(click below for information on each topic)

Alcohol Abuse	Diabetes	Lung Cancer
Alzheimer's Disease	Exercise	Men’s Health
Asthma	Health Care Disparities / Minority Health	Metabolic Syndrome
Blood Pressure	Health Risk Appraisals	Overweight & Obesity
Breast Cancer	Healthy Aging	Peripheral Arterial Disease
Cancer	Healthy Eating & Nutrition	Physical Activity
Cervical Cancer	Healthy Living	Premature Birth
Cholesterol	Heart Disease	Prostate Cancer
Colorectal Cancer	Heart Failure	Skin Cancer
Consumerism	Human Papillomavius (HPV) and Vaccine	Smoking
Depression	Inflammatory Breast Cancer	Unintentional injuries
	Kidney Disease

ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ADDICTION

BREAST CANCER

• National Cancer Institute
  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/breast
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/breast/
  
  
• MedlinePlus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/breastcancer.html
  
  
• Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
  http://ww3.komen.org/home/
  
  
• breastcancer.org
  http://www.breastcancer.org/
  
  
• Mayo Clinic
  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/breast-cancer/DS00328
  
  
• Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
  http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/crr/types/breast/breast.asp
  
  
• Pink and Black Campaign
  http://www.bphc.org/pinkblack/index2.asp
  
  
• Risk assessment of breast cancer
  www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool/
  www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu/hccpquiz.pl?lang=english&func=home&quiz=breast
  
  

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CANCER

• American Cancer Society
  www.cancer.org
  (800) ACS-2345
  (617) 565-7400
  
  
• National Cancer Institute
  www.cancer.gov
  (800) 4-CANCER (422-6237)
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/index.htm
  
  
• MedlinePlus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cancers.html

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CERVICAL CANCER

• American Cancer Society
  www.cancer.org/
  
  
• National Cancer Institute
  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/cervical/
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/cervical/
  
  
• Prevent Cancer Foundation
  www.preventcancer.org/education2c.aspx?id=116&ekmensel=15074e5e_34_36_116_2
  
  
• MedlinePlus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cervicalcancer.html
  
  
• Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
  http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/crr/types/gyn/cervical.asp
  
  
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  http://healthgate.partners.org/browsing/browseContent.asp?file
  Name=19225.xml&title=Conditions%20InDepth:%20Cervical%20Cancer

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Cholesterol

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/Hbc/HBC_WhatIs.html
  
  
• Medline Plus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000403.htm
  
  
• American Heart Association
  http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1516
  
  
• Interactive Tools and Tutorials
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/managingcholesterol/htm/index.htm
  
  
• Healthy Eating
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/smart.pdf

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CONSUMERISM

• How to Evaluate Health Information on the Internet

• MedlinePlus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/webeval/webeval.html
  
  
• National Cancer Institute
  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Information/internet
  
  
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  http://nccam.nih.gov/health/webresources/

• How to Choose a Doctor

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qnt/qntdr.htm
  
  
• Massachusetts Health Quality Partners
  http://www.mhqp.org/quality/whatisquality.asp?nav=030000

• Tips on Talking with Your Doctor

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  http://healthit.ahrq.gov/search/ahrqsearch.jsp
  
  
• American Academy of Family Physicians
  http://familydoctor.org/837.xml

• Developing a Personal or Family Health History

• US Surgeon General
  http://familyhistory.hhs.gov/
  
  
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/qnt/qntdr.htm
  
  
• American Academy of Family Physicians
  http://familydoctor.org/838.xml

• Medication Safety

• Institute for Safe Medication Practices
  http://www.ismp.org/consumers/brochure.asp

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HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES / MINORITY HEALTH

• The Office of Minority Health
  www.omhrc.gov
  (800) 444-6472
  
  
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  http://www.ahrq.gov/research/minorix.htm
  
  
• Center for Disease Control Office of Minority Health
  www.cdc.gov/omh
  
  
• Boston Public Health Commission Disparities Project
  http://www.bphc.org/programs/program.asp?b=7&p=202
  
  
• Kaiser Family Foundation
  http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/disparities.cfm

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HEALTH RISK APPRAISALS

• Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
  www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu
  
  
• Massachusetts General Hospital
  http://calculators.epnet.com/?docid=healthcalculators/
  listofcalculators&token=22497a19-d9a0-42df-aa94-
  b5315c4d79f6&DeliveryContext=healthlibrary&CollectionIID=522

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HEART DISEASE

• American Heart Association
  www.heart.org/

• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  http://healthgate.partners.org/browsing/browseContent.asp?
  fileName=11986.xml&title=Coronary%20Artery%20Disease%20(CAD)

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/HeartDisease/

• Medline Plus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007115.htm

• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/index.htm

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LUNG CANCER

• National Cancer Institute
  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/lung
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/lung/
  
  
• MedlinePlus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungcancer.html
  
  
• Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
  http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/crr/types/thoracic/lung.asp
  
  
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  http://healthgate.partners.org/browsing/browseContent.asp?
  fileName=11700.xml&title=Lung%20Cancer
  
  
• Health Risk Appraisal – Test to determine risk of lung cancer
  http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/hccpquiz.pl?
  lang=english&func=home&quiz=lung

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MEN’S HEALTH

• Men’s Health Network
  www.menshealthnetwork.org
  
  
• MedlinePlus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html
  
  
• National Institutes of Health
  http://health.nih.gov/search.asp/25
  
  
• Mayo Clinic
  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mens-health/MC99999
  
  
• Center for Disease Control
  http://www.cdc.gov/men/
  
  
• American Academy of Family Physicians
  http://familydoctor.org/men.xml

• Body Mass Index
  http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/bmicalc.htm

• Waist to hip ratio
  http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/waisthip

• Physical Activity
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/
  exercisingforahealthyheart/htm/_no_50_no_0.htm

• Dietary Guidelines
  https://data.webmd.com/sdclive/SdcForm.aspx?FormId=dietAssessPlus

• Daily calorie needs
  http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED
  _6_1x_Calorie_Calculator.asp?sitearea=&level=

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PROSTATE CANCER

• National Cancer Institute
  http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate
  
  
• Prostate Health Education Network
  www.Prostatehealthed.org
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/prostate/
  
  
• MedlinePlus
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/prostatecancer.html
  
  
• American Cancer Society
  www.cancer.org
  1-800-227-2345 (Available 24 hours a day)
  
  
• Prostate Cancer Foundation
  www.prostatecancerfoundation.org
  
  
• Prostate Health Quiz
  http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/InteractiveTools/Quizzes/40,ProstateHealthQuiz
  
  
• Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator
  www.compass.fhcrc.org/edrnnci/bin/calculator/main.asp?t=prostate&sub=s1&m=&v=prostate&x=Prostate%20Cancer
  

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