Description Created by the American Bar Association, this article gives very helpful, straight up information about why you need an advance directive and what kind you need. This is a free publication and well worth the reading. You owe it to yourself and your family.
Description As featured on WFAA's Good Morning Texas, Dr. Ken Johnson with Baylor Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital discusses the diagnosis of heart disease and what can be done to prevent it. An excellent summary.
Description This site deals with the effects of nutrition on cancer and the use of nutrition in prevention. The site was listed by Time Magazine (http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1073326,00.html as one of the "Fifty Coolest Web Sites of 2005." CancerNutritionInfo.com has an abundance of free information but they do charge a modest fee for access to all the resources. The server may have been having problems when we visited to review the site: It loaded quite slowly if at all. Occasionally, though, we here at ElderHope have similar problems.
Description This is the U.S. government's clearinghouse for information about clinical trials. You can search for clinical trials at this site as well as glean information that you should know - yes, should know - for your own health, before signing up to participate.
Description A dear friend of mine - going through her own grief - recommended this site to me as one that has helped her. It has some marvelous information. I hope it helps you as well.
Description An excellent site with information for seniors, information about medicines and supplements (herbal and otherwise), and lots of interactive tools.
Description ElderHope features a wide variety of supportive tools to assist caregivers, those who are facing a terminal illness, and those who are grieving. Since 1997, first as The Caregiver Connection, and now as ElderHope, we have been caring for those facing life's most difficult chapters. a large and comprehensive site.
Description This site offers information by geographic region for places that offer free medical care. It has been referenced by radio computer guru/geek Kim Komando. With current financial conditions being what they are, this site may be very helpful!
Description PBS program Frontline has made available it's program Living Old. This is an excellent presentation about aging in our society, the problems that the aging face, the difficulties of facing hard choices, and the toll that caring for them takes on they themselves, their loved ones and the health care system itself. This is a very instructive program.