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A Safety Message from VP of Student Affairs

Off Campus Health Resources

AIDS/HIV

AIDS Education & Research Trust External Site Link Icon
Presents basic and general information about sexuality, AIDS, HIV and other sexual education topics. Special section for youth.

Center for Disease Control External Site Link Icon
This website provides statistics on HIV/AIDS in the United States as well as the latest information on AIDS conferences. Also provides links to other government sites and organizational sites.

ABUSE

Parents & Loved Ones of Sexual Abuse & Rape Survivors External Site Link Icon
A good site for the friends and family of a person who has been sexually abused. Give tips on how you can help them through. Also provides some insights from survivors.

ALCOHOLISM

Alcoholics Anonymous External Site Link Icon
An introduction to the organization. This site offers information on the disease of alcoholism and about the recovering theory.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

The Wellness Web, Inc. External Site Link Icon
The website provides access to information on a wide range of treatment options. Gives overview to "integrative" medicine and gives tips as to what treatments work best on what diseases and conditions.

CONTRACEPTION/SAFER SEX

Duke University External Site Link Icon
This website was designed to provide contraception information. The topics of information include: abstinence, Depo-Provera, emergency contraception, Norplant, diaphragms, male condoms and female condoms. The effectiveness rates, advantages, and disadvantages of each are explored.

DEPRESSION

National Institute for Mental Health External Site Link Icon
This website provides details on depression with breakdown by gender, age, and type of depression.

DRUG ABUSE

National Institute on Drug Abuse External Site Link Icon
Contains reports and articles on addictions. Also gives information on the latest research and advances in scientific research regarding addictions and drug abuse.

Narcotics Anonymous External Site Link Icon
An introduction to the organization. This site offers information on addictions and about the organization's recovering theory.

EATING DISORDERS

Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (ANRED) External Site Link Icon
This website is managed by a non-profit organization that considers its primary mission to make it easier to learn about eating disorders and how to recover from them.

Prevention and Treatment External Site Link Icon
This web site is dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders. Edreferral.com provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorders. Their goal is to provide assistance, in the form of information and resources, to those suffering with eating disorders to get them started on the road to recovery and healthy living.

GAY/LESBIAN/BISEXUAL RESOURCES

Advocates for Youth External Site Link Icon
This website includes information on places that GLB youth can turn to for information or support, as well as personal coming-out stories. Also provides up-to-date news affecting the GLB community.

Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays External Site Link Icon
Contains weekly updated information in the news, and other important resources.

GLAAD - Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation External Site Link Icon
This website contains information about GLAAD. It is a national organization dedicated to promoting fair, accurate and inclusive representation of individuals and events in the media as a means of challenging discrimination based on sexual orientation or identity.

GENERAL HEALTH

Columbia University External Site Link Icon
Go Ask Alice! is a web-based health education resource. Its mission is to provide factual, in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist readers' decision-making about their physical, sexual, emotional, and spiritual health

MEN'S HEALTH

The Testicular Cancer Resource Center External Site Link Icon
This website provides personal testimonies and first-hand accounts of people who have survived the disease. Also addresses the costs of treatment and surgery, concerns regarding sex after surgery, and advice and helpful hints on dealing with the experience.

NUTRITION

American Dietetic Association External Site Link Icon
This Association's website includes information regarding nutritional facts, the food pyramid, fats, oils, and cholesterol. You can even contact a dietician by phone if your questions are not answered here.

SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION

This website provides information and resources on prevention of HIV and STDs. External Site Link Icon

American Social Health Association External Site Link Icon
This website provides information on STDs such as chlamydia, hepatitis B and herpes, as well as STD statistics in the United States. This site is very easy to read and understand.

Sexual Health Information - University at Buffalo
Information on sexually transmitted diseases, safer sex, emergency contraception, and other resources: PDF (60KB) | Word (70KB)

SMOKING

Center for Disease Control External Site Link Icon
This website deals with tobacco information and addiction as well as prevention.

New York State sponsored smoking cessation info & support External Site Link Icon

SUICIDE

Suicide Hotlines and Prevention Resources
This website contains resources for help and information reguarding suicide.

Metanoia Communications External Site Link Icon
This website was created directly for those who are seriously considering committing suicide. It outlines resources and information that is currently available on the internet or in the library.

American Association of Suicidology External Site Link Icon
This website presents a large amount of information of the understanding and prevention of suicide.

TATTOO REMOVAL

Contemporary Health Communications External Site Link Icon
This website provides information on the different methods that can be used to remove tattoos.

WOMEN'S HEALTH

Women's Health Interactive External Site Link Icon
This website has resources available on women's health issues and also has support services. Personal assessments are also available for such topics as risk for osteoporosis, reproductive system tests, and pregnancy factor assessments.


 
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