Health Resources
General Health and Medical Care
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality www.ahrq.gov
American Academy of Dermatology www.aad.org
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons www.aaos.org
American Cancer Society www.cancer.org
American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org
American Foundation for Urologic Diseases www.afud.org
American Heart Association www.americanheart.org
American Heart, Lung, Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov
American Hospital Association www.aha.org
American Lung Association www.lungusa.org
American Menopause Foundation www.americanmenopause.org
American Medical Association www.ama-assn.org
American Nurses Association www.nursingworld.org
American Occupational Therapy Association www.aota.org
American Osteopathic Association www.osteopathic.org
American Parkinson Disease Association www.apdaparkinson.org
American Physical Therapy Association www.apta.org
American Physical Therapy Association, Section on Geriatrics www.geriatricspt.org
American Podiatric Medical Association www.apma.org
American Stroke Association www.strokeassociation.org
Arthritis Foundation www.arthritis.org
American Vascular Association www.vascularweb.org
BrightFocus Foundation www.brightfocus.org
Center for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov
Clinical Trials www.clinicaltrials.gov
Diabetes Mall www.diabetesnet.com
DisabilityInfo.gov www.disabilityinfo.gov
Epilepsy Foundation www.efa.org
Flu Shot Locator www.findaflushot.com
Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide: Health of Seniors www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/fhgupdate/V/V1.shtml
Health and Age Centers www.healthandage.com
Health Assistance Partnership www.healthassistancepartnership.org
Health Grades www.healthgrades.com
Hill-Burton Free Health Care www.hrsa.gov/hillburton
Huntington's Disease Society of America www.hdsa.org
Infoaging.org www.infoaging.org
International Tremor Foundation www.essentialtremor.org
Intercultural Cancer Council: Elderly and Cancer www.iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/cfs10.htm
Johns Hopkins Health After 50 www.hopkinsafter50.com
Legs for Life www.legsforlife.org
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Life Line Screening www.lifelinescreening.com
Lupus Foundation of America www.lupus.org
Mayo Clinic Senior Health Center www.mayoclinic.com
Medical Billing Advocates www.billadvocates.com
MEDLINEplus Health Information www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus
My Family Health Portrait www.hhs.gov/familyhistory
National Association for Continence www.nafc.org
National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease Information Clearinghouse www.niams.nih.gov/hi
National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov
National Center for Complementary and Alt. Medicine www.nccam.nih.gov
National Diabetes Education Program www.ndep.nih.gov
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse digestive.niddk.nih.gov
National Health Information Center healthfinder.gov
National Heartburn Alliance www.heartburnalliance.org
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute www.nhlbi.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health www.nih.gov
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases www3.niaid.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke www.ninds.nih.gov
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism www.niaaa.nih.gov
National Institute on Drug Abuse www.nida.nih.gov
National Kidney and Urological Diseases kidney.niddk.nih.gov
National Kidney Foundation www.kidney.org
National Multiple Sclerosis Society www.nmss.org
National Organization for Rare Disorders www.rarediseases.org
National Osteoporosis Foundation www.nof.org
National Pain Foundation www.painconnection.org
National Rehabilitation Information Center www.naric.com
National Stroke Association www.stroke.org
National Women's Health Network www.nwhn.org
National Women's Health Resource Center www.healthywomen.org
NIHSeniorHealth Health Information for Older Adults nihseniorhealth.gov
Medicare Hospital Compare hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
Office of the Surgeon Genera www.surgeongeneral.gov
Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases - National Resource Center www.osteo.org
Paget Foundation www.paget.org
Patient Advocate Foundation www.patientadvocate.org
Subimo myhealthcareadvisor.com
Vitals (doctor research site) www.vitals.com
WebMD www.webmd.com
Mental Health, Alzheimer's and Dementia
Alzheimer's Association www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center www.alzheimers.org
Alzheimer's Information Site www.alzinfo.org
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry www.aagpgpa.org
American Counseling Association www.counseling.org
