Adult Health & Medical Care

The National Research Center for Women & Families is constantly reviewing new research on a wide variety of health topics that affect women and men. Our goal is to provide you with information and news you can use to help you make important medical decisions, and to help you know the questions to ask when you visit your doctors and other health professionals.

Excellent research is being conducted on the best treatments for many diseases, but the results are sometimes so complicated that even the experts are not sure what treatment is best for which women and which men. New medical products and treatments to treat diseases and prevent recurrence are widely advertised and promoted, and doctors and patients are not always able to cut through the hype to figure out what the real risks and benefits are of competing products.

We cut through the hype for you. We scrutinize published research findings, and call the scientists for the most up-to-date information. Then we translate it into plain language that everyone can understand.

Here are some of the strategies that you’ll want to know more about, in alphabetical order. If you’re looking for more detailed information about cancer, go to our Cancer Prevention and Treatment web site at www.stopcancerfund.org Prevention information on a wide range of health topics is available in the Healthy Living and Prevention section of this web site. Information about children’s health is in the Infant, Children, and Teens section of this web site. Information about the impact of violence and risky behaviors such as smoking, alcohol and drug use, and unprotected sex is in the Smoking, Drinking, Violence, and Other Risky Behavior section of this web site.

If you don’t see what you’re looking for on any health topic, contact us through our online health hotline at info@center4research.org. We’ll try to get the information you need within a few days.