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A Thin Blue Line: The History of the Pregnancy Test Kit (Exhibit)
- An online exhibit about the history of the home pregnancy test and examination of its place in our culture. Research that led to a sensitive, accurate pregnancy test was done by scientists in the Reproductive Research Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at NIH. (DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research) (Office of NIH History)
http://history.nih.gov/exhibits/thinblueline/index.html
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Better Safe, Than Sorry: Preventing a Tragedy
- This highly engaging, flexible (1-4 class periods), inquiry-based curriculum module focuses on the science and impact of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). This curriculum, developed by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill as well as teachers and other educational consultants, includes guided teacher instructions for implementation, data tables and background materials, a video with guided lab instruction and background on FAS, a post-assessment game and hands-on experiment involving varying concentration levels of ethanol and the growth and development of brine shrimp. (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Science/curriculum.html
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Birth Defects (Medline Plus)
- Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/birthdefects.html
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DES: Questions and Answers
- A fact sheet about DES (a synthetic form of estrogen) and the health problems of children who were exposed to DES while in the womb. (National Cancer Institute)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/DES
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (Medline Plus)
- Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information related to safety. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/gerd.html
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Genes and Disease - Female-specific Diseases
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=gnd.chapter.39
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Ovarian Cancer Models
- Provides information about ovarian cancer, including normal ovarian development and biology, human ovariancancer, and animal models of the disease. (National Cancer Institute)
http://emice.nci.nih.gov/mouse_models/organ_models/ovarian_models
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Pregnancy and Breast Cancer Risk
- A fact sheet that describes what is known about the relationship between pregnancy and breast cancer risk. It also describes breast cancer risk factor that are not related to pregnancy. (National Cancer Institute)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/pregnancy
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Pregnancy and Reproduction (Medline Plus)
- Carefully selected links to Web resources and the latest, authoritative health information related to pregnancy and reproduction. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pregnancyandreproduction.html
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Visible Human Project
- Fact sheet about the Visible Human Project that includes links to sample images and the Visible Human Project web site. This project involved the creation of complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the normal male and female human bodies. (National Library of Medicine)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
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