Hearing, Medical and Wellness

MEDICAL

Alzheimer's Disease
If you have questions about Alzheimer's Disease, this is the website for the Alzheimer's Association. Here you will find information for people who have Alzheimer's Disease and for their family, caregivers and friends. Plus there is a section for physicians and health care professionals.

Arthritis
The Arthritis Foundation website gives you information on many different forms of arthritis plus offers ways to make life easier while living with the disease. The Foundation's goal is to improve lives through leadership in prevention, control and cure of the disease. They offer information in Spanish/Espanol.

Cancer
The website for the American Cancer Society is a complete resource center for information on cancer prevention, awareness, types of treatment, complementary and alternative treatment methods, treatment centers and much more. Information is provided in Spanish/Espanol.

Diabetes
The American Diabetes Association website offers everything you need to know about diabetes, from nutrition to exercise to who's at risk for the disease.

Depression
The Psychology Information Online website explains depression, its causes, diagnosis and types. It offers help for fighting depression and includes a special section on depression in the elderly.

Heart
The American Heart Association website provides warning signs for heart attack, stroke and offers a risk assessment. It includes information of heart disease prevention and control.

Hearing
The American Speech-Language Hearing Association's mission is to ensure that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services to help them communicate more effectively. Their website offers information on speech, language, hearing and balance as well as how to find an audiologist or speech-language pathologist. Resources are offered in Spanish/Espanol.

Lung Disease
The mission of the American Lung Association is to prevent lung disease and to promote lung health. Their website provides information on lung disease prevention, data and statistical information. Information is provided in Spanish/Espanol.

Menopause
The North American Menopause Society is dedicated to promoting understanding of menopause, and thereby improving the health of women as they approach menopause and beyond. Their website provides general information about menopause.

Multiple Sclerosis
Access the latest information about Multiple Sclerosis (MS) diagnosis and treatments, resources for living with MS, and Society-funded research efforts on this website.

Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatica - Confronting Pancreatic Cancer provides a concentrated wealth of current and topical scientific and medical information about pancreatic cancer.

Parkinson's Disease
The Parkinson's Disease Foundation, Inc. is a national organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the research into the causes and cure of Parkinson's disease. Their website offers referrals to support groups, clinical neurologists specializing in the diagnosis and treatment and to other resources for persons with Parkinson's and their families.

Prostate
The American Prostate Society was created with the mission of reducing the suffering and deaths causes by prostate diseases through education, awareness and service to the community. Their site features a section that answers the most frequently asked questions about the disease.

Stroke
This is the website for the National Stroke Association. It offers information about the prevention and treatment of stroke plus provides help for the family and caregiver.

Stroke prevention

WELLNESS

American Dietetic Association
The American Dietetic Association promotes good nutrition and health. Their site offers information on a wide variety of subjects such as calcium and Osteoporosis prevention.

Nutrition Navigator
This is the website for the Tufts University Nutrition Navigator, the first online rating and review guide that solves the two major problems Web users have when seeking nutrition information: how to quickly find information best suited to their needs and whether to trust the information they find there.

Ask Dr. Weil
Dr. Andrew Weil is a leader in the integration of Western medicine and the exploding field of alternative medicine. His comprehensive website offers information on such topics as "Food as Medicine," "The Best Diet in the World," and much more.

MedicineNet
This site offers doctor-produces relevant, easy to read, in-depth medical information for consumers. All information on their site is written, reviewed and/or edited by one or more board-certified physicians.

Our Medical & Wellness section provides critical links to national organizations that provide an informative starting point for many health issues related to seniors. This is not a complete list of all websites related to health and wellness.