Medical Help & Information for Senior Citizens - incl. web sites
Medical Help & Information including web sites
For Senior Citizens
We will post here from time-to-time web sites, newsgroups, bulletin boards, where health-related news and information important to senior citizens will be listed. We would appreciate your input of sources available and clarification of the URL addresses or method of contact.
- Our Right to Cancer Drugs - by Andrea Bennett - an article all should read!!!!
- Alzheimer Web - The aim of the Alzheimer Web is to provide a resource for researchers and people who have an interest in research developments regarding Alzheimer's.
http://werple.mira.net.au/~dhs/dd.html
- The ALZHEIMER Page -- Alzheimer Disease Research Center
http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/ALZHEIMER
- Elder Books Web Site -- provides a monthly caregiver tip as well as a full description of books on Alzheimer's and resources available for caregivers. For a snail mail catalog send a e-mail to Carmel Sheridan at: carmel@nbn.com
http://www.nbn.com/people/elder/alzheimer.html
- Alzheimer Discussion Group This is an E-mail discussion group for patients, professional and family caregivers, researchers, public policy makers, students, and anyone with an interest in Alzheimer's or related dementing disorders in older adults. It is intended to provide an opportunity to share questions, answers, suggestions, and tips. To subscribe to the list, send e-mail message to: majordomo@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU, leave subject blank. In message include: subscribe alzheimer.
- Index of Health-Related Sites on the Net
http://nearnet.gnn.com/wic/med.toc.html
- Parkinson Foundation of Canada
http://www.interlog.com/~vinovich/pf/pf.html
- Eldercare Consultant-Alice-Betty -- Ontario
http://www.interlog.com/~vinovich/rustin/ab.html
- BC SMILE -- British Columbia Senior Medication Information Line. Established to assist other health professionals, seniors, their families, and caregivers to use medications in an effective and rational manner. Staffed by licensed pharmacists especially trained in the area of consumer drug information. You can call the information hotline 822-1330 in the Greater Vancouver; 1-800-668-6233 from other parts of B.C. 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday except holidays. E-mail: smile-ubc@unixg.ubc.ca.
http://view.ubc.ca link to Academic Units & Information, then to Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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