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Alzheimer's Disease: About Alzheimer's
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This is an educational site devoted to teaching the public about this devastating neurological disease. Information about treatment, living with Alzheimer's, questions and answers, and links to newsletters are available.
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http://www.ahaf.org/alzheimers/ |
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Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST)
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Website for this "international coalition of ... technology companies, aging-services organizations, businesses, research universities and government representatives" with the focus of expediting "the development, evaluation and adopti ...
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http://www.agingtech.org |
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Ageing and Life Course
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Compilation of documents and publications on aging, covering topics such as age-friendly cities, active aging, older people in natural disasters and other emergencies, and age-friendly primary health care centers. Some publications also available in ...
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http://www.who.int/ageing/en/ |
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Aging Initiative
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This website provides information about U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "efforts to protect the environmental health of older persons." Provides fact sheets (many of which are available in several languages and easy-to-read and l ...
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http://www.epa.gov/aging/ |
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Living to 100 and Beyond: Search for Predictors of Exceptional Human Longevity
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This 2005 research paper "explores possible predictors of exceptional human longevity such as familial factors, early-life living conditions, month-of-birth, and birth order." Includes data tables and a bibliography. From the Center on Agin ...
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http://www.soa.org/research/life/research-living-to-100-and-beyond-search-for-predictors-of-exceptional-human.aspx |
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National Institute on Aging
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"The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is one of the National Institutes of Health, the principal biomedical research agency of the United States Government. The NIA promotes healthy aging by conducting and supporting biomedical, social, and behavior ...
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http://www.nia.nih.gov/ |
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American Federation for Aging Research
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AFAR's mission is "to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research." Provides information on aging research, publications and links to other aging research agencies and foundations.
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http://www.afar.org/ |
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The Association for Active Aging Professionals: Resources for Older Adults
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Consumer materials from this organization whose members "share a common interest in reaching older adults with active-aging messages, facilities, programs and guidance." Includes suggestions for getting back into a fitness regime, finding a ...
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http://www.icaa.cc/consumer.htm |
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AARP: Health Care & Wellness
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Collection of international resources on aging adult topics such as prescription drug importation, health IT, and health care quality and affordability. Includes speeches, event proceedings, research reports, and other publications. From AARP Interna ...
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http://www.aarpinternational.org/topics/topics_list.htm?topic=1975 |
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International Committee on Supercentenarians: Official Tables
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This site features "tables [that] describe the known Supercentenarians as maintained by the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group on a world-wide basis." A supercentenarian is defined as "a validated human centenarian who has attained ...
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http://www.grg.org/Adams/Tables.htm |
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