Aging

Seattle mourned the news: Elizabeth and Robert Mar died of COVID-19 within a day of each other. They would have celebrated 50 years of marriage in August. But their deaths ...

“Is the first person who will live to 150 alive today?” asked a recent Wall Street Journal article. The piece ...

Amid the stress and confusion of COVID-19 shutdowns and social-distancing orders, it can seem to older patients as ...

Older adults with COVID-19, the illness caused by the CCP virus, have several “atypical” symptoms that complicate efforts ...

As we continue to navigate the coronavirus pandemic, many hospitals and health services are actually less busy than usual. Fewer ...

With tight restrictions in place at their continuing care retirement community, Tom and Janice Showler are getting on each other’s ...

If you care about aging gracefully, you will want to learn how to protect your telomeres. Like the ...

Long before she contracted COVID-19 at a Kirkland, Washington, nursing home, Barbara Dreyfuss made sure to document the ...

If you’re undergoing hormone reduction therapy to treat your prostate, a new study finds exercise can aid recovery ...

She knew it wasn’t a good idea and her daughter would disapprove. Nonetheless, Barbara Figge Fox, 79, recently ...

With nursing home residents at particular risk in the coronavirus pandemic, residents and their families can discover which ...

You might be guilty of approaching aging from the outside in. You’re certainly not alone. Skincare, hair treatments, ...

While you may be aware that a loss of vision, hearing, and memory is a sign of aging, ...

A leading group of medical experts last month declined to endorse cognitive screening for older adults, fueling a ...

It was a promise Matt Perrin wasn’t able to keep. “I’ll never take away your independence,” he’d told ...

Baby boomers—that’s anyone born in the United States between 1946 and 1964—are 20 percent of the population, more ...

About 13 years ago, I watched my very vital mother die a slow death from Lewy-Body dementia. For ...

A study that purported to show that diets high in meat, eggs, and dairy could be as harmful to health ...

I live with a hip-wiggler. When we’re in an elevator, Fred shakes to the muzak. If we’re pushing ...

Washington - At present, the home healthcare sector cannot meet the needs of elderly citizens, especially in rural ...

A partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Silicon Valley startup Virta Health Corp. is focusing attention ...

The last thing you want to do when your joints hurt is exercise. In fact, you might not ...

Got a sweet tooth that you just can't quash? Relax. Nature has provided a healthy way to satisfy ...

Ageism can harm older people’s health, a review of research in 45 countries across five continents shows. The ...

Stress has been blamed for causing gray hair for ages and researchers have now discovered the specifics of ...

Wouldn’t it be great if there was a magic pill for brainpower? Or at least a food you ...

Keeping your mind engaged is often suggested as a way to stave off dementia, and something as simple ...