Centers for Disease
Control
(CDC en Espanol)
CHID online –
Combined Health Information Database
Familydoctor.org –
American Academy of Family Physicians
Health Information –
National Institutes of Health (See Seniors Health General)
Healthfinder
(Healthfinder in
Espanol)
HealthWeb.org (National Library of Medicine)
MEDLINEplus
(MEDLINEplus in
Espanol)
http://medlineplus.gov./spanish/
NIHSenior Health -- National Institutes of Health (Has audio
version)
NOAH – New York
Online Access to Health (Major materials in Spanish)
AARP
Administration on
Aging
Live Well, Live Long
– AOA and CDC
Intelihealth (Features
Harvard Medical School’s Consumer Health Information)
National Institute on Aging (Refers to outside source for Spanish
publications. NIHSenior
Health – National Institutes of Health -- has audio version)
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
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Florida Chapter Inc. (Has daily pollen
count)
Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Association (Materials in
Spanish)
http://www.ahaf.org/alzdis/about/adabout.htm
Alzheimer’s Disease Education and Referral
(ADEAR) Center (Some documents in Spanish)
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/
www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/arthritis/index.htm
Arthritis Foundation
(Has a Spanish component available)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases (Has component in
Spanish)
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
www/meirp.pmr.vcu.edu/
MedlinePlus Head and Brain Injuries (Has materials in
Spanish)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/headandbraininjuries.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/headandbraininjuries.html
Cancer
American Cancer Society (Has information in Spanish)
CancerCare, Inc.
(Has information in Spanish)
www.cancer.gov/cancer_information/
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)
Office of Cancer Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Alternative Approaches to Mental Health
www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs0044/default.asp
/ken98-
Death and Dying
Growth House, Inc.
Sociedad Espanol Internacional de Tanatologia
Hospice Foundation of America
United Network for Organ Sharing
Dental Health
American Dental Association
Developmental Disabilities
The Arc
National Down Syndrome Society
National Center on Physical Disability
Diabetes
American Diabetes Association (Some materials in Spanish)
www.diabetes.org/main/application/commercef
Joslin Diabetes Center –Harvard Medical School
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney
Diseases
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)
Elder Abuse and Neglect: In Search of Solutions
www.apa.org/pi/aging/eldabuse.html
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Foundation
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
(NIM)
(Some Materials in Spanish)
Falls/Hip Fractures and Injury Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
Food/Nutrition and Food Safety
American Dietetic Association
www.eatright.org/PublicInformation/92.cfm
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
Food and Nutrition Information Center
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/consumersite/seniors.htm
Food Safety (Materials in Spanish)
National Policy & Resource Center on Nutrition and
Aging (FIU)
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
MedlinePlus Health Fraud (Has information in Spanish.)
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthfraud.html
Hearing
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Has Spanish
materials)
American Tinnitus Association (Has Spanish materials)
National Association of the Deaf
Heart Disease
American Heart Association
Heart Info
MedlinePlus: Heart Disease
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/heartdiseases.html
National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
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)
Medicare (Spanish
version)
www.medicare.gov/Spanish/Overview.asp
Center for Medicare
Advocacy
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
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
SHINE –Sunshine
for Seniors Program
www7.myflorida.com/does/English/SHINE/folder/SFSfact.pdf
Silver Saver
http://www.floridahealthstat.com/silversaverdetails.shtml
NeedyMeds.com
Florida KidCare (Information in Spanish)
Mental Retardation
Aging with Developmental Disabilities
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/rrtcamr/index.html
Aging with mental Retardation (ARC)
Men’s Health
Prostrate Caner – Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
American Urological Association
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
Multiple Sclerosis
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (Also in Spanish)
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about%20ms.asp
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
(Materials in Spanish)
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
National Osteoporosis
Foundation
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
Respiratory
Disease
American Lung Association
(Information available in Spanish.)
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
Stroke
National Stroke
Association (Has information in both
French and Spanish.)
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
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)
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
Macular Degeneration Foundation
National Eye Institute (Has
information in Spanish)
National Association for the Visually Handicapped
American Foundation for the Blind
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/