Staying Healthy at 50+

The Pocket Guide to Staying Healthy at 50+ was developed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with AARP.

If you are 50 or older, this guide will help you stay healthy.

The guide talks a lot about your risk for getting a disease or a condition. Your risk for any disease or condition depends on whether you have one or more risk factors. Examples of risk factors include: family history, personal health habits, age, sex, and race/ethnicity. Some risk factors you cannot change. You cannot change your age or your race for example. Other risk factors, especially your personal habits, you can change.

To stay healthy, it makes sense to do what you can to lower your risk for disease. This booklet can help you lower that risk.

Select from the choices below to learn about staying Healthy at 50+:

>Your Doctors and Nurses: What to ask them and what to tell them
>Staying Healthy: How to take charge of your health
>Check-ups, Tests, and Shots: Which ones you need and when to get them
>More Resources for Health: Where to get more information

To order copies of this guide, call the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Publications Clearinghouse at
1-800-358-9295 or e-mail ahrqpubs@ahrq.gov