’s health and safety. This organization is located on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in Lake Andes, South Dakota.
28. NAWHO: This is a national non-profit health organization with a focus on achieving health equity for Asian women and families.
29. Pacific Institute for Women’s Health: The mission of the Pacific Institute for Women’s Health is to improve the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls around the globe via advocacy, public education, program development, training and research.
30. Society for Women’s Health Research: SWHR is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through advocacy, education and research.
31. The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health: Established in Australia, this organization has become a powerful global force for improving women’s health.
32. World Health Organization: This link leads to this organization’s focus on women.

Women’s Fitness

33. Fitness Magazine: This is the online version of the popular fitness magazine for women.
34. Look Great Naked: This site focuses on women with resources, products, links, articles and more all geared toward making you look and feel at the top of your game.
35. MSN Diet and Fitness: This link leads to the site that focuses entirely on women.
36. Shape: Learn more about healthy eating, weight loss, health and beauty through this fitness magazine geared toward women.
37. Women Fitness: This site focuses on fitness, but as part of a total health-based picture.
38. Women’s Health Workouts: Don’t stop here – the entire site is filled within information about fitness, health and lifestyle information.

For Teens

39. Go Ask Alice! This is Columbia University’s Q&A Web site that focuses on drugs, emotional health, fitness and nutrition, general health and much more for teens and young adults (although elders might learn a thing or two as well…).
40. GirlsHealth: This government site is focused on all the topics that a teen girl wants to know about – from body image to emotions and relationships along with fitness and nutrition.
41. Scarleteen: This is one of the highest-ranking sex-ed sites online for girls. Scarleteen and its content has been lauded by such organizations as SIECUS, UNICEF, Planned Parenthood, The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, Family Health International, the International Association for Adolescent Health, The Boston Women’s Health Collective and more.
42. Teen Growth: This project was established by KidsGrowth and the Pediatric Health Alliance, LLC in 1999 as an interactive project specifically tailored toward the health interests and general well-being of the teenage population.
43. Teen Talk: Planned Parenthood answers questions about sexual health, dating, birth control and much more.
44. TeensHealth: This is a body-mind-fitness connection for teens provided by Nemours, a national healthcare system.

Educational

45. OHSU Center for Women’s Health: For women in Oregon and throughout the Northwest, the center offers a new style and quality of care, centered on women and their families, and backed by the medical excellence of Oregon Health & Science University.
46. Stanford School of Medicine Women’s Health: Even if you do not live near Stanford, California, this site can provide current news about research projects and more.
47. The iris Cantor Women’s Health Center: Cornell University provides a plethora of information online to learn more about women’s health issues.
48. VCU Women’s Health: Virginia Commonwealth University’s Institute for Women’s Health National Center of Excellence provides a site filled with information, research, news and more all focused on women’s health issues.
49. Women’s Health Program: Sponsored and maintained by the University of Michigan, this site connects women to the very best resources in health care, research and education.
50. Your Health Women’s Health: Sponsored and maintained by the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), this site is a resource for health topics that concern women.