Resources

Healthy Aging for Older Adults
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides this extensive Web site on aging for older adults. Find information on healthy living, medical statistics, and other online resources.

National Institute on Aging
This Web site from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) offers information on current research into the biology of aging, behavioral and social aspects of old age, and more.

NIH Senior Life
This easy-to-use website features health and wellness information for older adults from the National Institutes of Health.

The Aging Research Center
On this Web site, learn about upcoming conferences on geriatrics research, read up on federally and privately supported clinical research, and find a list of online aging resources.

Infoaging
This Web site from the American Federation for Aging Research has information on the biology of aging, age-related diseases, and links to current research.

The New England Centenarian Study (NECS)
The New England Centenarian Study (NECS) at Boston University is based on our conviction that centenarians are a select group of people who have a history of aging relatively slowly and who have either markedly delayed or entirely escaped diseases normally associated with aging such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, stroke and heart disease.