The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a leading organization devoted to controlling the spread of cancer. The site provides information related to all types of cancers, cancer treatment, survivorship, risk factors, and general cancer facts. (
http://www.cancer.org
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The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. The mission of the organization is to prevent and cure diabetes, and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. A person can take an interactive diabetes risk test and get immediate feedback at this site (
http://www.diabetes.org
)
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment. The EPA site features information and links to pages designed for children, students, and teacher. (
http://www.epa.gov
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This site documents the U.S. goals and objectives for the year 2010 in terms of public health. The goals provide researchers and professionals with targets for their health promotion efforts. There is also a lot of valuable information for consumers. Click on the tab labeled "being a healthy person" or the tab on health information. (
http://www.health.gov/healthypeople
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The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The National Cancer Institute coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs. The site includes updated information on cancer treatments and research. (
http://www.nci.nih.gov
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The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) is a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The mission of NCEH is to provide national leadership, through science and service, to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, birth defects, disability, and death resulting from interactions between people and their environment. (
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh
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The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) provides access to reports and summary statistics for almost any health related variable or measure tracked by the United States Public Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs
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The mission of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is to diminish the burden of mental illness through research. They provide support to researchers and practitioners in the mental health professions as well as information and resources for the general public. (
http://www.nimh.nih.gov
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