
Health Center Information
General College Health Sites
- Go Ask Alice -
Columbia University's question-and-answer forum for health information.
- State of New York Department
of Health - Health information, research, data concerning health
trends in NYS.
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- Credible information to enhance health decisions and applies disease
prevention and control.
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Federal-regulated agency that helps and protects public from risks
of injury with consumer products.
- Food and Drug Administration -
Information, such as safety, sanitary, and effectiveness, on products
such as, foods, cosmetics, prescription/non-prescription drugs.
- World Health Organization - United
Nations specialized agency for health. Lists activities, reports,
news and events on various health topics around the world.
Information Pages and Links
Alcohol
- The Higher Education Center for
Alcohol and other Drug Prevention - Helps community leaders develop,
implement, and evaluate programs and policies to reduce student problems
related to alcohol and other drugs.
- National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism - Supports and conducts research on causes,
treatments, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol related problems.
- Century Council: Fighting
Drunk Driving - Provides comprehensive information to help promote
responsible decision making regarding alcohol.
- Face - Truth and Clarity on
Alcohol - Provides comprehensive information that supports sensible
alcohol practices through strategy, training, and public awareness.
- Facts on Tap - Provides
comprehensive alcohol and other drug education, prevention, and intervention
program for college students.
- Center for Science in the
Public Interest / Booze News - Provides comprehensive up to date
reports, fact sheets, petitions, commentaries, and other alcohol prevention
links.
- Bacchus and Gamma - Provides
peer education on topics such as alcohol abuse, sexual assault, HIV/AID's,
impaired driving and tobacco prevention.
- Had enough on your campus?
- Provides students stories who are fed up with problems caused by
alcohol and some advice on what you can do about it.
- Alcohol
Alerts
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol
and Drug Information - Is the largest resource for current information
and materials concerning substance abuse.
Contraception
Headaches
Other
- Influenza
- Publishes fact sheet of information about influenza.
- Sports Injuries - Serves as a
source of life long orthopedic learning.
- First Aid - Provides information
about American Red Cross and how to provide basic first aid.
- Asthma and Allergies
- Provides information concerning allergies and asthma and how to
manage these problems.
- Nutrition - Provides a range
of information, transaction, and technology solutions that help consumers,
physicians, and health providers navigate through the health system.
- WebMD - Provides a range of
information, transaction, and technology solutions that help consumers,
physicians, and health providers navigate through the health system.
- The Sexual Health Network
- Provides easy access to sexuality information, education, mutual
support, counseling, therapy, and health care products.
- Discovery Health Channel
- Provides discovery channel answers frequently asked questions on
health topics.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse
- Provides rapid and effective information to improve drug abuse and
addiction on prevention, treatment, and policy.
- Yahoo! Health - Is a search
engine that leads the way to a multitude of health related material.
Travel Resources:
Much information on traveling healthy and smart is available on the Internet. Reliable sources include:
US CDC Travelers' Health Home
WHO On-line International Travel and Health
US Department of State Travel Warnings and Consular Information
Shoreland's Travel Health On-line
International Association for Medical Assistance to Travelers
Lonely Planet Health
Disability Resource: Accessable Page
International SOS (overseas assisstance)/travel medical insurance
BC/BS Participating Worldwide Providers
HTH Travel Insurance
Association for Safe International Travel Country by Country
Travel Medicine, Inc. (supplies such as repellant, bednets, filters, etc.)
International Society of Travel Medicine
American Society of Travel Medicine and Hygiene
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