Health Care Links for Consumers

Medicare Resources

• Medicare.gov - The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Information
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
• Medicare Compare - Personal Plan Finder
• NYS Upstate Medicare Division
• Department of Health and Human Services

New York State Department of Health Resources

• New York State Department of Health
• 2005 New York Consumer Guide to Health Insurers
• Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Program
• Empire Medicare - Part A
• New York State Center for Consumer Health Care Information
• Asthma Information

Aging

• Administration on Aging
• Alzheimer's Association
• American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
• Brookdale Center on Aging of Hunter College
• National Institute on Aging
• New York State Office for the Aging
• New York State Office for the Aging - HIICAP
• Social Security Administration

Cancer

• National Cancer Institute
• Chemotherapy
• Consumer Cancer Information
• American Cancer Society

Diabetes

• American Diabetes Association
• National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
• National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse
• Diabetic Eye Disease

Heart and Lungs

• The American Heart Association
• National Institutes of Health
• What is Coronary Artery Disease?
• Preventing High Blood Pressure
• Women and High Blood Pressure
• Controlling Your Asthma

Información en Español

• AARP en Español
• La bebida y su embarazo (Drinking and Pregnancy)
• Alcoholismo (Alcoholism - the Facts)
• Principios del Cerebro Previniendo la Apoplejia (Stroke)
• Convulsiones Febriles

Associations/Organizations

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Centers for Disease Control
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• FirstGov for Consumers - Health Care Information
• Greater New York Hospital Association
• Healthcare Association of New York State
• Medical Society of the State of New York
• National Alliance for Caregiving
• National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• National Women's Health Resource Center
• The National Health Council
• United Hospital Fund
• National Institutes for Health Consumer Information Senior Health

Other Consumer Information Links

• Healthfinder
• Reuter's Health Information Services
• The National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials Databases
• THOMAS - Legislative Information on the Internet
• NYS Insurance Department - Health Insurance Information for Consumers
• 2005 New York Consumer Guide to Health Information

Other Clinical Information

• How to Quit Smoking
• Glaucoma Information
• General Headache Information
• Noise Induced Hearing Loss
• Mayo Health Oasis General Health Information
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
• Food Allergy and Intolerances
• Chronic Pain