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- Abortion Clinics Online
- Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) - "Everything For People Concerned About Smoking and Nonsmokers' Rights, Smoking Statistics, Quitting Smoking, Smoking Risks, and Other Smoking Information"
- Action-Medical.NET - "a HomePage for action medics everywhere. Action medics are the all-volunteer "street first aiders" who help provide preventative education, emergency first aid and aftercare to demonstrators working to resist oppression."
- Acupuncture
- AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS)
- The AIDS Memorial at "The Body"
- Alternative Medicine Homepage (Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh) - "is a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies."
- AnneRose's Ultimate Birth Control Links
- Arbor Nutrition Guide
- Aspartame (Nutrasweet) Toxicity Information Center
- Baby Milk Action - "is a non-profit organisation which aims to save lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant feeding. Baby Milk Action works within a global network to strengthen independent, transparent and effective controls on the marketing of the baby feeding industry."
- Bay Area Radical Health Collective (BARHC) - "provides health and medical support for activists, including first aid at protests and health and safety trainings. We are also interested in community health efforts that support progressive political organizing."
- Bioethics Discussion Pages
- Black Cross Health Collective (Portland, Oregon) - "First Aid for Radicals and Activists"
- The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Information Resource - "Find HIV/AIDS information in more than 550 topic areas."
- Boston Area Liberation Medic (BALM) Squad - "is an all-volunteer, non-hierarchical, consensus-run organization that aims to provide medical support, by all means at our individual and collective disposal, at progressive demonstrations and direct actions. We also seek to facilitate the dissemination of medical knowledge for the empowerment of the progressive community. We value diversity in both our own organization and in the larger struggle against oppression."
- Breast Cancer Lighthouse - "empowers women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer by providing them with a variety of resources to help them understand their cancer and seek effective treatment. This website highlights the personal stories of women who have survived breast cancer and provides medical information on the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery from breast cancer."
- BreastCancer.Net - "Bringing you the latest news on breast cancer research and treatment since 1996 ... "
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Home Page
- Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) - publishers of "Nutrition Action Healthletter"
- The Circumcision Information and Resource Page
- Clinton's National Health Security Plan
- Community Breast Health Project (A San Francisco Bay Area Resource Center) - "A non-profit, dedicated to providing information and support to people dealing with breast cancer or with breast health issues.
- Condomania Online
- DORway to Discovery: Say No to Aspartame
- Dr. Ivan's Depression Central - "is Internet's central clearinghouse for information on all types of depressive disorders and on the most effective treatments for individuals suffering from Major Depression, Manic-Depression (Bipolar Disorder), Cyclothymia, Dysthymia and other mood disorders."
- Environmental Health Information (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)
- Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) - "exists to make the health care environment a place of empathy, justice, and equity."
- Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Health Links
- Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Gay Men's Health: Online Guides - "Here you can find many of the resources that Gay Men's Health has produced. There are booklets and guides as web pages that you can read online, and some also have downloadable versions as ZIPped web pages or in Adobe Acrobat format."
- Health Care Information Resources
- HealthWorld Online: Home of Self-Managed Care
- The Herb Research Foundation - "is the world's first and foremost source of accurate, science-based information on the health benefits and safety of herbs---and expertise in sustainable botanical resource development."
- Herbal Hall: Home for Herbs
- Homeopathic Self-Sufficiency
- HyperDoc (National Library of Medicine)
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - "is a non-partisan global federation of medical organizations dedicated to research, education, and advocacy relevant to the prevention of nuclear war."
- International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) -- "works to generate health and population policies, programs, and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and countries in postsocialist transition."
- Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders - "delivers emergency aid to victims of armed conflict, epidemics, and natural and man-made disasters, and to others who lack health care due to social or geographical isolation. MSF was founded in 1971 by a small group of French doctors who believed that all people have the right to medical care and that the needs of these people supersede respect for national borders. It was the first non-governmental organization to both provide emergency medical assistance and publicly bear witness to the plight of the populations they served."
- Medical Activists of New York (MANY) - "are a group of individuals committed to providing healthcare to people working to resist oppression. We provide volunteer preventative education, emergency first aid and aftercare at demonstrations and direct actions. "
- Mental Health Info Source
- National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL)
- National Breast Cancer Coalition
- National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- The National Organization to Halt the Abuse and Routine Mutilation of Males - "For over 100 years, English-speaking societies, most notably the United States, have debated the pros and cons of circumcising healthy male children. In a new era of children’s rights, greater respect for their rights must be accorded. Circumcision of healthy infants and children is not in their best interests."
- Natural Health and Longevity Resource Center
- NorthEast Action Medics Association - "is a newly-formed, regional network of action medical practicioners. Our membership consists of street medics and street clinicians -- some of the people who provide preventative education, first aid and aftercare at demonstrations for social change."
- NurseNet
- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) - "Doctors and laypersons working together for compassionate and effective medical practice, research, and health promotion."
- Physicians for a National Health Program (PNHP) - "is a single issue organization advocating a universal, comprehensive single-payer national health care program. PNHP has over 9,000 members and chapters across the United States. Please join us in insisting that health care is a right, not a privilege. "
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Greater Boston
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Los Angeles
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Madison, Wisconsin
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Oregon Chapter
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Philadelphia
- Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) Washington
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- On-line Resources for Diabetics
- QuackWatch Home Page: Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery and Intelligent Decisions
- Rural Medical Resources (Marshall University)
- Safer Sex Page
- Socialist Health Association (Manchester UK) - "was founded in 1930 to campaign for a National Health Service. Our goal is to protect and improve the NHS and to campaign on issues of health and equality. We publish reports, arrange conferences & seminars and provide a platform for debate on health issues."
- Society for Human Sexuality Library
- The Stop AIDs Project
- U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
- U.S. Health Care Finance Administration
- U.S. Health Care Reform Articles
- Vermont Health Care for All - "provides information, news and analysis for understanding the critical problems confronting health care in Vermont."
- Virtual Hospital (University of Iowa)
- Wellness Web
- Women's Cancer Network
- Women's Health Research Group
- World Health Organization (WHO)
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