Consumer Health Information for Georgia: Seniors

National Institutes of Health site for health information for senior citizens. The site includes special capabilities such as changing the text size, the contrast and turning on speech. The site also includes a comprehensive list of videos in the site index.

Site also has Spanish version

Link to page provided by Terri Ottosen, Consumer Health Coordinator
National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Southeast/Atlantic (NN/LM SE/A) Region
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Health Sciences & Human Services Library
601 West Lombard Street, Baltimore, MD 21201-1512

NIA, one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of NIH, leads a broad scientific effort to understand the nature of aging and to extend the healthy, active years of life. In 1974, Congress granted authority to form NIA to provide leadership in aging research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs relevant to aging and older people. Subsequent amendments to this legislation designated the NIA as the primary Federal agency on Alzheimer’s disease research.