Women's Health: For Patients and Consumers

General Infomation

• NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health promotes women’s health research within the NIH community and beyond.
  • Find resources and links on women’s health topics
  • A Primer for Women’s Health: Learn About Your Body in 52 Weeks
• American Academy of Family Physicians‘ website for patients provides information on diseases and conditions, tips for prevention, and information by stages of development.
• The National Library of Medicine offers a wide variety of information on women’s health topics, including Women’s Health (General) and Reproductive Hazards, among other topics.
• The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the largest association of obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States, provides patient information (http://www.acog.org/For_Patients/Patient_Education_FAQs_List ), a “find a physician” function (http://www.acog.org/About_ACOG/Find_an_Ob-Gyn), and other information on women’s health.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers general information, publications, research, and state and national statistics on women’s health.
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health provides a website for women, womenshealth.gov, with information on a variety of health topics, research, and health care services.
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office on Women’s Health offers women’s health topics with a focus on safety, nutrition, and health.

Please note: Links to organizations and information included on these pages do not indicate endorsement from the NICHD, NIH, or HHS.