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Legislation Watch
Tracking Federal legislation that effect women and girls

The Library of Congress — THOMAS was launched in January of 1995. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the features and content listed below.

  • Bills, Resolutions
  • Activity in Congress
  • Congressional Record
  • Schedules, Calendars
  • Committee Information
  • Presidential Nominations
  • Government Resources

Let Your Representatives Know What You Think

This is the Home Page for the United States House of Representatives.The site is speech enabled and available in a Large-Print format.

The site also provides information concerning Representatives’ home offices, committee membership, and any leadership positions of interest. It also provides additional helpful resources for the citizen activist: Educational Resources; Government Resources; House Rules; Legislative Archive; Media Resources and of course, how to contact the: Speaker of the House.

Additionally the site gives you the ability to search all house members by State map, search Member sites to identify and email your Representative or send correspondence to Representative Offices of interest:
U.S. House of Representatives,
Washington, DC 20515
202.224.3121
TTY: 202.225.1904


Nonpartisan Political Information

The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League’s enduring vitality and resonance comes from its unique decentralized structure. The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels.

Health Advocacy

The Nutritional Health Alliance is one of the most active political organizations in the nutritional health community, founded in 1992 in Santa Ynez, California. Organized by consumers, health care professionals, retailers, distributors, supplement manufacturers, mail order and multilevel marketing firms, and industry trade and consumer publications, the NHA became the much-needed umbrella organization to bring together the various constituents of the natural products industry in a single, powerful voice that would be heard by Washington policymakers and regulators.

The following Web sites provide additional information on vaccines and vaccine safety:

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a cooperative program for vaccine safety of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). VAERS is a post-marketing safety surveillance program, collecting information about adverse events (possible side effects) that occur after the administration of US licensed vaccines. This site provides a nationwide mechanism by which adverse events following immunization, (AEFI) may be reported, analyzed and made available to the public. The VAERS Web site also provides a vehicle for disseminating vaccine safety-related information to parents/guardians, healthcare providers, vaccine manufacturers, state vaccine programs, and other constituencies. Call VAERS at1-800-822-7967

CDC National Immunization Program (NIP)

CDC National Vaccine Program Office

FDA Freedom of Information Office

FDA MedWatch

HRSA National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)

American Academy of Pediatrics Immunization Information
Immunization Action Coalition

HealthFinder

National Technical Information Service

Vaccine Education Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

The following web sites provide additional information concerning Breast Cancer:

Inconvenient Women gather as much information as possible to educate ourselves about any disease we face.
The following resource lists can help you get the information and support you need:

Toll-free Hotlines

  • American Cancer Society: 1-800-ACS-2345
  • Cancer Care: 1-800-813-HOPE
  • Living Beyond Breast Cancer Hotline: 1-888-753-LBBC
  • National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Information Service: 1-800-4-CANCER
  • Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Helpline: 1-800-IM-AWARE Online support and community
  • Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization: 1-800-221-2141

Informational Web Sites

Online treatment information

Breast cancer organizations

Other Cancer Organizations

Medical Associations and Governmental Agencies

Discussions and /or explanations concerning cancer can involve a whole new vocabulary. Don’t let new technical terms stop you. Make a list of the issues you don’t yet understand and ask your doctor or health care professional about the terminology or statistics you may gather from these support organizations.

Clinical Trial Information

Books and Publications

  • 100 Questions and
    Answers About Breast Cancer
    by Zora Brown and LeSalle D. Leffall, Jr., M.D. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2003.

    A breast cancer survivor and a practicing oncologist give both the patient’s and the doctor’s perspective in answering questions related to breast cancer, including treatment decisions and physical and emotional issues.

  • Be Prepared: The Complete Financial, Legal, and Practical Guide for Living with a Life-Challenging Condition
    by David S. Landay. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press, 2001.

    Offers advice on practical issues for anyone facing a life-challenging illness.

  • Cancer Has Its Privileges:
    Stories of Hope and Laughter
    by Christine Clifford and Jack Lindstrom.
  • Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book
    by Susan M. Love, M.D., and Karen Lindsay. 3rd edition. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 2000.

    Candid, up-to-date, and reassuring information to help you make sense of your cancer diagnosis and treatment options.

  • Every Woman’s Guide to Breast Cancer
    Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, 2000.
    Available online at www.y-me.org/coping/daytoday/everywomansguide.php.

