Links For Employees

Recommended Web links for Ohio workers

    The Allergy Center
    Focuses on airborne allergies, asthma, food allergies, mold allergies, ear infections and sinusitis.

    American Heart Association
    Provides reference guide for heart disease and stroke prevention; check out AHA's "Just Move" online fitness center at www.justmove.org.

    American Sleep Apnea Association
    Provides education and advocacy for persons with sleep apnea, a common but often undiagnosed disorder.

    Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
    This patient organization focuses on improving the quality of life for people with asthma and allergies. Try the "ask the allergist" feature.

    Bureau of Workers' Compensation
    Ohio BWC's site has been redesigned and updated with interactive customer service tools for employers, injured workers and medical providers.

    Discovery Health
    Discovery Channel site provides self-analysis tools and tips for healthy living.

    Food Safety
    The gateway to online access to food safety information from the government.

    Healing Well
    An online community and information resource for patients, caregivers, and families coping with diseases, disorders and chronic illness.

    Health A to Z
    Family-oriented site focuses on how to cope with specific medical conditions, and advice for healthy lifestyles and wellness programs.

    Health Central
    Site offers information and products for a healthier life, including a health risk appraisal, memory test, calorie quiz and stress test.

    Health Finder
    A guide to federal government-approved consumer health and human services information.

    InteliHealth
    Editors "consumerize" health information for men, women, children and seniors.

    Kids Health
    Portals for kids, parents and teens from the medical experts of The Nemours Foundation.

    Men's Health
    Daily fitness and exercise tips for men, and contests and surveys; accessible even if you don't subscribe to the magazine.

    National Women's Health Information Center
    A service of the federal government's Office on Women's Health; features daily news updates and free, unlimited access to women's health publications.

    Net Wellness
    Health information and education services from the faculty at three Ohio universities; online encyclopedia covers more than 75 disease conditions and wellness topics.

    Nutrition
    Federal government's guide to healthy eating, dietary guidelines, food labeling, foodborne illnesses, etc.

    The President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
    The President's Council is a catalyst to motivate Americans of all ages to become physically active and participate in sports.

    Thrive Online
    A subsidiary of Oprah Winfrey's Oxygen Media, this site includes a library of answers to frequently asked medical questions, and fitness, nutrition and stress reduction tools.

    Wellness Web
    Wellness Web is for consumers; focuses on cancer, heart, disease, women's health, seniors, nutrition, fitness and many others.

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