Medical (Academic) Books

This guide offers consumer-friendly information about these rare conditions and their causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, with helpful advice for caregivers.

This book describes some of NIA’s exciting findings about the basic biology of aging and points to directions for future investigation.

This book describes how the brain works and how it changes with age in healthy people and people with Alzheimer’s.

Literature from the National Institute of Aging about the state of the cardiovascular system with aging.

This booklet provides concise information on heart disease and its risk factors. It explains heart attack signs and how to respond to them.

This cookbook provides recipes for 26 tested and tasty favorite African American dishes. Recipes give nutrient analyses that include carbohydrates and protein.

This booklet contains learning more about ways you can help yourself ease some of your concerns about cancer.

This guide uses science-based information to help adults develop a safe and effective program of physical activity that can be sustained.

The handbook presents the latest information on how to live a healthier and longer life, by taking action steps to prevent and control heart disease risk factors.

It is a step-by-step guide to helping people with heart disease make decisions that will protect and improve their heart health."