Basics of the Human Body

• The Virtual Human Body via MEDTropolis
• Atlas of the Human Body via American Medical Association
• Human Anatomy via InnerBody
• Body Basics via TeensHealth
• The Human Body: Anatomy, Facts & Functions via LiveScience
• Bodyworlds the Exhibition and on Wikipedia

Sex-ed

• http://ourbodiesourselves.org/
• http://www.scarleteen.com/
• http://sexetc.org/
• http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ and http://www.plannedparenthood.org/parents/talking-kids-about-sex-sexuality-37962.htm
• http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/questions_sex.html#

Articles

• Depression Lies – by Wil Wheaton
• Helpful chart for anyone who’d like to continue living via Upworthy
• Rescuing drowning children: How to know when someone is in trouble in the water via Slate

Books

• Our Bodies, Ourselves by the Boston Women’s Health Collective
• Taking Charge of Your Fertility: The Definitive Guide to Natural Birth Control, Pregnancy Achievement, and Reproductive Health by Toni Weschler

• Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn: The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin , Janet Walley, April Bolding, Ann Keppler, Janelle Durham
• The Nursing Mother’s Companion by Kathleen Huggins

• Your Child’s Health: The Parents’ One-Stop Reference Guide to: Symptoms, Emergencies, Common Illnesse s, Behavior Problems, and Healthy Development by Barton D. Schmitt
  
• The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
• My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylo
• Anything written by Oliver Sacks

General Resources: Centers for Disease Control

• Vaccinations

Assorted Associations

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American College of Emergency Physicians
• American Congress of Gynecologists & Obstetricians
• American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) – Personal Health Records
• American Medical Association

Institutions

• Guttermacher Institute: overarching goal is to ensure the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health for all people worldwide
• MayoClinic: mission is to empower people to manage their health, mission is accomplish this by providing useful and up-to-date information and tools
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): world’s largest biomedical library
• Planned Parenthood: providers of reproductive health care, preventive, primary care, which helps prevent unintended pregnancies through contraception, reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections through testing and treatment, and screen for cervical and other cancers

Other Online Resources

• Drugs.com information about medications
• MedlinePlus via NIH: A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
• WebMD: what they offer

More Information about Drugs/Medicines

• FDA: Resources for You > Drug interactions: What you Should Know
• Drugs.com
• KnowYourDose.org and how to read your label

More Information about Doctors & Nurses

• Glossary of Nursing/Medical Degrees-Certifications & Allied Heath Certifications
• Medical Degree Acronyms & Abbreviations