Student Health Center

General Health

• Body Image
• Go Ask Alice
  Hands down the best college health website.  This site offers information on physical, emotional, sexual, and general health issues.
• Dr. Koop
  Offers the latest news, in-depth features, health calculators, and support groups.
• allhealth.com
  Provides recent health news and a library of women’s health, sexual health, and general health conditions.
• Dr. Weil
  Provides reliable information about holistic health.
• Real Age
  This site features a self-assessment  quiz that allows you to evaluate you health choices.  Is your “real age” older or younger than you biological age?
• Urinary Tract Infections

Alcohol

• eCHUG Self Alcohol Evaluation
• hadenough.org
  Tired of being bothered by other people’s problem drinking.  Check out this site for more information on the second hand effects of alcohol.
• health.org
  Provides accurate in depth information about alcohol and other drug addictions.
• alcoholics-anonymous.org
  Maintained by the people from Alcoholics Anonymous, this site reviews the 12 step approach to recovery.
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  This is a great site to obtain information on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. There is a great place for publications including pamphlets, and training materials.

Tobacco

• Smoking Policy
• Maine Tobacco-Free College Network
• Tobacco Free-U
• lungusa.org
  “When you can’t breath nothing else matters.”  The official website of the American Lung Association has information about tobacco, quitting smoking, and local Lung Association programs.
• tobaccofreekids.org
  This site is home to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids.  They have excellent fact sheets and resources on social issues like advertising, marketing, and politics.

Smoking Cessation

• Help Your Body Adjust to a Life Without Tobacco
• Testing Your Triggers When You Quit
• Losing Cigarettes Without Gaining Weight
• Tools to Help You Toss Tobacco for Good
• Where You Can Find Help at UMF
• quitnet.org
  Quit smoking with thousands of people from around the country.  This site offers information about smoking cessation and chat rooms so you can connect with others who are trying to quit.

Physical Activity

• UMF Fitness and Recreation Center
  The FRC is a  modern fitness facility that offers weights, exercise machines, a track, pool, and personal training in a fun non-competitive environment.
• Farmington Physical Activity Resource Guide
• beactive.org
  Provides facts, information, and other resources about physical activity.
• Handicapped Accessible Fitness Facilities on Campus

Nutrition

• Healthy Eating 1, 2, 3 . . .
• Body Image
• Aramark menu
  Check to see what’s for lunch, plan ahead for what’s the healthiest choice.
• The Center for Science in the Public Interest
  Read unbiased reviews to help you sort the good from the not so good in fast food, take out, and supermarket meals.
• Food and Nutritional Information Center
  Food and nutrition topics from A to Z put together by the USDA
• Fast Food Facts
  A handy calculator to find nutritional information about fast food.

Eating Disorders

• National Eating Disorders Association
  This site is a great site which includes information on body image, treatment, referrals, men and eating disorders, and information specifically for young girls.
• The Academy for Eating Disorders
  This is a great site that covers all eating disorders

Sexuality/Sexual Health

• Youth Resource Online
  Youth Resource is a website for GLBTQ youth. There is a special section for rural youth.
• Coalition for Positive Sexuality
  Great website covering safer sex, and having a positive outlook on sexuality in general.
• Birth Control Pills
• Tips for Taking Birth Control Pills
• Testing for HIV
• Understanding Chlamydia
• Understanding Herpes
• Understanding HPV

Emotional Health and Stress

• Center for Human Development
  The CHD provides private career and personal counseling.  They also offer  group programs, such as stress management and body image.
• stressrelease.com
  A licensed clinical social worker runs this site about the dangers of stress, beliefs that contribute to stress, and helpful techniques for overcoming stress.
• stress.org
  The American Institution of Stress briefly describes what stress is and the different kinds of stress that exist.  They have informational packets on stress, a directory on stress, and other networking links.
• Focus Adolescent Services
  Great site on emotional health for teens and their family’s.
• Online Dictionary of Mental Health
  A great resource on all kinds of different topics.