Health, Welfare & Well-Being
websites from East to West
~ All descriptions and quotes come from the respected websites ~
"A one-stop lifestyle enhancement destination. It will offer both sophisticated, interactive online solutions, and comprehensive offline services to address lifestyle issues in the areas of Health & Nutrition, Fitness, Sports, Serenity, and Leisure & Outdoors."
"Information on such topics as Natural remedies, nutrition, vitamins and minerals, holistic medicine and more."
"Promotes the enhancement of health and well-being through personal responsibility, considering the whole person (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual), wellness-oriented lifestyle choices, and active participation in personal health decisions and healing."
"Find Holistic Health, Alternative medicine, lightworker practitioners for healing, acupuncture and more."
"A comprehensive high quality directory on diet, weight, nutrition, exercise, vitamins, longevity, soul searching and a whole lot more."
"This site is dedicated to convincing people to live a healthy lifestyle, to improve their quality of life, and avoid (or reduce the severity of) chronic disease and more."
"A comprehensive, well-integrated health and medical resource developed by health care professionals. HealthAtoZ.com aims to improve health care by empowering consumers with the online health programs, information and technology that help them make healthy lifestyle changes for themselves and their families."
"We believe that aging - so long considered as something unpleasantly inevitable to be ignored for as long as possible - is in fact a life-long process that already starts at birth. This ongoing process should be examined from this new angle, and the resulting information distilled into practical educational guidelines on understanding, avoiding and treating illnesses at different stages throughout life."
"Healthfinder® is an award-winning Federal Web site, developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services together with other Federal agencies. Since 1997, healthfinder® has been recognized as a key resource for finding the best government and nonprofit health and human services information on the Internet. healthfinder® links to carefully selected information and Web sites from over 1,800 health-related organizations."
"Articles and information about holistic health car and the natural healing arts."
"Our Healthy Heart Cyber Conference would not have been complete without a visit from Dean Ornish, MD, author of five books, including best seller Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease. Ornish's program is the first to offer documented proof that heart disease can be halted, or even reversed, simply by changing your lifestyle."
"Searchable directory for alternative healthcare practitioners by state, country, city or specialty."
"Large links section, practitioners, and detailed information."
"Yellow pages of over 500000 holistic health practitioners in USA. The holistic health supersite with shopping mall, newspaper, media and more."
"Here, you will find every imaginable approach for a more balanced lifestyle and the practitioners and products to help you make it a daily reality."
"Extensive documentation on holistic medicine, alternative medicine, nutrition, and many other subjects."
"A resource center for the study of Mind, Brain, onsciousnee and End of Life issues. What happens to our consciousness and mind at the end of life? Although far more research is needed, recent studies in cardiac arrest survivors by our team, as well as others have raised questions regarding the relationship of the mind and the brain and have raised the possibility that when we reach the end of our lives, our mind and consciousness may continue to exist. If proven, this will obviously have huge implications for all of society. We have recently attempted to start a new study during cardiac arrest, which may answer many of the traditionally philosophical questions raised above."
"The largest and most visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence."
"Health, natural healing, spirituality & fitness"
"A next-generation media brand that values community and participation at its core. LIME offers entertaining and revealing programming focused on the environment and sustainability, personal growth, alternative health, healthy foods, and business ethics. Our multi-platform programming on LIME Television, LIME Radio, LIME Online, plus LIME On Demand and LIME Mobile will extend to DVDs, books, and lifestyle products and take the LIME brand virtually everywhere."
"The mission of NIMH is to reduce the burden of mental illness and behavioral disorders through research on mind, brain, and behavior."
"This website and toll-free call center was created to provide FREE, reliable health information for women everywhere. Browse our database for great resources or take a look through our Special Sections on topic areas like heart disease, disabilities and pregnancy. We're constantly updating our site so please check back often."
"Everyday products such as shampoo, deodorant and make-up contain chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other serious health consequences. Why? Because cosmetics manufacturers are allowed to use almost any chemical as an ingredient without government approval."
"A holistic health magazine and resource directory focusing on alternative medicine, personal growth & environmental awareness."
"The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is fighting to free America's youth from tobacco and to create a healthier environment. The Campaign is one of the nation's largest non-governmental initiatives ever launched to protect children from tobacco addiction and exposure to secondhand smoke."
"The World Health Organization, the United Nations specialized agency for health, was established on 7 April 1948. WHO's objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO's Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
