Women's Health & Mother/Child

American Heart Association For Women
Women face a greater risk of death from heart disease and stroke than men do. Knowing the warning signs and risk factors of heart disease and stroke can greatly reduce the risks. Living tobacco free, epidemiological information, 10 questions your patients may ask, specific to women are found on this site. (Also see AHA information on Prevention page.)

Web Path Breast Cancer
This page discusses the incidence of breast cancer, the risk factors that increase the likelihood that a woman will develop a breast cancer, the histological classification of breast cancer with frequency and five-year survival rates, and histologic slide images of various forms of breast carcinomas.

Head Start Bureau
This web site is directed to everyone that has an interest in the Head Start Program. It is intended to improve access to resources and communications within the Head Start community.

Mother's Voices
Mother's Voices is a movement of mothers working for a public climate responsive to AIDS. This national grassroots effort, educates and empowers mothers to raise their voices to promote public policies that advance efforts for AIDS education, prevention, research, treatment, and ultimately a cure.

Maternal & Child Health
The National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse, an integral part of the Clearinghouse, the National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Resource Center (NSRC) produces and disseminates educational materials on SIDS to public health and emergency medical practitioners and legal professionals, as well as to parents, families, and the general public. Links to other NMCHB sites, fact sheets about Healthy Start.

Web Path PAP Smear
This page describes the PAP smear, it's diagnostic purpose in the use of screening for cervical cancer and infection, information on obtaining a PAP smear, implications of various finding, and histologic slide images of several different cervical lesions Cervix, normal appearance, gross, Cervix, normal appearance, microscopic, Cervix, dysplasia, microscopic, Cervix, dysplasia, cytologic features on Pap smear, microscopic, Cervix, invasive squamous cell carcinoma, gross, Cervix, invasive squamous cell carcinoma, microscopic, and others.

Web Path Prenatal Diagnosis
WebPath briefly describes the following: ultrasonography, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, fetal blood cells in maternal blood, maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein, maternal serum beta-HCG, and maternal serum estriol. An overview of fetal-placental abnormalities are reported including chromosomal abnormalities, neural tube defects, hydrops fetalis, anomolies, renal cystic disease, congenital neoplasms, skeletal abnormalities, and placental abnormalities.

Office of Women's Health
Office of Women's Health a CDC/USDHHS institution offers information on violence and injury, HIV and Aids, STDs, tobacco use, years in later health, reproductive health, and breast & cervical cancer.