HELPFUL RESOURCES

• Office of Minority Health Resource Center
  
  
• healthfinder and 4woman.gov
  
  
• HHS Web Site
  
  
• Medlineplus Health Information
  Offers a detailed listing of directories, online physician locators, blood bank locators, assisted living or residential care facility locators, hospital directories and more.
  
  
• National HIV Testing Resources
  Offers HIV testing information, national database of HIV testing sites, resources for people who test positive for HIV and basic information about HIV and AIDS, behaviors that place a person at risk for HIV infection, and what the testing experience is like. Also available En Espaņol.
  
  
• The National Kidney Disease Education Program
  Offers a wide range of information about kidney disease treatment and prevention, for general audiences and for medical professionals. Part of the National Institutes of Health's campaign to reduce kidney disease and kidney failure among the African American community, the site features educational materials and resources, news and events, information on dialysis and transplants and more. NKDEP is sponsored by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), NIH, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
  
  
• The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Health Information
  Newly expanded, NIH's Health Information website http://health.nih.gov/ features a wider variety of the Institutes' valuable resources and services to provide 'one-stop shopping' from across the more than two dozen institutes and centers that comprise NIH. The site includes new feature sections such as "Healthy Lifestyles," "Research In Action," and "Now Online," which emphasizes interactive features and Web exhibits.