To broaden the numbers of older adults able to search for and find reliable health information online, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has developed a free training curriculum for those who teach and work with older adults. This Toolkit for Trainers is now available on , a senior-friendly Web site developed by the NIA and the National Library of Medicine (NLM), components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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- NIEHS Awards Discover Grants
- Brief Intervention Helps Emergency Patients Reduce Drinking
- Study Suggests Some Brain Injuries Reduce the Likelihood of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Delayed Adoption of New Treatments in Developing World Costs Lives
- NIH Launches Human Microbiome Project
- NIDDK’s Director Honored by Hematology Society
- Pheromones Trigger Aggression Between Male Mice
- Fitness Predicts Longevity in Older Adults
- Heart Attack Symptoms in Women
- Early Fine-Tuning of Neural Connections May Turn Destructive Later in Life
- NIH State-of-the-Science Panel Seeks to Dispel Stigma Associated With Fecal and Urinary Incontinence
- NIDA Survey Shows a Decline in Smoking and Illicit Drug Use Among Eighth Graders
- Researchers Test New Lab Method to Detect DNA Damage Throughout the Genome
- Heart Attack Symptoms in Women — Are they Different?
- Controlling Cholera with Oral Vaccines
- Preschool Program Improves Cognitive Control
- New Calculations Assess Breast Cancer Risk in Black Women
- NINDS Announces New Spanish Language Website
- NIH Announces Collaboration With National Council of Negro Women to Reduce Childhood Overweight
- New Software To Aid Early Detection of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
- Scientists Identify Gene That Influences Alcohol Consumption
- Pheromones Identified that Trigger Aggression between Male Mice
- NIH to Hold Conference on Fecal and Urinary Incontinence, December 10 – 12
- NIH to Hold Conference on Fecal and Urinary Incontinence, December 10 – 12
- Obesity May Skew Results of Prostate Cancer Test
- Embryonic Stem Cell Milestone Achieved in Primates
- Versatile Human Stem Cells Created Without Embryos
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health Announces New Strategic Plan
- Older Adults with Mild Memory Impairment Still Benefit from Cognitive Training in Areas not Reliant on Memorization
- Joint Statement from Drs. Elias Zerhouni, Jack Whitescarver, and Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health on World AIDS Day
- Acting U.S. Surgeon General Galson, NIH Director Zerhouni Announce Expanded Efforts to Address Nationwide Childhood Overweight Epidemic
- High-Trauma Fractures in Older Men and Women Linked to Osteoporosis
- People with Diabetes and Sickle Cell Trait Should Have Reliable A1C Test
- More Accurate Method of Estimating Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women Developed
- NCI Researchers Identify Novel Mechanism for Spread of Sarcoma Tumors
- Training Guide from the National Institute on Aging Helps Older Adults Find Health Information Online
- Ozone Can Affect Heavier People More
- NIDA Announces New Avant-Garde Award for Innovative AIDS Research
- Depression Linked to Bone-Thinning in Premenopausal Women
- National Institute on Drug Abuse Launches Public Service Campaign for Hispanic Youth on the Link between Non-Injection Drugs and HIV
- WHO Director-General to Deliver Barmes Lecture on “Climate Change and Health”
- Protein Key to Severity of Staph Infections
- Tracking Neural Progenitor Cells in the Human Brain
- Scientists Find New Genetic Alterations in Lung Cancer
- Protein Suppresses Allergic Response in Mice
- Family Members of Patients Who Die in the ICU Report Greater Satisfaction with Communication and Involvement than Family Members of ICU Survivors
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse Offers Summer Internship Opportunities
- NCI Researchers Uncover Unusual Association Between Cell Survival Proteins and Ovarian Cancer Aggressiveness
- Scientists Zero in on the Cellular Machinery that Enables Neurons to Fire
- Statement of Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, on World Diabetes Day
- Lucy Greene Appointed NIDDK Executive Officer
- Brain Matures a Few Years Late in ADHD, But Follows Normal Pattern
- NIH Funds 10 Science Education Partnership Awards
- Diabetes Rates Are Increasing Among Youth
- NCMHD Announces New Director for Scientific Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis