Take action to improve your health
"The first important step is education… The second step on the road to good health is taking action… while the medical community can conduct research, and provide recommendations and guidelines on health-promoting behaviors, the ultimate responsibility for embarking on the road to a healthier and more hopeful life rests with you."
Excerpt from the American Medical Women’s Association: The Women's Complete Healthbook, written entirely by women physicians and other medical professionals.
A project of the National Council of Women's Organizations, The Women's Health Task force supports the work of NCWO member organizations to advance women's health and to promote NCWO's healthcare policy agenda. We also seek to provide a place where women can find accurate and easy-to-understand health information.
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Some good health resources to pass on to men
As women are usually the health gatekeeper for the family, we take this opportunity to feature the National Women's Health Resources Center's Men's Health site, so that women can share them with the men in their lives.
National Women's Health Week is over, but 'things to do' continue
Although the 10th annual National Women's Health Week (May 10-16) is over, it's not too late to take action.
The eight-week Women and Girls Out Moving Across the Nation (WOMAN) Challenge, an online physical activity program, runs from May 10-July 4, 2009. Activities for all these events are scheduled across the country.
The task force thanks Qiagen, Hologic and the Office on Women's Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their generous support.