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CURRENT WELLNESS NEWS AND TIPS
AZ Blue.com
A program designed to increase awareness of preventative health and
wellness issues affection members and all Arizonans. Includes a
Self-Care Guide, Walking Works, Online Health Information, Health
Brochures, and other preventative health care information.
AZFamily.com
Local health news for Arizona
CNN Health News
Current health news and information from CNN.
AZ Republic Online
Today's health news from the Arizona Republic Newspaper
Go Ask
Alice!
A health question and answer Internet service produced by Columbia
University's Health Education Program. "Alice!" answers questions about
relationships; sexuality; sexual health; emotional health; fitness;
nutrition; alcohol, nicotine, and other drugs; and, general health.
Mayo Clinic
Reliable information for a healthier life!
MedlinePlus
MEDLINEplus, a goldmine of good health information from the world's
largest medical library, the National Library of Medicine.
MSNBC
Healthpage
Up to date information on Health related articles from NBC.
NetWellness
Current Health News
A non-profit consumer health web site that provides high quality
information created and evaluated by medical and health professional
faculty at the University of Cincinnati, Case Western Reserve
University, The Ohio State University.
RealAge
Tip of the Day
Daily advice to improve your health and reduce your risk of disease
Real Age
Find out your "Real Age" based on your lifestyle. RealAge provides
unique personal health management tools that educate, empower, and
motivate healthy behavior to promote "living younger" among its
members.
USA Today
Health News
WebMD
Health
The WebMD Content Staff blends award-winning expertise in content
creation, community services, expert commentary, medical review, and
aggregation of licensed resources.
Wellness Council of Arizona
WELCOAZ collaborates with healthcare
providers,
community leaders, businesses and institutions to improve the health of
employees and their families.
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EXERCISE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The American Running
Association
The American Running Association is a nonprofit membership organization
dedicated to supporting runners by providing accurate and non-biased
information related to training, nutrition, and injury prevention and
treatment.
Exercise
Guide
A comprehensive exercise guide from the National Institute on Aging
(NIA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
This guide is a part of NASA's Space Biology Outreach Program.
Improving Health
through Physical Activity
A guide provided by the World Health Organization. This site includes
the latest news, research and tips for improving your health, exercise
and nutrition guidelines.
Lightentuparizona.org
Lighten Up Arizona is a three-month statewide adult competition (January 3, 2005 - March 31, 2005 and April 1, 2005 - June 16, 2005) that encourages Arizonans to develop healthy activity routines and nutritious eating habits. Arizonans are encouraged to form teams of two to ten people and then pursue personal goals with community support!
The Physician
and Sportsmedicine - Personal Health
Articles on exercise, nutrition, injury prevention, and rehabilitation
Physical
Activity and Health
A report from the US Surgeon General on physical activity and health.
Get population specific information (adolescents and senior adults) and
learn how exercise can have a positive impact on disease prevention.
The Presidents Council on Physical
Fitness
Physical Activity and Fitness for You: The President's Challenge. A
program of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.
Shape Up America!
Shape Up America is a high profile national initiative to promote
healthy weight and increased physical activity in America.
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FOOD AND NUTRITION
American Dietetics Association
"Your link to nutrition and health." Daily nutrition tips, feature
articles, Registered Dietitian locator, careers in nutrition and
dietetics, professional credentialing and more.
"Don't
Let Food Labels Fool You"
An article by Lisa Drayer, MA, RD that focuses on what the food labels
are really telling us. This article is a part of the Diet Watch site.
(http://www.dietwatch.com/dietwatch/enrollment/index.asp?)
Food and Health
Healthy Recipes, Diets, and Weight management.
Eating
Disorders Anonymous
Eating Disorders Anonymous (EDA) is a fellowship of individuals who
share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may
solve their common problems and help others to recover from their
eating disorders. People can and do fully recover from having an eating
disorder. In EDA, we help one another identify and claim milestones of
recovery. Our primary purpose is to recover from our eating disorders
and to carry this message of recovery to others with eating disorders.
Nutrition.Gov
A guide to nutrition and health information on Federal Government
websites. Find information on food facts, food safety, health
management, food assistance, research and resources.
USDA
Nutrient Values
This is a Web interface to the USDA nutrient values in foods. Use this
site to find out the nutritional information on certain foods.
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HEALTH AND SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS
Arizona Department of Health
Services
Center for Disease Control and
Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as
the lead federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people
- at home and abroad, providing credible information to enhance health
decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships
healthfinder
®
Your U.S. government gateway to reliable health information resources
that have been carefully selected by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services from over 1,700 government agencies and nonprofit
organizations. Every resource listed includes a brief description and
contact information for the organization that produces it, no mystery
web sites are found here!
Healthy People 2010
Healthy People 2010 is the prevention agenda for the Nation. It is a
statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most
significant preventable threats to health and to establish national
goals to reduce these threats.
Maricopa
County's Tobacco Use Prevention Program
This site's focus is to market a tobacco-free lifestyle to
pre-adolescents and teens.
National
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - NIOSH
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is
the Federal agency responsible for conducting research and making
recommendations for the prevention of work-related disease and injury.
The Institute is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC).
Office of
the US Surgeon General
Office of Disease
Prevention and Health Promotion
The Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, works to strengthen the
disease prevention and health promotion priorities of the Department
within the collaborative framework of the HHS agencies.
Online
Checkups
A free service brought to you by healthfinder® - your guide to
reliable health information.
PVCC
Library Health and Medicine
A variety of health and medical related links from the Paradise Valley
Community College Library web site.
Prevline: Substance Abuse
Prevention Online
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) a
service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA). NCADI is the world's largest resource for
current information and materials concerning substance abuse.
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DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT
American
Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community- based
voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a
major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and
diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education,
advocacy, and service.
American Institute for
Cancer Research
AICR supports research into the role of diet and nutrition in the
prevention and treatment of cancer. It also offers a wide range of
cancer prevention education programs and publications for health
professionals and the public. Through these pioneering efforts, AICR
has helped focus attention on the link between cancer and the choices
we make about food and drink, exercise, weight and smoking.
American
Heart Association
American Lung Association
The mission of the American Lung Association is to prevent lung disease
and promote lung health.
eCancerAnswers
A website with information on cancer screening, risk assessment, and
early detection.
Komen Race for the Cure®
The Komen Race for the Cure® Series is the largest series of 5K
runs / fitness walks in the world. Races are held in more than 100 US
cities and three foreign countries with over a million participants.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation
The mission of the Komen Foundation is to eradicate breast cancer as a
life-threatening disease by advancing research, education, screening
and treatment. The National toll-free breast cancer help line:
1-800-I'M AWARE® (462-9273)
National Institute on Aging
The NIA's mission is to improve the health and well being of older
Americans through research, and specifically to: Support and conduct
high quality research on: aging processes, age-related diseases,
special problems and needs of the aged
National Institute of Health
Simply described, the goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge
to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability,
from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold. The NIH mission is
to uncover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone.
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STRESS MANAGEMENT
The American Institute of Stress
"Dedicated to Advancing Our Understanding of: the role of stress in
health and illness,
the nature and importance of Mind-Body relationships, our inherent and
immense potential for Self-Healing."
Job Stress Network
Welcome to the JOB STRESS NETWORK, the home page of the Center For
Social Epidemiology. The purpose of this site is to bring together, for
public
dissemination, information about and related to Job Strain
(specifically) and Work Stress (in general). We hope that you will find
this site a valuable tool in your
search for information, whether it is professional or personal. Please
help us to understand more about your research needs by responding to
our Registration &
Questionnaire. By providing us with information about yourself you will
help this site grow into a more comprehensive and responsive service.
Job Stress
Research Program
As part of its Congressional mandate, the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) works in collaboration with
industry, labor, and universities to better understand the stress of
modern work, the effects of stress on worker safety and health, and
ways to reduce stress in the workplace. Stress surveys
Stress at Work
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is a
part of the U.S. Department of Health and human Services. NIOSH works
in
collaboration with industry, labor, and universities to better
understand the stress of modern work, the effects of stress on worker
safety and health, and ways to
reduce stress in the workplace.
Work
and Stress
The institute of Work, Health & Organizations (I-WHO) manages the
publication "Work and Stress". This publication presents academic
papers relating to
stress, health, safety and performance. It also presents individual,
social, organizational and societal issues in relation to the nature of
stress and its management.
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR HEALTH AND
FITNESS INSTRUCTORS
Aerobics and Fitness Association
of America (AFAA)
"The Aerobics and Fitness Association of America is the World's Largest
Fitness and TeleFitness Educator. Led by a distinguished group of
health and fitness advisors, AFAA produces a wide variety of
educational materials, including American Fitness Magazine, textbooks,
reference manuals, and videos."
American Alliance for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance-(AAHPERD)
Promoting healthy lifestyles through high quality programs in health,
physical education, recreation, dance, and sport.
American College of
Sports Medicine (ACSM)
"The American College of Sports Medicine promotes and integrates
scientific research, education, and practical applications of sports
medicine and exercise science to maintain and enhance physical
performance, fitness, health, and quality of life."
American Council on Exercise
(ACE)
"The American Council on Exercise is a nonprofit organization committed
to promoting active, healthy lifestyles and their positive effects on
the mind, body and spirit. ACE pledges to enable all segments of
society to enjoy the benefits of physical activity and to protect the
public against unqualified fitness professionals and unsafe or
ineffective fitness products, programs and trends. ACE accomplishes
this mission by setting certification and continuing education
standards for fitness instructors and through ongoing public education
regarding scientifically sound health and fitness products."
Commission on
Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE)
The Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education is the American
Dietetic Association's ( www.eatright.org/)
accrediting agency for education programs preparing students for
careers as registered dietitians or dietetic technicians (RD),
registered (DTR).
National Strength and
Conditioning Association (NSCA)
"As the worldwide authority on strength and conditioning, we support
and disseminate research-based knowledge and its practical application,
to improve athletic performance and fitness."
National
Wellness Institute
The National Wellness Institute is based in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
Each July for more than 20 years, the Institute has produced North
America's leading wellness conference, drawing up to 1800 participants
to interact with approximately 100 of the most sought-after health and
wellness speakers.
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