GREAT HEALTH WEBSITES

 

 

General Health

 

Centers for Disease Control

www.cdc.gov/

 

(CDC en Espanol)

www.cdc.gov/spanish/

 

CHID online – Combined Health Information Database

http://chid.nih.gov

 

Familydoctor.org – American Academy of Family Physicians

http://www.familydoctor.org.

 

Health Information – National Institutes of Health (See Seniors Health General)

http://health.nih.gov

 

Healthfinder

www.healthfinder.gov

 

(Healthfinder in Espanol)

www.healthfinder.gov.espanol

 

HealthWeb.org   (National Library of Medicine)

www.healthweb.org

 

MEDLINEplus

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus

 

(MEDLINEplus in Espanol)

http://medlineplus.gov./spanish/

 

NIHSenior Health  -- National Institutes of Health (Has audio version)

http://nihseniorhealth.gov               

 

NOAH – New York Online Access to Health (Major materials in Spanish)

www.noah-health.org/

 

 

 

General Health and Aging

 

AARP

www.aarp.org/health/

 

Administration on Aging

www.aoa.gov/

 

Live Well, Live Long – AOA and CDC

www.asaging.org.cdc

 

Intelihealth (Features Harvard Medical School’s Consumer Health Information)

www.mayohealth.com

 

National Institute on Aging (Refers to outside source for Spanish publications. NIHSenior

Health – National Institutes of Health -- has audio version)

www.nia.nih.gov

 

 

 

Specific Health Conditions and Topics of Interest

 

Accident/Injury Prevention

 

Florida Injury prevention Program for Seniors (FLIPS)

http://elderaffairs.state.uf.us./doea/english/flips.html

 

Injury Prevention Web

www.injuryprevention.org/links-elderhtm

 

National Safety Council 

(Some training kits available in Spanish)

www.nsc.org/issues/fallstop.htm

 

Tool Kit to Prevent Senior Falls (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/toolkit/toolkit.htm

 

 

Allergies

 

American Academy of Allergies, Asthma and Immunology

www.aaai.org/patients.stm

 

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

www.niaid.nih.gov

 

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America Florida Chapter Inc.  (Has daily pollen count)

www.aafaflorida.org

 

Food Analysis and Anaphylaxis Network

www.foodallergy.org

 

 

Alzheimer’s Disease

 

Alzheimer’s Association (Materials in Spanish)

www.alz.org

 

About Alzheimer’s Disease

http://www.ahaf.org/alzdis/about/adabout.htm

 

Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center (Some documents in Spanish)

www.alzheimers.org

 

MedlinePlus Alzheimer’s Disease

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alzheimersdisease.html

 

 

Arthritis

 

American College of Rheumatology (Has material and links about drug alerts and drug assistance)

www.rheutmatology.org/

 

Arthritis – Centers for Disease Control

www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/arthritis/index.htm

 

Arthritis Foundation  (Has a Spanish component available)

www.arthritis.org

 

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and  Skin Diseases (Has component in Spanish)

www.niams.nih.gov/

 

 

Brain Injuries

 

Brain Injury Association of American (This speech-enabled website has an entry to Spanish

materials at bottom of first page.)

www.biausa.org/Pages/home.html

 

National Resource Center for Traumatic Brain Injury

www/meirp.pmr.vcu.edu/

 

MedlinePlus Head and Brain Injuries (Has materials in Spanish)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/headandbraininjuries.html

 

NINDS Traumatic Brain Injury Information Page

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/headandbraininjuries.html

 

 

Cancer

 

American Cancer Society (Has information in Spanish)

www.cancer.org/

 

Association for Cancer Online Resources

www.Acor.org

 

CancerCare, Inc.  (Has information in Spanish)

www.cancercare.org

 

National Cancer Institute Cancer.gov

www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/

http://cancer.gov/espanol

OncoLink

www.oncolink.upenn.edu (University of Pennsylvania)

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

www.mskee.org/mskee/html.44.cfm

 

Complementary and Alternative medicine

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Has Spanish materials)

www.nccam.nih.gov/

Office of Cancer Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

 3www.cancer.gov/cam/

Alternative Approaches to Mental Health 

www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs0044/default.asp /ken98-