    Practical guidance and emotional support for coping with breast cancer, from diagnosis through recovery.

  • Everyone’s Guide to Cancer Therapy
    by Malin Dollinger, M.D., Ernest H. Rosenbaum, M.D., Margaret Tempero, and Sean Mulvihill. 4th edition. Kansas City, MO: Andrews McMeel, 2002.

    An authoritative and thorough resource written for the general public explaining how cancer is diagnosed, treated, and managed day to day.

  • Humor After the Tumor
    by Patty Gelman and Leslie Zemsky, Illustrator.
  • I’d Rather Do Chemo Than Clean Out the Garage
    by Fran Di Giacomo.
  • Informed Decisions
    by Harmon J. Eyre, M.D., Dianne Partie Lange, and Lois B. Morris. 2nd edition. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society, 2001.

    A comprehensive guide from the American Cancer Society providing an excellent overview of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and recovery.

  • Not Now…I’m Having a No Hair Day: Humor and Healing for People with Cancer
    by Christine Clifford.
  • Sexuality for Women and Their Partners
    American Cancer Society, 2001.
    Available online at www.cancer.org.

    Candid advice and information on how to restore and maintain intimacy during and after cancer treatment.

  • Spinning Straw into Gold: Your Emotional Recovery from Breast Cancer
    by Ronnie Kaye. New York, NY: Fireside, 1991.

    Straightforward advice from a psychotherapist and breast cancer survivor on dealing with emotional issues that may arise following your diagnosis.

  • Thanks for the Mammogram!
    by Laura Jensen Walker.
  • The Human Side of Cancer: Living with Hope, Coping with Uncertainty
    by Jimmie C. Holland, M.D., and Sheldon Lewis. New York, NY: Quill, 2001.

    Compassionate advice on coping with cancer from a pioneer in the field of psycho-oncology.

  • When the Woman You Love Has Breast Cancer
    Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization, 2000.

    This booklet offers guidance to your partner on how to support your emotional needs during every stage of your breast cancer experience.

Women’s Health Resources

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) is the nation’s leading women’s health care provider, educator, and advocate, serving women, men, teens, and families. For more than 90 years, we’ve done more than any other organization in the United States to improve women’s health and safety, prevent unintended pregnancies, and advance the right and ability of individuals and families to make informed and responsible choices.

The Hormone Foundation, the public education affiliate of The Endocrine Society, is a leading source of hormone-related health information for the public, physicians, allied health professionals and the media. Our mission is to serve as a resource for the public by promoting the prevention, treatment and cure of hormone-related conditions through outreach and education.

The Hormone Foundation works directly with the Society, and its experts in the field of endocrinology, to translate science for the benefit of patients with endocrine disorders and raise the general public’s awareness about emerging endocrine system diseases. Through its website, free educational materials, public forums, physician referral service, presence at medical meetings, and media education campaigns, the Foundation has reached more than 200 million people with important health information.

The Endocrine Society works to foster a greater understanding of endocrinology amongst the general public and practitioners of complementary medical disciplines and to promote the interests of all endocrinologists at the national scientific research and health policy levels of government. Society members represent the full range of disciplines associated with endocrinologists: clinicians, researchers, educators, fellows and students, industry professionals and health professionals who are involved in the field of endocrinology. These professionals are dedicated to the research and treatment of the full range of endocrine disorders: diabetes, reproduction, infertility, osteoporosis, thyroid disease, obesity/lipids, growth hormone, pituitary tumors, and adrenal insufficiency.

WrongDiagnosis.com is one of the world’s leading providers of online medical health information. The site is an independent, objective source of factual, mainstream health information for both consumers and health professionals. It provides a free health-information service to help people understand their health better, offering crucial and factual health information that is otherwise difficult to find. The objective of the site is to encourage consumers to be informed and interested in managing their health, and to know what questions to ask their doctors to help ensure they are getting the best healthcare possible.

Environmental Protection Agency
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States
Organic Trade Association
Natural Products Association

Initiatives that Support the Wellness of Women and Girls

The Hunger Project

Women Thrive World Wide
Shaping US Policies that help women lift themselves and their families out of poverty

Doctors Without Borders is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in nearly 60 countries.

The Department of Peace

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