Ten National Nonprofit Organizations Urge Women to Focus on Own Health

WASHINGTON (Business Wire EON) May 12, 2008 -- This National Women’s Health Week (May 11-17), Revolution Health is joining 10 leading national nonprofits to kick off its online Women’s Health Expo, hosted on RevolutionHealth.com. The organizations have come together to focus attention on women’s health and to encourage women everywhere to take action to start living healthier lives.

We are focusing on women—moms and moms-to-be— to remind them not to neglect their own health and encourage them to start on the path to healthier living.

“We all know that women spend time year round caring for their families, their spouses, and even their friends,” said Val Jones, M.D., senior medical director of Revolution Health. “We are focusing on women—moms and moms-to-be— to remind them not to neglect their own health and encourage them to start on the path to healthier living.”

Each participating nonprofit organization in the Women’s Health Expo will host a “health booth” with information, stories and resources about a range of conditions and issues that affect women. In addition, the Women’s Health Expo will feature articles on women’s health issues, tools to help track nutrition, physical activity, medications and mood, and a robust online community discussion of how to tackle some of the most pressing health challenges women face. To provide further assistance, RevolutionHealth.com features expert-led groups to help women meet health and wellness goals, such as losing weight, quitting smoking, decreasing stress and improving their relationships. The Women’s Health Expo runs through the end of May.

Each time a visitor to the Women’s Health Expo clicks onto a health booth, Revolution Health will make a donation to the nonprofit, for a total of up to $10,000. Nonprofit organizations participating in the Women’s Health Expo are:

• Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization – Learn how Y-ME ensures, through information, empowerment and peer support that no one faces breast cancer alone.
• The Wellness Community – Be Patient Active in your cancer journey. The Wellness Community focuses on helping you feel less isolated, more in control and more hopeful about the future by providing free emotional support, education and hope for people with cancer and their loved ones.
• Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance – Discover how DBSA has impacted the lives of women with mood disorders. Be inspired as you watch and listen to the personal stories of others facing depression, bipolar disorder, relationships and recovery.
• Women’s Sports Foundation – Learn how to make your life active with the Women’s Sports Foundation. The Women’s Sports Foundation has been advancing the lives of girls and women through sport and physical activity for over three decades.
• National Healthy Mothers, Health Babies Coalition – Learn all you need to know if you are thinking about a pregnancy, already expecting a child, or caring for a child. The National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition improves the health and safety of mothers, babies and families through educational materials and collaborative partnerships.
• American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women – Join the American Heart Association and Go Red For Women: celebrate the energy, passion and power women have to band together to wipe out heart disease and stroke.
• National Alliance on Mental Illness -- Join NAMI Connection, a weekly recovery support group for people living with mental illness. Learn from others and offer encouragement. NAMI provides practical advice and resources for living with a mental illness, from America's largest grassroots mental health organization.
• Shape Up America! – Reach a healthy weight and get fit with Shape Up America! Shape Up America! shares resources for women, raising awareness of obesity as a health issue and provides free online information and support on healthy weight management.
• National Women’s Health Resource Center – Be well and optimize your health with the National Women’s Health Resource Center. Get up-to-date and objective women's health information based on the latest advances in medical research and practice.
• Society for Women’s Health Research – Get the facts on women’s health. The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy.

About Revolution Health

Revolution Health Group LLC was created by AOL Co-Founder Steve Case to create products and services that empower people by putting them at the center of the health system. The flagship of the company is RevolutionHealth.com, which was recently named the Best Overall Internet Health Site by the eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The free consumer health and medical web site marries expert content and online tools with the power of social networking. RevolutionHealth.com is part of Revolution Health Network which also includes CarePages.com, SparkPeople.com, drugstore.com and HealthTalk.com. Revolution Health also offers premium services that enable companies to provide health content and customized online tools to their employees, including customized portals, employee wellness incentives and telephonic services.

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