A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free
This public education website was developed to support the efforts of parents and other caring adults to promote mental health and prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs among 7- to 18-year-olds.

  About Our Kids
Created by the New York University Child Study Center, this award-winning website provides parents with information on child mental health.

  Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: For Kids
Lots of information about how to have fun and be safe while playing your favorite sports or activities. Links to cartoons, fun quizzes and coloring & activity pages; safety information for parents and a guide to common injuries.

  Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
The Cincinnati Children's Hospital website provides comprehensive educational resources on children's health that help famililes become active partners in their child's healthcare. Of particular note is the Heart Center Encyclopedia.

  Family Doctor.org
Detailed information on children's health from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Some information in Spanish.

  FDA Kids' Home Page
Includes information for kids on food safety, vaccines, pet care, medical devices and more from the Federal Drug Administration.

  KidsHealth
One of the most popular Web sites for children, it offers excellent information for parents (and kids!) on child health and more.

  Mayo Clinic : Infant and Toddler Health
A wide range of articles on infant and toddler health.

  Merck Source: Children's Health Center
Includes a wealth of information on childhood diseases and conditions as well as health and wellness. Links to the Merck Manual of Medical Information and virtual body tours.

  Your Child's Health
This website from the Children's Center of Dallas features a wide variety of articles on family life, nutrition, safety and health.

  Zero to Three
Zero to Three is a national non-profit organization dedicated solely to the healthy development of infants and toddlers. Their website includes handouts created with the American Academy of Pediatrics on how parents can best support their child's development and growing brain.

  Ask NOAH About Men's Health
Links to sources providing information on all aspects of men's health from circumcision and hair loss to testicular cancer.

  familydoctor.org
From the American Academy of family Physicians, this website has extensive information of interest to men. In addition to physical health, mental health conditions and fatherhood are discussed.

  healthfinder Men's Information Page
Created in 1997, healthfinder is an award-winning federal Web site developed by the Department of Health and Human Services and other federal agencies. The Men's Health section includes hundreds of links on a variety of topics including AIDS, fatherhood, testicular cancer and vasectomy,

  Male Health Center
Tips on excercise, nutrition, self-care and sex, from the urologist who founded the first male health center.

  MayoClinic.com: Men's Health Center
This site includes a wide variety of information on health including screening tests, fitness, weight control, aging as well as health conditions and issues of interest to men.

  MEDLINEplus Men's Health
Comprehensive information from an authoritative source: the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Includes links to latest news, general overviews, clinical trials, diagnosis and symptoms and research and treatment.

  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: Prostate Cancer
Up-to-date information about prostate cancer from Memorial Slaon-Kettering. Provides an overview, information on screening, diagnosis, treatment, clinical trials, survivorship and support.

  American Association of Retired Persons (AARP):Health and Wellness
Short, easy-to-read articles on a variety of topics of interest to seniors, including fitness, prevention, insurance and Medicare and caregiving.

  Ask NOAH About Aging
NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) is produced by librarians from major New York City libraries. Its mission is to provide access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased. This section includes links to articles that define aging and the physiological changes it brings about. Also links to information about diseases, caregiving, research and statistics and more.

  FIRSTGOV for Seniors: Health
From the federal government, this site provides seniors with a variety of health information such as medical coverage, specific health conditions, exercise and fitness, prescription drugs and nutrition. Also includes links to other goverment sites of interest for seniors.

  Mayo Clinic: Senior Health Center
A wide range of articles on health and aging from an internationally recognized authority.

  Medicare: Nursing Home Compare
Provides detailed information about the past performance of every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home in the United States, including inspection result information. In English and Spanish.

  MEDLINEplus Seniors' Health Topics
Comprehensive information from an authoritative source: the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Includes links to latest news and general overviews of seniors' health and research, specific conditions, prevention and screening, organizations, statistics and more.

