Original site was established to help students find general health info but
it has developed to include informative sections on health insurance, diet,
drug abuse, drug symptoms, and sexual abuse. A wealth of health info resides
within this archive/server.
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<CENTER><B>Univ. of Ill. Fitness Gopher</B></CENTER><BR>
<CENTER><A HREF="gopher://gopher.uiuc.edu/Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Informaton/Campus Services/Health Services/Health Information/Fitness">gopher://gopher.uiuc.edu/Univ of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Campus Informaton/Campus Services/Health Services/Health Information/Fitness</A></CENTER>
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Wow! It's a workout just getting to the right menu on this gopher but once
you get there - the trek is worth it! Many articles, info and tips on topics
that relate to fitness and well-being. Workout and excercise advice, basic
body muscle group work-outs, aerobics and many more are contained in here.
Also includes nutrition advice and a host of fitness guidelines, programs,
regimens, and resources. Whew! You'll get a workout just reading all this
information. If you're into fitness or health - take a jog over here!
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<CENTER><B>American Heart Association Gopher</B></CENTER><BR>
Get the "low-down" of many vegetarian diets. Includes reports on fast-food
chains claims. McDonald's, Domino's Pizza and even airline fare is rated.
Pass the celery sticks please.
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<CENTER><B>FDA Food Labelling Information (US Food and Drug Administration)</B></CENTER><BR>
<CENTER><A HREF="gopher://zeus.esusda.gov 70/USDA and Other Federal Agency Information/Food Labelling Information: FDA Regulations">gopher://zeus.esusda.gov 70/USDA and Other Federal Agency Information/Food Labelling Information: FDA Regulations</A></CENTER>
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You'll get behind the "hype" and see just what those labels really mean.
True nutritional values and lots of other things can be understood and
assessed from current labels required on foods. A little heavy but can
still be understood by the average consumer. A good site for students
and teacher that need info on nutrition and/or food labelling.
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<CENTER><B>Univ of North Carolina Health and Medicine FTP Site</B></CENTER><BR>
Wonderful collection of health related information and archives. This has
become one of the most popular sites for obtaining health related info.
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<CENTER><B>Ben Gardiner's AIDS BBS</B></CENTER><BR>
<CENTER><A HREF="gopher://itsa.ucsf.edu/bio and medical gophers/hiv-aids/gophers/aids bbs/">gopher://itsa.ucsf.edu/bio and medical gophers/hiv-aids/gophers/aids bbs/</A></CENTER>
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All types of treatment information including standard forms of treatment
and new experimental methods. There is way too much to list and explain
here but suffice to say that if you need info on AIDS or AIDS related
issues then here is the place to visit and learn. Not only is there solely
medical information but cultural and political info on AIDS including
news article archives and lots more. This is a world-famous site and there
is none better on the topic and issues of AIDS. A great resource site.
Also includes support forums and more. This is a gopher mirror to the
actual interactive BBS and so contains tomes of mostly textual material.
It's not easy to know what is contained within each file as they are not
clearly marked and the BBS archived messages are not marked either. It
may take some work to get around this gopher site but it might pay off
for the alternative is a long distance call to the San Francisco BBS phone
number unless you happen to live in or around that region.
Before logging onto the BBS system you will be presented with a simple form
to fill in. This is a wonderful service and this procedure is painless.
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This site is staffed by a collection of volunteer medical professionals and
is brought to you through the non-profit organization "Med Help". These
health realted resources are available free from this BBS system that users
can telnet to. There are hundreds of informative files here that cover many
topics and health related issues. There is time limit of 30 min per session
and a total of 60 min per day. This is more than fair and should provide
you with enough time to download several files that you can choose to save.
This is similar to having a "doctor on call" day or night and there is
simply too much too list here about this site. Check it out and learn!
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<CENTER><B>Administration on Aging</B></CENTER><BR>
<CENTER><A HREF="gopher://gopher.os.dhhs.gov/DHHS-Resources by Organization/Administration on Aging">gopher://gopher.os.dhhs.gov/DHHS-Resources by Organization/Administration on Aging</A></CENTER>
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This gopher site offers all sorts of information for senior citizens in
regards to health, government, legal and available services. Good site.