Death and Dying

 

Growth House, Inc.

www.growthhouse.org

 

Sociedad Espanol Internacional de Tanatologia

http://tanatologia.org

 

Hospice Foundation of America

www.hospicefoundation.org

 

United Network for Organ Sharing

www.unos.org/whoWeAre/

 

 

Dental Health

 

 

American Dental Association

www.ada.org

 

 

Developmental Disabilities

 

The Arc

www.theartc.org/

 

National Down Syndrome Society

www.ndss.org

 

National Center on Physical Disability

www.ncpal.org

 

 

Diabetes

 

American Diabetes Association (Some materials in Spanish)

www.diabetes.org/main/application/commercef

 

Joslin Diabetes Center –Harvard Medical School

www.joslin.org

 

National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

www.niddk.nih.gov/

 

Spanish Language Materials on Diabetes

www.niddk.nih.gov/health/spanish.htm

 

 

Digestive Diseases

 

National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse (Has materials in Spanish)

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/

 

 

Elder Abuse

 

Elder Abuse (National Library of Medicine) (Some materials in Spanish)

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/elderabuse.html

 

National Center on Elder Abuse (Translations in Spanish available)

www.elderabusecenter.org/

 

Elder Abuse and Neglect: In Search of Solutions

www.apa.org/pi/aging/eldabuse.html

 

                                        

                                         Epilepsy

 

Epilepsy Foundation

www.epilepsyfoundation.org

 

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIM) 

(Some Materials in Spanish)

www.minds.nih.gov/index.htm

 

 

 

Falls/Hip Fractures and Injury Prevention

 

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

www.cdc.gov/ncipc/

 

 

Food/Nutrition and Food Safety

 

American Dietetic Association

www.eatright.org/PublicInformation/92.cfm

 

Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network

www.foodallergy.org/

 

Food and Nutrition Information Center

www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/consumersite/seniors.htm

 

Food Safety (Materials in Spanish)

www.foodsafety.gov

 

National Policy & Resource Center on Nutrition and Aging (FIU)

www.fiui.edu/~nutreldr/

 

Nutrition.gov

www.nutrition.gov

 

Office of Dietary Supplements (National Institutes of Medicine)

http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/index.aspx

 

 

Fraud (Health)

 

National Council Against Health Fraud

www.ncahf.org/

 

MedlinePlus Health Fraud (Has information in Spanish.)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthfraud.html

 

 

 

Hearing

 

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Has Spanish materials)

www.asha.org

 

American Tinnitus Association  (Has Spanish materials)

www.ata.org/

National Association of the Deaf

www.nad.org/

 

 

Heart Disease

 

American Heart Association

www.americanheart.org

 

Heart Info

www.heartinfo.org

 

MedlinePlus: Heart Disease

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases.html

 

National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease

http://www.womenheart.org/

Hypertension

 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute –Heart and Vascular Diseases

http://nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/index.htm

 

MedlinePlus:  High Blood Pressure  (Has materials in Spanish)

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/highbloodpressure.html

 

 

Medicare

 

Medicare (U.S. Government Website)

www.medicare.gov

 

Medicare (Spanish version)

www.medicare.gov/Spanish/Overview.asp

 

Center for Medicare Advocacy

www.medicareadvocacy.org

 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

www.cms.hhs.gov/?1=cons

 

SHINE – Serving Health Insurance Needs of Others

http://elderaffairs.state.fl.us/doea/english/shine.htm

 

 

 

Medications

 

Drug Information MEDLINEplus

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html

 

Drug information MEDLINEplus Spanish

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/druginformation.html

 

 

SafeMedication.com

www.safemedication.com/

 

Center for Drug Evaluation and Research -- U.S. FDA (Spanish materials)

www.fda.gov/cder/drug/default.htm

 

 

Medications – Assistance with Paying for Them

 

Helpingpatients

www.helpingpatients.org

 

SHINE –Sunshine for Seniors Program

www7.myflorida.com/does/English/SHINE/folder/SFSfact.pdf

 

