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• AIDS (Disease) in old age
• Communicable diseases in old age
• Diabetes in old age
• Hypertension in old age
• Kidney diseases in old age
• Minority older people -- Diseases
• Musculoskeletal diseases in old age
• Nutrition disorders in old age
• Older women -- Diseases

• Old age -- Diseases

• Physical medicine and rehabilitation for the aged. (Thomas, 1951), by Walter S. McClellan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The care of the aged (geriatrics). (The C. V. Mosby company, 1946), by Malford W. Thewlis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geriatric medicine; the care of the aging and the aged. (W.B. Saunders Co., 1949), by Edward Julius Stieglitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Clinical lectures on the diseases of old age (W. Wood & Co., 1881), by J. M. Charcot, Alfred L. Loomis, and Leigh H. Hunt (page images at HathiTrust)
• A practical treatise on the domestic management and most important diseases of advanced life. With an appendix, containing a series of cases illustrative of a new and successful mode of treating lumbago and other forms of chronic rheumatism, sciatica and other neuralgic affections, and certain forms of paralysis. (Lea and Blanchard, 1849), by George Edward Day (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some medical aspects of old age, : being the Linacre lecture, 1922, St. John's college, Cambridge. (Macmillan & co., ltd., 1922), by Humphry Davy Rolleston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Clinical lectures on senile and chronic diseases. (The New Sydenham Society, 1881), by J. M. Charcot and William Samuel Tuke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old age, its care and treatment in health and disease (E. Arnold, 1913), by Robert Saundby (page images at HathiTrust)
• A good night's sleep. (National Institute on Aging, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 2005), by National Institute on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old age, its care and treatment in health and disease (E. Arnold, 1914), by Robert Saundby (page images at HathiTrust)
• The diseases of sedentary and advanced life, a work for medical and lay readers. (Baillière, Tindall, and Cox, 1890), by J. Milner Fothergill (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Krankheiten des höheren Lebensalters (A. Hölder, 1914), by Hermann Schlesinger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lehrbuch der Greisenkrankheiten. (Enke, 1909), by J. Schwalbe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Heat stress and older Americans : problems and solutions : an information paper (U.S. G.P.O., 1983), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité des maladies des vieillards. (Baillière, 1909), by G. Rauzier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geriatrics; the diseases of old age and their treatment, including physiological old age, home and institutional care, and medico-legal relations. (Blakiston, 1916), by I. L. Nascher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geriatrics, a treatise on senile conditions, diseases of advanced life, and care of the aged (C. V. Mosby company, 1919), by Malford W. Thewlis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digestive do's and don'ts. (Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1985., 1985), by National Institute on Aging, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and National Digestive Diseases Education and Information Clearinghouse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Health status of aged medicare beneficiaries. (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing Administration, Office of Research and Demonstrations, 1983), by William E. Schlenger, Larry S. Corder, and William M. Wadman (page images at HathiTrust)

• Costs and Effectiveness of Cholesterol Screening in the Elderly (1989), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Costs and effectiveness of cholesterol screening in the elderly (Health Program, Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the U.S. :, 1989), by Alan M. Garber and United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Health Program (page images at HathiTrust)

• Screening for open-angle glaucoma in the elderly (Congress of the U.S., Office of Technology Assessment, 1988), by Elaine J. Power, Brigitte M. Duffy, Judith L. Wagner, and United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)

• Use of imaging services : providing appropriate care for Medicare beneficiaries : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, July 18, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)

• The second fifty years : promoting health and preventing disability (National Academy Press, 1990), by Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Robert L. Berg, Joseph S. Cassells, and Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Health Promotion and Disability Prevention for the Second Fifty (page images at HathiTrust)

• Combating the flu : keeping seniors alive : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, September 28, 2004. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preparing for pandemic flu : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, May 25, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• What to do about flu. (National Institute on Aging, 2000), by National Institute on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adult immunizations : a guide to billing influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2004), by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Health promotion-- disease prevention : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Finance, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, first session, June 14, 1985. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1985), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Health (page images at HathiTrust)

• Changing face of HIV/AIDS (Washington : U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2017., 2017), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)

• Medicare preventive benefits and quality standards : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and Environment of the Committee on Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, April 11, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Health and the Environment (page images at HathiTrust)

• Nutrition and the elderly : savings for Medicare : forum before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, June 20, 1996. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nutrition and the elderly : savings for Medicare : forum before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, June 20, 1996. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1996), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)

• Advances in aging research : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, May 11, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1989), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digestive do's and don'ts. (Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1985., 1985), by National Institute on Aging, United States Department of Health and Human Services, and National Digestive Diseases Education and Information Clearinghouse (page images at HathiTrust)

• Breakthroughs in brain research : a national strategy to save billions in health care costs : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, Washington, DC, June 27, 1995. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1995), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)

• Life-Sustaining Technologies and the Elderly (OTA-BA-306; Washington: GPO, 1987), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
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• Costs and Effectiveness of Prostate Cancer Screening in Elderly Men (1995), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
• Costs and effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in the elderly (Health Program, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress :, 1990), by Judith L. Wagner and United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Health Program (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alzheimer's disease hearing before the Subcommittee on Aging of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One hundredth Congress, first session on examining the progress that has been made in combating Alzheimer's disease and to discuss the further advances needed in helping to defeat this disorder, August 19, 1987, Cleveland Heights, OH. (U.S. G.P.O., 1987), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Advances in aging research hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, May 11, 1988. (U.S. G.P.O., 1989), by United States Senate Special Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Costs and effectiveness of prostate cancer screening in elderly men (The Office :, 1995), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (page images at HathiTrust)
• Skin cancer : older Americans at risk : hearing before the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, May 21, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1986), by United States Select Committee on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cancer facts for people over 50. (National Institute on Aging, 2000), by National Institute on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• HIV, AIDS, and older people. ([Bethesda, Md.] : National Institute on Aging, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 2004), by National Institute on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cancer facts for people over 50. (National Institute on Aging, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 2005), by National Institute on Aging (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deadly cold : health hazards due to cold weather : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, second session, February 2, 1984. (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
• Deadly cold : health hazards due to cold weather : an information paper (U.S. G.P.O., 1984), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care (page images at HathiTrust)
• The preventable tragedy of hypothermia : hearing before the Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care and the Subcommittee on Human Services of the Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, February 3, 1982. (U.S. G.P.O., 1982), by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care and United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Human Services (page images at HathiTrust)

• Controlling high blood pressure : a guide for older women :you have what it takes (Alliance for Aging Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, in the 1990s), by National Institutes of Health (U.S.), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and Alliance for Aging Research (page images at HathiTrust)

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