Patient Education Links

Women’s Health of Augusta Patient Education Websites
The websites included in the directory below are provided for your information and as an educational reference for topics related to  health and medical issues.

Obstetric Organizations:
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG)
www.acog.org
International Federation of
Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)
www.figo.org
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
www.rcog.org.ukGeneral Resources:
Obstetrics and Gynecology  Network
www.obgyn.net/home.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
www.cdc.gov
National Institutes of Health
www.nih.gov
American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
Family Doctor – * Excellent
general health website
www.familydoctor.org
Reproductive Health Gateway
www.rhgateway.org
Health finder
www.healthfinder.gov
Quackwatch – Guide to Health fraud
http://www.quackwatch.org/
index.html

Women’s Health:
Healthy Woman
www.healthywoman.org
Women’s Topics – ObGyn.net
www.obgyn.net/women/
women.asp

First Gyn exam
www.firstvisit.org
Baby Center
www.babycenter.com
Family Doctor: Women’s Health
www.familydoctor.org/
women.xml

Kids Health
www.kidshealth.org
Government Women’s Health
Website
http://womenshealth.gov/faq/

Pregnancy / Breastfeeding:
American Pregnancy Association
www.americanpregnancy.org
Women’s Health Guide
www.women-health-guide.com
Baby and Kids
www.all-babynkids.com
Breastfeeding
www.breastfeeding.com
La Leche League (Breastfeeding)
www.lalecheleague.org
Cord Blood Registry
www.cordblood.com
Cord Blood banking   www.stork.md/

Fertility Websites
American Fertility Association
www.theafa.org/fertility/
conceiving/index.html

Natural Family Planning
www.fertilityuk.org/
Fertility Plus (Info by patients,
for patients)
www.pinelandpress.com/
Baby Center
www.babycenter.com/
preconception/fertilityproblems/
index

Sher Institutes for Reproductive
Medicine (SIRM)
www.Haveababy.com
In Vitro Fertility
www.ivf.com
Fertility Friend.com
www.fertilityfriend.com
Understanding your
menstrual cycle
www.knowmycycle.com
American Society for
Reproductive Medicine
www.asrm.org

Menopause / Hormones:
Dr. Eaker’s Books!1) Holy Hormones

2) Healthy Habits for a Fit Family

3) A Woman’s Guide to Hormone Health

www.roneaker.com

National Osteoporosis Foundation
Www.nof.org
North American Menopause Society
www.menopause.org
FDA – Menopause Website
http://www.fda.gov/womens/
menopause/mht-FS.html

Menopausal Symptoms
http://www.copewithmeno
pause.com/
natural_menopause.aspx
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Marriage & Sexuality:
Harvard Women’s Health
http://www.health.harvard.edu/
fhg/
fhgupdate/Tmaster.shtml

Web MD – Women Health
http://women.webmd.com/guide/
womens-health-sex-intimacy

Female Sexual Health Tips
www.drbermanlibrary.com
Male Health
http://familydoctor.org/men.xml

Pelvic Infections, Contraception
and Other Common Problems:

CDC – Sexually Transmitted
Diseases
www.cdc.gov/std/default.htm
Parent & Children STD Education
http://www.kidshealth.org/
PageManager.jsp?dn=familydoctor
&lic=44&article set=23006

Planned parenthood
www.plannedparenthood.org
Teen – STD information
http://familydoctor.org/275.xml
National Vulvodynia Association
www.nva.org
Vulvodynia
www.vulvodynia.com/
Family Doctor – Vulvodynia
http://familydoctor.org/367.xml
Patient information: Vestibulitis
www.aafp.org/afp/990315ap/
1547.html

Vaginismus
www.vaginismus.com
Interstitial Cystitis
www.ichelp.org
Teens & Sexuality – American
Family Physicians
http://familydoctor.org/276.xml
Endometriosis
www.endometriosis.org
Uterine Fibroids
http://womenshealth.gov/faq/
fibroids.htm

Cancer links
National Alliance of Breast Cancer
Organizations
www.nabco.org
National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
www.ovarian.org
National Cancer Institute
www.cancer.gov

History of Medicine:
HyperDOC – Cesarean Section -
A Brief History
www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/
cesarean/cesarean_1.html

Diotima’s Gynecology Bibliography
www.stoa.org/diotima/
biblio.shtml

Images from the History of Medicine
(IHM)(National Library of Medicine)
wwwihm.nlm.nih.gov
Museum of Menstruation
www.mum.org