Silver Saver

http://www.floridahealthstat.com/silversaverdetails.shtml

 

NeedyMeds.com

www.needymeds.com/

 

Florida KidCare (Information in Spanish)

www.floridakidcare.org/

 

 

Mental Retardation

 

Aging with Developmental Disabilities    

http://www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr/index.html

 

Aging with mental Retardation (ARC)

www.thearc.org/aging.html

 

 

Men’s Health

 

Prostrate Caner – Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/403

 

American Urological Association

www.urologyhealth.org/

 

Medlineplus – Men’s Health Topics

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/menshealth.html

 

MedlinePlus – Salud de los Hombres

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/menshealthissues.html

 

 

Mental Health and Mental Illness

 

National Institute for Mental Health (Has information in Spanish)

www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/index.cfm

 

American Psychiatric Association

www.psyco.org/public_info/index.cfm

 

Geriatric Mental Health Foundation

www.gmhfonline.org/gmhf/

 

 

Multiple Sclerosis

 

National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Also in Spanish)

http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about%20ms.asp

 

Multiple Sclerosis Foundation  (Materials in Spanish)

www.msfacts.org/

 

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Publications in Spanish

available.)

www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/multiple_sclerosis/multiple_sclerosis.htm

 

 

 

Obesity

 

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/obesity/lose-wt/patmats.htm

 

 

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

(Has materials in Spanish)

win.riddk.nih.gov/index.htm

 

 

 

Osteoporosis

 

Osteoporosis and Related Bone Disease National Resource Center

www.osteo.org

 

National Osteoporosis Foundation

www.nof.org

 

 

Parkinson’s Disease

 

American Parkinson Disease Association

www.apdaparkinson.org/user/index.asp

 

National Institute of Neurological Disorders: Parkinson’s Disease Page

www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/parkinsons_disease/parkinsons_disease.htm

 

National Parkinson Foundation

www.parkinson.org

 

 

Respiratory Disease

 

American Lung Association  (Information available in Spanish.)

www.lungusa.org/

 

National Heart,Lung and Blood Institute (NIH) (Some information in Spanish)

www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/lung/index.htm

 

 

 

Spinal Cord Injuries

 

National Spinal Cord Injury Association

http://www.spinalcord.org/

 

 

Stroke

 

National Stroke Association  (Has information in both French and Spanish.)

www.stroke.org/

 

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (Has publications in Spanish)

www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/stroke.htm

 

Internet Stroke Center -- Washington University in St. Louis

www.strokecenter.org/

 

Stanford University Stroke Center

strokecenter.stanford.edu/index.html

 

 

Substance Abuse

 

Center for Substance Abuse Program

www.prevention.samhsa.gov/About/

 

National Institute on Drug Abuse (Has information in Spanish.)

www.nida.nih.govNIDAHome2.html

 

National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse - NIH (Has materials in Spanish)

www.niaaa.nih.gov/

 

 

Suicide

 

National Strategy for Suicide Prevention  (Has Spanish materials)

www.mentalhealth.org/suicideprevention/elderly.asp

 

MedlinePlus:  Suicide (Has information in Spanish)

www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/suicide.html

 

NIMH Suicide Prevention (List of publications available in Spanish)

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/suicideprevention/index.cfm

 

 

 

Vision

 

Lighthouse International

www.lighthouse.org/

 

Macular Degeneration Foundation

http://www.eyesight.org/

 

National Eye Institute  (Has information in Spanish)

www.nei.nih.gov/

 

National Association for the Visually Handicapped

www.navh.org/

 

American Foundation for the Blind

 www.afb.org/

 

Glaucoma Foundation

http://www.glaucomafoundation.org/

 

 

Women’s Health

 

National Women’s Health Resource Center

www.healthywomen.org/index.cfm

 

National Women’s Health Information Center -- U.S. Department of Health and

Human Services  (Has information in Spanish)

www.healthywomen.org/index.cfm

 

CDC Health Topic:  Women’s Health (Information in Spanish available)

www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec802271b0

 

The Office on Women’s Health – U.S. Department of health and Human Services

www.4woman.gov/owh/