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Mother and daughter using the computer Here are some helpful resources for health, medication, and insurance information.

Prescription Drug Discount Cards - NCOA's Access to Benefits Coalition can help you find the best prescription drug coverage program for your situation and enroll online electronically in one step.

MedlinePlus - a service of the National Library of Medicine, MedLine Plus has extensive information about health conditions from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), plus health dictionaries, physician directories, information on clinical trials and medication information.

NIHSeniorHealth.gov - designed to improve seniors' access to health information, this site features large print and a "talking" function that you can use to listen to the text. You'll find information about diseases, caregiving, arthritis, various types of cancer and exercise.

NOAH, the New York Online Access to Health site, provides high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.

Healthfinder - a free gateway to reliable consumer health and human services information developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

National Center for Disease Control - up to date information on critical issues relating to health and disease.

Combined Health Information Database (CHID) - a bibliographic database produced by the NIH, CDC and Health Resources and Services Administration. Provides titles, abstracts, and availability information for health information and health education resources.

The National Cancer Institute - has a great deal of useful information as well as links to other sites for information about cancer.

Office of the Surgeon General - U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Medicare - the official government Medicare website.

American Heart Association - topics include advocacy, cholesterol, nutrition, exercise and stroke.

Discovery Health Cable Channel - covers a wide variety of health concerns and issues.

RXList - clear consumer information about thousands of medications, in English and Spanish.

Healthy Aging from the Mayo Clinic - a broad range of information on topics to enhance the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of older adults.


Last update: April 7, 2008
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