Springtime robins aren’t all that’s in the air.
So are pollen, mold, dust, deer ticks, adenovirus, rhinovirus, and norovirus. And after a long, cold winter, people are more apt to...
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11 minutes can add years to your life
More accurately, those minutes can keep years from being subtracted. “We’ve known for probably about a decade now that [prolonged]...
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Does frailty have to be a part of aging?
About 15% of American adults over 65 are considered frail, in that they meet three or more of these criteria: · Low physical...
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Having trouble getting back to sleep at night?
The problem isn’t waking up in the middle of the night; cycling out of sleep every two hours or so is normal. The real problem is not...
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Is there a fountain of youth in your kitchen?
There very well could be, two research studies suggest, and it’s your water faucet. Specifically, they suggest that drinking enough water...
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The condition too embarrassing to talk about
It’s incontinence. Depending on whose statistics you believe, between 15 and 23million Americans have it, 80 to 85 percent of them women....
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Don’t give yourself a heart attack for Christmas
According to American Heart Association 2022 statistics, some 850,000 Americans a year have heart attacks, 41% of whom (350,000) die from...
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Do you really need that cervical procedure?
In 2019, more than 1.3 million women over 65 underwent a Pap test, colposcopy, or some other cervical procedure, at a total cost of $83...
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What’s a better time for exercise – morning or evening?
It depends. Medical research has found that exercise in general can help promote heart health, prolong life, and postpone the onset of...
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Do you have type 2 diabetes? Are you sure?
Almost 25% of all Americans 65 and older – some 13,525,000 men and women – have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. But another 4.7%...
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How many steps a day are enough? Too many? Too few?
Conventional health wisdom recommends walking 10,000 steps a day to stave off the onset of dementia. An international study, based in...
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Is a monster lurking in your medicine chest?
Every day, some 750 older Americans are hospitalized for side effects of one or more medicines they’re taking. That doesn’t mean the meds...
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Is your doctor ignoring you?
Weeks after she’d fallen off her bike, a 39-yer-old woman told her doctor that her elbow was still hurting. “Well," replied the doctor,...
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Having trouble reading?
If you’re having trouble reading type this size, you’re not alone. Thanks to presbyopia (AKA farsightedness), so does everyone else at a...
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Boomers live longer than their parents did. But are they less healthy?
A Journals of Gerontology report published this month seems to suggest so. Comparing health statistics for seven age groups (Greatest...
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Men get osteoporosis too.
According to stereotypes, it’s older women who get osteoporosis. And according to a University of Sheffield (UK) study published in The...
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A little extra light can mess up more than a good night’s sleep.
Do you sleep with a bedside lamp, a bedroom light, or the television on? If so, you’ve got lots of company; 40% of Americans do. But even...
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Health apps help seniors manage chronic conditions. Too bad most don’t use them.
Are you living with heart disease, diabetes, asthma, or some other chronic condition? If so, you’ve got lots of company – nearly two out...
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7 cardiac procedures you might be better off skipping
During the almost half-century since stress EKGs earned clinical acceptance, many additional procedures have become standard procedures...
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Can hearing loss lead to balance problems?
Many people, particularly older ones, have both hearing loss and balance problems. A 2018 Journal of Preventative Medicine report...
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