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  • FAQ - About Women's Health
    Also available in: Spanish
    This site lists a variety of health topics that links to a number of related questions and answers to the most frequently asked questions from women about these topics. details...
    National Women's Health Information Center, U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health
    Actions for American Indians/Alaska Natives - Making Prevention Work
    Making Prevention work ,seek information about options for health promotion, disease prevention, and health care for Native Americans.  details...
    SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
    An Ounce of Prevention Keeps the Germs Away
    A public education program about simple health behaviors that can help prevent infectious diseases. This web site highlights some simple things you and your family can do to prevent getting infectious details...
    National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Online
    These databases contain information from an on-going monthly data collection program designed to monitor state-level prevalence of the major behavioral risks among adults associated with premature mor details...
    National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Cancer Legislative Database
    State and Congressional legislation relating to cancer prevention and control -- CDC's searchable database of pending bills and enacted laws. This database does not contain a complete list of cancer-r details...
    Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Chronic Disease Notes & Reports
    The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) quarterly newsletter is now online. Items are available as Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files and as PostScript (PS) files. If you would like to subscribe, details...
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    Complete Home Medical Guide - Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
    This is an online version of a home medical reference guide that educates you about your body, in sickness and in health. Emphasis is on disease prevention and your role in maintaining your own good h details...
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    Condoms and Sexually Transmitted Diseases. . . Especially AIDS
    This consumer health education booklet underscores the importance of condom use for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The booklet presents basic facts about STDs, condom quality  details...
    Office of Special Health Issues, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
    Condoms and Their Use in Preventing HIV Infection and Other STDs
    Basic information about the importance of condom use to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The consistent and correct usage of condoms is advised and common myths and misconc details...
    National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    Fact Sheets from MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) Reports
    MMWR is a weekly series prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from public health reports to CDC by state health departments. The data contained in these fact sheets are adap details...
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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