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of interest to women is also provided by other federal agencies.
Below is a selection of health topics provided by the agencies
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. If
you decide to explore any of the hotlinks on this page, you
will be leaving the FDA Website.
Methods of cancer detection, including new imaging technologies,
tumor markers, and biopsy procedures.
National Cancer
Institute, National Institutes of Health
Disease trends, investigation of outbreaks, illness and injury
control and prevention, and problems in pregnancy.
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
Health care research, insurance, access to essential services.
Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality
Access to essential health services for people who are poor,
uninsured, or who live in rural and urban neighborhoods where
health care is scarce. Health centers, maternal and child health,
HIV/AIDS services.
Health Resources
and Services Administration: Women's Health Information
Research on diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, diabetes,
arthritis, heart ailments, and AIDS. MedlinePLUS,
a service of NIH's National Library of Medicine (NLM), provides
access to extensive information about specific diseases and
conditions nd also has links to consumer health information
from the National Institutes of Health, dictionaries, lists
of hospitals and physicians, health information in Spanish and
other languages, and clinical trials.
National
Institutes of Health
The National Bone Health Campaign provides information about
building healthy bones.
Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
SAMHSA is the Federal agency charged with improving the quality
and availability of prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation
services in order to reduce illness, death, disability, and
cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses.
This partnership between government and nongovernment sectors
was formed to identify priorities and develop strategies to
catalyze progress toward the eradication of breast cancer. Having
met its mission, the organization ceased operation in October
2000. The archive of the NAPBC Website is now being hosted by
the National Women's Health Information Center.
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