Online Health Resources

Alcohol and Drugs

• National Institute on Drug Abuse

Exercise

• Active.com

Family Health and Women's Issues

• Go Ask Alice!
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention - Women's Health
• Center for Young Women's Health - Boston Children's Hospital 
• Mayo Clinic - Women's Health

General Health

• WebMD
• Go Ask Alice!
• Mayo Clinic

Men's Health

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention - Men's Health
• Mayo Clinic - Men's Health

Mental Health

• Mental health online screening test
• American Psychological Association’s Help Center
• Mental Health Net
• Psych Central
• Recommended Reading Lists from Hobart & Wm. Smith
• The Student Counseling Virtual Pamphlet Collection
• Transition Year: Your Source for Emotional Health at College (for parents and students)
• Ulifeline: a Project of the Jed Foundation is a website promoting mental health for college students 
• Half of Us: a website, along with MTVU and The Jed Foundation, which provides information to raise awareness about the prevalence of mental health issues
• Go Ask Alice: a website sponsored by Columbia University’s Health Services that provides answers to many of your health related questions 

Nutrition

• ChooseMyPlate.gov (former food pyramid nutrition guide)
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Self Care

• MedlinePlus Health Topics 
• MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorials

Sleep

• Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School
• Power Sleep is the website of James B. Maas, PhD, Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University. Dr. Maas is well-known at Cornell for his popular introductory psychology class and his research on the relationship between sleep and performance.
• On Science. "Pulling an all-nighter doesn't work because learning requires a good night's sleep." Don't believe it? Check out this article!
• National Sleep Foundation offers tips for improving sleep, information about sleep disorders, and many interesting links to other sleep sites.  
• SleepNet.com provides "everything you wanted to know about sleep but were too tired to ask," including sleep tips, a "sleep test," and a "snoozeletter."
• DrowsyDriving.Cornell.edu is an informative site that reminds us that driving under the influence of sleep deprivation has a lot in common with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It makes a persuasive case about the importance of adequate sleep and suggests ways to get it.
• "Sleep, Learning, and Memory" (1:52): a video created by the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School that makes the case for good sleep both before and after learning occurs. The video is located half-way down the web page.
• Sleep Well:  Doing research on sleep for yourself or for a paper? This Stanford list maintains recent articles about sleep research.
• "a!Sleep" website:  Colombia University's website that includes terrific resources (e.g., a sleep assessment, sleep diary, and e-cards) to help you "enhance your bedtime performance."
• Video about sleep: The University of Florida has produced a video that is tailored to the problems of university students
• You Snooze, You Win!

Stress & Time Management

• Stress Recess

Tobacco Cessation

• American Cancer Society - Guide to Quitting