Hot Links

By: Red Hot Mamas

Published: March 17, 2008

We compiled the following Hot Links to give you fast access to our recommended health resources on the web.  We selected the best sites along with some of the products we love.

Product-Related:

SmartSilk Bedding Products- “There is a great comforter which I use that helps me to keep cool – in the heat of the night.  You may want to  check it out on www.smartsilk.com.  It has all natural fibers and after using it, I now cannot sleep without it”.  –Karen Giblin, President, Red Hot Mamas

HealthRock– What do you get when you cross a world-renowned medical doctor with a guitar?  Answer: Doc Rock!  Doc Rock is a real doctor who sings.  His core belief is “It’s better to stay well than to get well.”  He is also on Red Hot Mamas Medical Advisory Board.

Red Hot Mamas Music– Red Hot Mama is filled with sassy and sexy original songs about life, laughter and love.  The songs were written for women and the people they love.  If you like show tunes, cabaret and jazz sung by fabulous female vocalists and performed by top musicians, this album is for you.  You’ll feel Red Hot!

Lullabies for Kids of All Ages–   One reviewer said, “This CD is just wonderful.  It was so relaxing that I found myself focused on the music instead of all my random thoughts and before I knew it I was fast asleep.  I would suggest this CD for anyone who wants a blissful way to fall asleep.”

HealthRock Women’s Edition–   Let Doc Rock teach you about the importance of getting a mammogram or checking your blood pressure. Doc Rock’s songs explain about diabetes, colonoscopy, incontinence, and lots more. It’s music to live by.

Hot Flash Havoc: Unraveling the confusion surrounding hormones and menopause – -Have you experienced menopause yet? Are you going through the transition right now?  If you are, and are like so many women who are confused and anxious about how to deal with what is supposed to be a perfectly normal passage in a woman’s life, then Hot Flash Havoc wants to hear from you.  They are actively looking for real women who have been dealing with the physical and emotional changes that occur before, during and after the menopausal transition who are willing to share their stories in their documentary film. Learn more at their website.

Menopause Health and Support Related

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)– The leading nonprofit scientific organization devoted to promoting women’s health and quality of life through an understanding of menopause.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists– Founded in 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, ACOG has over 52,000 members and is the nation’s leading group of professionals providing health care for women.  Now based in Washington, DC, it is a private, voluntary, nonprofit membership organization.

The International Menopause Society (IMS)– The aims of the IMS are to promote knowledge, study and research on all aspects of aging in men and women; to organize, prepare, hold and participate in international meetings and congresses on menopause and climacteric; and to encourage the interchange of research plans and experience between individual members.  The society is a non-profit association, within the meaning of the Swiss Civil Code.

Minnie Pauz– Helping women navigate through menopause and midlife with humor.

Menopause Wise– Directed by Dr. James A. Simon, past president of the North American Menopause Society and an icon in the field of menopause, sexual health, osteoporosis and gynecology.

Red Hot Mamas– North America’s leading menopause education provider.  Provides education, support, understanding, hope and optimism.

General Health

National Institutes of Health– The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal agency for conducting and supporting medical research.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Women’s Health– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Women’s Health (OWH) serves as a champion for women’s health both wihin and outside the agency.

Go Ask Alice!– Factual, in-depth, straight-forwarrrd and non-judgemental information to assist readers’ decision-making about their physical, sexual, emotional and spiritual health.

Sexual Health

His and Her Health– Information about sexuality, prostate and incontinence for men and women.  Also includes the latest highlights in sexual health news.

Consortium for Improvement in Erectile Function (CIEF)– Dedicated to expanding advances in knowledge and understanding of erectile dysfunction (ED).

OurGYN– For women and their mates, helping each better comprehend gynecological issues.

Berman Sexual Health– Directed by Dr. Jennifer Berman, author, TV favorite, educator and friend.  Helping you understand sexual health issues.

Sexual Health Network– Provides easy access to sexuality information, education, mutual support, counseling, therapy, healthcare, products and other resources.

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S.– A national, non-profit organization which affirms that sexuality is a natural and healthy part of living.

Kinsey Institute– A private, not-for-profit corporation affiliated with Indiana University, promoting interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the fields of human sexuality, gender and reproduction.

Cancer Related

Conversations Newsletter– The international newsletter for those fighting ovarian cancer.

Pituitary Tumor Network Association– PTNA’s mission is to support, pursue, encourage, promote and wehre possible, fund research on pituitary tumors and related pituitary disorders in a sustained and full-time effort to find a cure for these illnesses.

National Cancer Institute– Valuable cancer cancer-related information of all kinds.  For the general public, patients and health professionals.

Women’s Health

Society for Women’s Health Research– The nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy.

Iris Cantor- UCLA Women’s Health Center– Providing comprehensive exemplary health education programs to women and their loved oones which inform, support and empower women to achieve their optimal level of health.

Black Women’s Health– Dedicated to p
romoting the physical, mental and spiritual wellness of today’s African American woman.

Women’s Diagnostic Cyber– Provides information and education to help decrease a woman’s health concerns, specializing in the reproductive diseases of women, gynecology and obstetrics and other primary care concerns or illnesses more common in women than men.

About.com Women’s Health– A portal with links to over 700 women’s health sites.

The Mayo Clinic Women’s Health Center–   Information on women’s health, such as birth control, reproductive and sexual health, menopause and osteoporosis.

Physician Resources

Doctor’s Guide – Global Edition– A comprehensive source for peer-reviewed literature, case studies, webcasts and more – primarily a site for doctors.

Refractive Eyecare– Provides practical “how-to” information on growing an eye-care practice. Articles focus on clinical and management topics, with an emphasis on improving both clinical outcomes and bottom line results.

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists– Devoted to the promotion of sexual health by the development and advancement of the fiels of sex therapy, counseling and education.

American Psychiatric Association– A medical specialty society with 40,500 U.S. and international physicians specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional illnesses and substance use disorders.

American Urological Association– Professional association for the advancement of urological patient care.

Chronic Disease Resources

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Information Clearinghouse– Provides information about diseases of the kidneys and urologic systems to people with these disorders and to their families, health care professionals and the public.

National Vulvodynia Association– An educational, non-profit public benefit corporation organized to engage in charitable, educational and scientific activities related to the care and treatment of women who have uterine fibroids or related conditions of the reproductive system.

National Uterine Fibroids Foundation– Not-for-profit public benefit corporation orgnaized to engage in charitable, educational and scientific activities related to the care and treatment of women who have uterine fibroids or related conditions of the reproductive system.

Sex, Lies and Uterine Fibroids– Uterine fibroids affect somewhere around 1 in 4 women in the United States. Many are immediately directed down the hysterectomy path by their gynecologists. They are never told that there are choices and decisions to be made. The connecting pages on this website contain information that has proven useful to the site’s author during her search for an answer to her fibroid situation.

Physician Practices

Machelle Seibel, MD– For over 25 years, Machelle (Mache) Seibel, MD has been a respected physician, educator, speaker and author, establishing himself as a national authority in health education.

The Centers for Vulvovaginal Disorders– Dr. Andrew Goldstein’s practice specializing in the treatment of vulvodynia, sexual pain disorders, dermatologic diseases of the vulva, recurrent vulvovaginal infections and female sexual dysfunction.

Dr. Myron Murdock– Specializing in laser prostate procedures, minimally invasive sling procedures for incontinence in women, treatment of viagra failures, stone blasting and more.

Dr. James A. Simon–   Offering over 45 years of experience in infertility, gynecology, vulvodynia, menopause and osteoporosis care.

Other Links

V-Day– A global movement to end violence against girls and women.