Caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia can be overwhelming, but in-home senior care offers vital support, allowing seniors...

That's not to say it the physiological experience of falling in love differs from when they were younger. It's exactly the same. People...

This is not a good time of year to be a senior facing loneliness. According to studies, at least 30 percent of seniors do – and it’s not...

Probably the most widely used test for prostate cancer is the annual PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test, which measures the blood...

More accurately, those minutes can keep years from being subtracted. “We’ve known for probably about a decade now that [prolonged]...

About 15% of American adults over 65 are considered frail, in that they meet three or more of these criteria: · Low physical...

There very well could be, two research studies suggest, and it’s your water faucet. Specifically, they suggest that drinking enough water...

Nearly half of all Americans 65 or older – 45.6%, according to the Centers for Disease Control – have back pain. Many may not be treating...

If you’re having trouble reading type this size, you’re not alone. Thanks to presbyopia (AKA farsightedness), so does everyone else at a...

Sometimes independence-undermining disabilities develop slowly over time, and sometimes they strike literally overnight. But either way,...

A Journals of Gerontology report published this month seems to suggest so. Comparing health statistics for seven age groups (Greatest...

If you’re like many people, you have important data on computer files and applications. Having bank account, credit card account,...

According to stereotypes, it’s older women who get osteoporosis. And according to a University of Sheffield (UK) study published in The...

Age-related muscle decline …begins to accelerate at around 60,” says Dr. Daniel Ham, of the University of Basel's Biozentrum. “By age 80,...

Many people, particularly older ones, have both hearing loss and balance problems. A 2018 Journal of Preventative Medicine report...

Last month, I wrote that “Many symptoms of dementia can look like the results of natural aging.” A newly released study shows that some...

According to a 2002 National Institutes of Health study, false negative perceptions of aging can take an average of 7½ years off a...