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Other Sources of Information for Older Adults Local If you live in the city of Boston, the Mayor's Elderly Commission has a resource manual of all available services for older adults in Boston. You can access this manual and the information it contains through www.cityofboston.gov/elderly A resource for one-stop-shopping for information for older adults is Boston Elder Info, a telephone clearinghouse for information and referrals. They can be reached at www.elderinfo.org and by telephone at 617-292-6211. The Framingham Heart Study website is a rich source of information about how research can contribute to the information that our doctors use to treat us and that we use in our lives everyday. This site is remarkable and shows how a local study has changed modern medicine and personal behavior in the last 50 years! Framingham Heart Study National The most reliable source of health information can be found on the internet through the National Institutes of Health. This site can direct you to any of the institutes under its umbrella, including the National Institute on Aging. Try the NIH SeniorHealth website, which has links to consumer information on health topics and has large print and audio for hearing impaired or the National Institute on Aging Consumer Health Information Site.  NIH Senior Health website    NIA consumer health site