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Inspiring Professor Retires at Age 104

This week, tiny Messiah College in central Pennsylvania honored one of their own, Dr. Ray Crist. What is perhaps most interesting about Dr. Crist's situation is that he is 104 years old, and was graduated from Messiah College in 1916, and began his teaching career at Messiah 34 years ago at the age of 70. Crist came to teach at Messiah after a long career in science including stints at both the...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2004/0416
Alzheimer's Disease International

Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI) is an umbrella group of 66 Alzheimer associations throughout the world. The ADI website provides contact information for numerous Alzheimer associations located in such nations as Brazil, Iceland, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and many more. The site also provides dates and contacts for numerous upcoming conferences and other events, as well as information...

https://www.alzint.org/
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging

First established in 1961 as a temporary committee, the Senate Special Committee on Aging was granted permanent status on February 1, 1977. The Committee frequently commissions studies of issues related to relevant policy issues, such as the situation of Medicare and Social Security. During its history, various members of the Committee have worked to expose unacceptable conditions in nursing homes...

https://www.aging.senate.gov/
The Kaiser Family Foundation: Medicare and Medicaid at 40

The Medicare and Medicaid health programs are two of the most influential government policies. Signed into law forty years ago, they have continued to provide medical protection to a wide range of people in American society. To celebrate and document the achievements of this program, the Kaiser Family Foundation has created this site, which contains a number of helpful materials, including a...

https://www.kff.org/medicaid/video/medicare-and-medicaid-at-...
AARP

The American Association of Retired Persons has been advocating on behalf of adults over the age of 50 for decades, and their website provides a host of important information about their efforts and public outreach programs. From their homepage, visitors can access sections that include “Issues and Elections”, “Health”, and “Learning and Technology”. After taking a look at a few (or all) of these...

https://www.aarp.org/
MedPage Today

Developed by The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a team of administrators and physicians, MedPage Today is a clearinghouse of new and compelling medical news information. Along with these accessible and well-written updates, the site also includes “Teaching Brief” articles which help clinicians and consumers to understand the implications of these new discoveries and developments...

https://www.medpagetoday.com/
Social Isolation in America: Changes in Core Discussion Networks over Two Decades

Who could you count on in an emergency? Do you have a network of people to talk with about relationships, family issues, and the like? These are some of the thorny questions that some sociologists consider of the utmost importance when peering into the heart of contemporary society. According to this study, released in June 2006, Americans’ circle of close friends has shrunk rather dramatically,...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/000312240607100...
Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

In recent years, a number of medical organizations and institutes have created sites that feature weekly podcasts, and this particular one from Johns Hopkins Medicine is a nice find. Started in October 2005, each podcast lasts from five to seven minutes and features a "lively discussion of the week's medical news and how it may affect you." Past topics have dealt with the risks of not immunizing...

https://podcasts.hopkinsmedicine.org
Harvard Public Health Review

Harvard University's School of Public Health has a number of online outreach websites that address such topics as alcohol use among college students and HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in the developing world. These topics and many others are covered in detail in the Harvard Public Health Review, which is available on this site. One of the more recent issues addressed public health concerns in...

https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/201...
Medical Dictionary (last reviewed for April 28, 2000 Scout Report)

For nurses and other health care professionals who seek to distinguish the habitus from the humerus, this online medical dictionary provided by MedicineNet will be a place to bookmark for repeat visits. The dictionary contains well-written explanations for over 16,000 medical terms, and users can go ahead and browse around, or enter keywords or phrases into the search engine that resides on the...

https://www.medicinenet.com/
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