Health Resources on the Web
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Health Posters
selection of health posters for teachers, classrooms, libraries, homeschoolers

External Links

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) “is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.”

• National Institutes of Health - is comprised of 27 different centers whose goal is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability. NIH is one of 8 agencies in the Public Health Service under HHS.

• Centers for Disease Control - To promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - part of NIH.

• The Alternative Medicine Homepage - created and maintained by a medical librarian, Charles B. Wessel, M.L.S., Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh.

• DMOZ - Open Directory: Health -

• WHO | World Health Organization - the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.

• HealthWeb - a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation.

Health was one of the ten areas of concern selected in 1986 as focus points for The Future Is Now World Peace Celebration - a "complex" of dynamic interrelated human activities that cannot be separated out from one another.

For yourself and the Earth - Boost your immune system, reduce levels of stress hormones, eliminate depression, and help you think more clearly.

1. Remember to breathe - At least twice a day, pay attention to your breathing patterns for five minutes.
2. Have a good cry, and a good laugh.
3. Give, and get, hugs every day.