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Flu season is nigh and if you’re 65 or older, don’t dally on getting your updated, 2024–25 vaccine. Seasonal flu…
Older Americans aren’t just using cannabis more, they’re also consuming the sometimes-legal-sometimes-not drug in dangerous ways. From 2017 through 2022,…
Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn’t have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in…
In the quest for longevity, a new study proposes a novel pathway to extend life. In an animal study, researchers…
There are about 790,000 total knee replacements and 544,000 hip replacements done every year in the U.S.—and those numbers are…
Medicare generally doesn’t offer much to assist the 6.9 million Americans over age 65 with dementia or their 11.5 million…
In the wake of last week’s presidential debate between the 78- and 81-year-old candidates—and the impression among some that President…
Eli Lilly & Co.’s Alzheimer’s treatment was cleared in the US as the second drug to slow progression of the…
Breast reduction surgery, also known as reduction mammaplasty, involves the removal of skin and tissue from the breasts, then reshaping…
Medical research has shortchanged women for decades. This is particularly true of older women, leaving physicians without critically important information…