Links

These websites will open in a new browser window. All websites are in English, with Spanish versions noted.

Flu Information

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s website on Influenza (Flu) has helpful advice for everyone.

Nutrition

Five A Day: www.5aday.com/

American Dietetic Association: www.eatright.org/Public/

Helpful Facts: www.americanheart.org

Healthy Recipes: www.deliciousdecisions.org

Food and Nutrition Facts Search Engine: www.diet-data.com/

Surviving Diabetes: www.survivingdiabetes.com/

The American Dietetic Association: www.eatright.org

All-around health: www.intelihealth.com

Health info: www.mayoclinic.com

How to win by losing!: www.caloriecontrol.org

Fun nutrition website for kids and adults: www.dole5aday.com

Information from the www.diabetes.org

Diet and cancer prevention: www.aicr.org

The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) at the National Agricultural Library (NAL): www.nal.usda.gov/fnic

DASH – Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan (an Adobe Acrobat PDF file): download it

Family Medicine

www.familydoctor.org

Optometry

National Eye Institute: www.nei.nih.gov (Spanish version available.)

American Optometric Association: www.aoanet.org

Glaucoma Research Foundation: www.glaucoma.org

Glaucoma Foundation: www.glaucomafoundation.org

manufacturers: www.coopervision.com

manufacturers: www.marchon.com

manufacturers: www.bauschandlomb.com

Insurance Companies

Preferred Care of Rochester: www.preferredcare.org

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rochester: www.bcbsra.com

Fidelis Insurance Company: www.fideliscare.org

Health Info for Patients and Professionals

“Make the Link! Diabetes, Heart Disease and Stroke” is the name of a joint initiative by the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Cardiology, aimed at increasing awareness of the link between diabetes and heart disease, and informing people with diabetes how they can lower their risk for heart attack and stroke. Visit www.diabetes.org

The World Health Organization’s website: www.who.int

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health: www.cdc.gov/niosh (also in Spanish)

Mended Hearts, a national nonprofit organization affiliated with the American Heart Association: www.mendedhearts.org

The Multilingual Health Resources Exchange: www.crosshealth.com

National Woman’s Health Information Center: www.4women.gov

Quickly determine what prescription savings programs a senior qualifies for and how to claim them: www.BenefitsCheckUp.org

The Rochester Heart Institute at Rochester General Hospital: www.rochesterheartinstitute.org

Local health resources from the Rochester Regional Library Council: www.cliconhealth.org/

Help for Smokers: www.smokefree.gov/

Specific Organizations

Alzheimer’s Association Disease and Education Referral Center: www.alzheimers.org

Arthritis Foundation: www.arthritis.org/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/

Consumer Information from the Federal Government: www.consumer.gov/

American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org

International Diabetes Federation’s website: www.idf.org

The American Lung Association: www.lungusa.org

National Arthritis Foundation: www.arthritis.org (also in Spanish)

National Cancer Institute, Cancer information Center: www.nci.nih.gov

National Eye Health Education Program: www.nei.nih.gov

American Stroke Association: www.strokeassociation.org

This website is partially funded through the VitaGrant project, from the Indirect Vitamins Purchasers Antitrust Litigation Settlement administered by the New York State Attorney General.