Helpful Links

Hospitals and Surgery Centers

Advocate Christ Medical Center
http://www.advocatehealth.com/cmc/

Advocate Trinity Hospital
http://www.advocatehealth.com/trinity/

Little Company of Mary Hospital
http://www.lcmh.org/

Tinley Woods Surgery Center
http://tinleywoodssc.mwsmg.com/

Magna Surgical Center
http://www.magnasurgicalcenter.com/index.shtml

General Health

www.idph.state.il.us

www.womens-health.com - The Gynecologic Health Center provides women with comprehensive resources for learning about gynecologic issues, including menstrual disorders, endometriosis, reproductive system cancers, STD's and others.

www.Fitnessonline.com - Fitnessonline offers news, information and a fitness cybermall at this site. The site is geared to everyday folks - as opposed to fitness professionals - who are looking for an interactive guide to health and fitness.

www.healthcentral.com - Empower Health Corp. was co-founded by former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, MD and Nancy Snyderman, MD. This site provides personal health information, news, e-commerce, community and other interactive services.

www.medicinenet.com - OnHealth provides a wide range of health and wellness information for the consumer. Featured offerings include detailed content on a number of health-related topics and conditions.

www.femalehealthlinks.com - Femalehealthlinks is a site devoted to providing links to other sites for general information. There are a variety of topics that can be explored through this site.
www.womenshealth.gov – U.S. Health & Human Services Department.  Plenty of general health information geared for women.

www.mayoclinic.com  – Mayo Foundation for Medical Education & Research.  A great overall research site.

Pregnancy

www.pregnancycorner.com – Information about pregnancy and baby

www.pregnancy.org – Information about pregnancy and baby.

www.americanpregnancy.org – Information about pregnancy and baby.

www.acog.org - American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) - ACOG (was formed in 1951 and has a membership of over 37,000 physicians specializing in obstetric-gynecological care. Although some of the information at this site is available only to member physicians, it also contains valuable information for the general public about current healthcare issues affecting women.

Urogynecology

www.ic-network.com - The Interstitial Cystitis Network (ICN) is the largest free archive of IC
information on the web, offering weekly support group meetings, a patient handbook, etc.

www.ichelp.org - ICA is a not-for-profit health organization dedicated to providing patient and
physician educational information and programs, and support.

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/interstitialcystitis/ Describes causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of Interstitial Cystitis / Painful Bladder Syndrome.

Endometriosis

www.endometriosisassn.org - Endometriosis Association

STDs-Sexually Transmitted Diseases

www.ashastd.org - American Social Health Association

Yeast Infections

www.yeastinfectionresource.net – Yeast Infection Resource

Menopause

www.menopause.org – North American Menopause Society.  A source for current information on menopause and lifestyle issues.

Osteoporosis

www.nof.org - National Osteoporosis Foundation

Medications

www.drugdigest.org – A good research site for drugs and their interactions.

www.rxlist.com – Good source to look up drugs and their interactions.

www.drugs.com – Good source to look up drugs and their interactions.

Cancer

www.wcn.org - Oncologists and is designed to give up-to-date information on treatment options for reproductive cancers - ovarian, uterine, cervical and breast cancer. Healthy women can also use this site to obtain information on their personal risk for these diseases and to find out how the risks can be reduced.

www.cancer.org - American Cancer Society

www.nccc-online.org - National Cervical Cancer Coalition

www.ovarian.org - National Ovarian Cancer Coalition