American Psychological Association Office on Aging www.apa.org/pi/aging
Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia www.alz.uci.edu
National Center on Elder Abuse www.elderabusecenter.org
National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke www.ninds.nih.gov
National Mental Health Association www.nmha.org
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Suicide Among the Elderly www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/elderly.asp
Medication
American Pharmaceutical Association www.aphanet.org
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists www.ascp.com
Benefits Check Up Rx www.benefitscheckuprx.org
Canadian International Pharmacy Association www.ciparx.ca
DrugDigest www.drugdigest.org
Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov
Medication Reminders www.epill.com
MyMedSchedule.com www.mymedschedule.com
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine www.nccam.nih.gov
National Council on Patient Information and Education www.talkaboutrx.org
National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov
NeedyMeds www.needymeds.com
On Time Medication Reminder www.ontimerx.com
Partnership for Prescription Assistance www.pparx.org
PharmacyChecker.com www.pharmacychecker.com
Physicians Desk Reference pdrhealth.com
RxAssist www.rxassist.org
Senior Care Pharmacists www.seniorcarepharmacist.com
Your Pharmacy Benefit www.yourpharmacybenefit.org
Dental
American Dental Association www.ada.org
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research www.nidcr.nih.gov
Bureau of Primary Health Care (discounted or free dental care) www.ask.hrsa.gov/pc
DentalPlans.com (dental discount plans) dentalplans.com
Donated Dental Services (free dental care for elderly and disabled) www.nfdh.org/DDS.html
Hearing
American Academy of Audiology www.audiology.org
American Hearing Research Foundation www.american-hearing.org
American Speech-Language Hearing Association www.asha.org
American Tinnitus Association www.ata.org
Audient (discounted hearing aids for income qualified) www.audientalliance.org/
Better Hearing Institute www.betterhearing.org
Deafness Research Foundation www.drf.org
The EAR Foundation www.earfoundation.org Hearing Loss Association of America www.hearingloss.org
Lions Affordable Hearing Aid Project lionsclubs.org
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders www.nidcd.nih.gov
Starkey Hearing Foundation starkeyhearingfoundation.org
Vision
All About Vision www.allaboutvision.com
American Academy of Ophthalmology www.aao.org
American Council of the Blind www.acb.org
American Foundation for the Blind www.afb.org
American Macular Degeneration Foundation: www.macular.org
American Optometric Association www.aoa.org
Better Vision Institute www.visionsite.org
Choice Magazine Listening, www.choicemagazinelistening.org
Ears for Eyes www.earsforeyes.org
EyeCare America (free eye care) www.eyecareamerica.org
Glaucoma Foundation www.glaucomafoundation.org
Glaucoma Research Foundation www.glaucoma.org
Lighthouse International www.lighthouse.org
Lions Clubs Vision Programs www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/vision_index.shtml
Macular Degeneration Foundation: www.eyesight.org
Macular Degeneration Network: www.macular-degeneration.org
National Association for Visually Handicapped www.navh.org
National Eye Health Education Program www.nei.nih.gov/nehep
Prevent Blindness America www.preventblindness.org
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped www.loc.gov/nls
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation www.rdpfs.org
VisionAWARE www.visionaware.org
Sleep
American Academy of Sleep Medicine www.aasmnet.org
American Sleep Apnea Association www.sleepapnea.org
National Center on Sleep Disorders Research www.nhlbi.nih.gov/sleep
National Sleep Foundation www.sleepfoundation.org
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation www.rls.org
Nutrition and Exercise
5 A Day for Better Health www.5aday.gov
American College of Sports Medicine www.acsm.org
American Dietetic Association www.eatright.org
American Volkssport Association www.ava.org
Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov
Food and Nutrition Information Center www.nal.usda.gov/fnic
Food Stamps for the Elderly Resource Center www.frac.org/html/news/fsp/fselderlycenter.htm
GeezerJock www.geezerjock.com
Infoaging.org www.infoaging.org
National Association of Area Agencies on Aging www.n4a.org
National Association of Health and Fitness www.physicalfitness.org
National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs www.nanasp.org
National Policy and Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging www.fiu.edu/~nutreldr/
National Senior Games Association www.nsga.com
Meals on Wheels www.mowaa.org
The Walking Site www.thewalkingsite.com
USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion www.mypyramid.gov