More than 3 million Americans do, and 75% of them are seniors. It's one of the leading causes of blindness in people over 60, but only...

Quick and easy indoor exercises to keep cool in the summer and fall.

The answer is a definite maybe. For certain women over 70, the risks of overdiagnosis and treatment may outweigh the risks of cancer,...

Over the coming years, that’s going to become more and more likely. Every day, another 10,000 or so Baby Boomers turn 65, and 70% of them...

Caregiving can make you feel physically and mentally exhausted, guilty, resentful, stressed, fatigued, irritable, overwhelmed, depressed,...

About 20 million Americans live with macular degeneration, an age-related condition. It comes on gradually, painlessly, and progressively...

Actually, they’ve never been away. In 2020, the Internet Crime Complaint Center received 791,790 complaints, with over $4.1 billion in...

One month ago, the American Medical Association formally rejected Body Mass Index (body weight in kilograms divided by the square of...

Back in the early days of commercial television, there were tons of obnoxious commercials for a product called Geritol, a supplement to...

As I mentioned last week, over-the counter hearing aids come in some 95 different models from 18 different brands. After 5,300 hours of...

Last week, in my post about shopping for over-the-counter hearing aids, I advised that since no two people – not even identical twins –...

A little over six months ago, the FDA approved the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids. Without a series of doctor or audiologist...

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

“Using the Internet may help extend the cognitively healthy lifespan,” notes a study published in last month’s Journal of the American...

Last week, I wrote about the growing number of older adults who die from fall-related injuries. Statistics show that every 11 seconds, an...

Mention leading causes of older Americans’ deaths, and heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and kidney failure come to mind. But there’s...

In an 81-page report released last week, the US Surgeon General stated that loneliness poses health risks as deadly as smoking 15...

Millions of people worldwide literally suffer from back pain. But thanks to a new type of treatment, reported in The Lancet this week,...

Most people in the US sleep from around 11 PM to 7 AM, but many don’t. Or can’t. They fall asleep and wake up hours later than what’s...

Family caregiving starts off with the best of loving intentions that stresses, over time, can stand on their heads. Caregivers can go...