  New York State Office for the Aging
This helpful and friendly Web site contains information of use to elders in New York State including links to local offices, toll-free hotlines, eldercare resources as well as extensive links to resources on death & dying, education, caregiving and health and long-term care.

  NIHSeniorHealth.gov
NIHSeniorHealth is a website based on the latest research on senior health and aging. Features a "talking" function, which gives users the option of reading the text or listening to it.

  Selecting a Nursing Home in New York State
Created by the New York State Department of Health, this website outlines everything you need to know to select a nursing home. Topics include admission, nursing home inspections, resident's rights and more.

  US Dept. of Health and Human Services: Administration on Aging
Available in eight languages, this Web site includes information on Alzheimer's Disease, Medicare, Eldercare, statistics, Elder Abuse and other topics for elders and their families and health care professionals.

  4 Girls Health
Developed by the Office on Women's Health in the US Department of Health and Human Services, this website gives girls between the ages of 10 and 16 reliable, current health information. Topics include puberty, fitness, nutrition, stress and substance abuse.

  Go Ask Alice
This health-related Question and Answer site is produced by Columbia University's Health Education Program. It provides factual, in-depth, nonjudgmental information to assist teenagers' decision-making about their physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health.

  I Wanna Know
Sponsored by the American Social Health Association, this site provides the answers teens need to make informed decisions about sexual health and STD prevention.

  Teen Health Initiative
Information from the New York Civil Liberties Union for New York kids and teens about their legal rights to healthcare and information services.

  TeensHealth: Answers & Advice
From the medical staff of the Nemours Foundation, this fun site provides basic information about the body, nutrition, drugs and alchohol, diseases and conditions and personal safety.

  Teenwire
From the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, this site provides information on dating, sexual health, sexually transmitted diseases, pregnancy prevention and family planning. Contributions from teenagers are welcome.

  American Pregnancy Association
The American Pregnancy Association is a national health organization committed to promoting reproductive and pregnancy wellness through education, research, advocacy, and community awareness. Comprehensive information on contraception, infertility, pregnancy, abortion, birth, adoption and women's health.

  Ask NOAH About Women's Health
Links to sources providing information on all aspects of women's health from birth control and contraception to vaginitis and vulvodynia.

  Book of Choices: New York Resources for Unplanned Pregnancy
This is a book of resources, available in New York State, to help with the options available when experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. This book includes information on preventing pregnancy, the options available when experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, ending a pregnancy, choosing adoption, becoming a parent , and paying for your care.

  HeartHealthyWomen
A joint project of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease, this website has up-to-date information on heart disease in women. Includes the signs and symptoms of heart attack in women, which are typically different than those men experience.

  MayoClinic.com: Women's Health Center
This site includes a wide variety of information on health including screening tests, fitness, weight control, aging as well as health conditions and issues of interest to women.

  MEDLINEplus Women's Health Topics
Comprehensive information from an authoritative source: the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Includes links to latest news, general overviews, clinical trials, diagnosis and symptoms and research and treatment.

  National Women's Health Resource Center
The Health Topics contains basic information with references to over 100 topics of interest to women. Daily news and features and a comprehensive directory of women's health services make this site invaluable.

  North American Menopause Society
Web site of the leading scientific nonprofit organization devoted to promoting women's health during midlife and beyond through an understanding of menopause. This site contains information on perimenopause, early menopause, menopause symptoms and long-term health effects of estrogen loss, and a wide variety of therapies to enhance health.

  NYC Women's Resource Network
A one-stop shop of city agencies and nonprofit organizations providing services for women and families.

  Web Sites for Women's Health
This extensive list of links dealing with all aspects of women's health would be more useful if the links were arranged by topic. Nevertheless it does include information not easily found elsewhere.

  womenshealth.gov
A service of the Office of Women's Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, the NWHIC serves as a gateway to a vast array of health information for women created by federal agencies and the private sector. Search or browse the Health Topics section which contains links to thousands of articles from reliable sources. See also links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, health news and much more.