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The National Women's Health Resource Center, a not-for-profit organization, is the national clearinghouse for women's health information. The Center provides comprehensive health information and resources to consumers and professionals through its newsletter, fact sheets, national HealthyWomen Database, Women's HealthInfo Search Program, and Web site. If you become a member, they will do research for you on women's health topics.

(800) 994-WOMAN (9662) (9 am-4 pm, Mon-Fri, Eastern)

On this site, you can find links to many authoritative reference resources like the Merck Manual of Women's Health Issues, as well as to other federal sites with women's health information. You can also search for organizations, associations, and publications that are relevant to your health concern. If you don't have Internet access, call the toll-free number and an information specialist will do the search for you.

The U.S. Human Genome Project is a 15-year endeavor coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. Its goal is to identify all of the 80,000 genes in human DNA, as well as to develop tools to analyze the three billion pairs of chemical bases of which DNA is made. A genome is a map of all the DNA in an organism. Why is this so important with regard to breast cancer screening and detection? Because genetic analysis will enable doctors to screen people for serious diseases including cancer, as well as to diagnose, treat, and perhaps prevent these diseases. The Human Genome Project will be an amazing resource in the next century and beyond. You should know about it.

From this site you can access a list, by state and zip code, of all mammography facilities certified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as meeting baseline quality standards for equipment, personnel and practices under the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA).

This is an organization of over 10,000 female physicians and medical students dedicated to the care of the female patient. They work at the local, national and international levels to support the advancement of women in medicine and improve women's health. You can visit their Web site to view selected chapters of their Complete Women's Healthbook online. The second link given above will take you to a list of AMWA's recommended books on a large number of women's health topics, available for purchase through Amazon.

This page is a list of chat rooms, forums, listservs, and newsgroups that are concerned with women's health topics. At the top of the page you'll find a link to OBGYN.net's own forum, "Women's Health." Ask questions about your health concern, share experiences, or just read what others have to say.

This site is provided by the Journal of the American Medical Association. It's an excellent place to find abstracts and current news about a wide range of women's health issues. You can browse through the list of topics, or search the site for abstracts relating to the medical terms that interest you. Note: This site is oriented to medical professionals, so the language is rather technical.

The focus of this site is on interactivity, which means that you'll find discussion forums and listservs, as well as self-assessment tools and FAQs, all on topics pertaining to women's health.