Aging |
Aging & Elderly Health; Aging Health; Aging/elderly; Elderly |
For the song by Nirvana, see Old Age. Old age consists of ages nearing the average life span of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle. Euphemisms and terms for older people include advanced adult, elderly, and senior (chiefly US) or senior citizen and pensioner. Older people have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to disease, syndromes, and sickness than other adults. For the biology of aging see senescence. Old age cannot be defined exactly because it does ...
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Aging Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- American Academy of Dermatology http://www.aad.org/
- American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons http://www.aaos.org/
- Immunization Action Coalition http://www.immunize.org/
- American Physical Therapy Association http://www.apta.org/
- Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/
- National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/
- National Alliance for the Mentally Ill http://www.nami.org/
- American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/
- Prevent Blindness America http://www.preventblindness.org
- Alliance for Aging Research http://www.agingresearch.org/
- American Bar Association http://www.abanet.org
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- U.S. Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/
- National Institute of Mental Health Information Center http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ocpl/index.htm
- National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), SAMSHA, HHS http://www.health.org/
- Office of Research on Women's Health, OD, NIH, HHS http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/index.html
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubsix.htm
- Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS http://cis.nci.nih.gov/
- Food and Nutrition Information Center, NAL, USDA http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/
- National Aging Information Center, AoA, HHS http://www.aoa.gov/naic/default.htm
- Administration on Aging, HHS http://www.aoa.gov/
- U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center, NHLBI, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/infoctr/index.htm
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Publications Office
- Weight Control Information Network, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm
- Food and Drug Administration, HHS http://www.fda.gov/
- National Institute on Aging Information Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.nia.nih.gov
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse, NIDCD, NIH, HHS http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/misc/clearinghouse.asp
- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIAMS, NIH, HHS http://www.niams.nih.gov/
- National Eye Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nei.nih.gov/
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://www.os.dhhs.gov/
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Publication Distribution Center
- Office of Minority Health Resource Center, OMH, OPHS, OS, HHS http://www.omhrc.gov/
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs http://www.va.gov/
- National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIDDK, NIH, HHS http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/index.htm
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS http://cms.hhs.gov/
- Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center, NIAMS, NIH, HHS http://www.osteo.org/
- A.D.A.M., Inc.
- National Institute on Aging, NIH, HHS http://www.nih.gov/nia/
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Publications Information Center
- Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.alzheimers.org/
- National Council on the Aging http://www.ncoa.org/
- American Association of Retired Persons http://www.aarp.org/
- Arc of the United States http://www.thearc.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/

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