This is good advice for caring for a sick person of any age. But since older people are statistically more likely to to have a sickness...

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

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

If so, it’s not necessarily the doctors’ fault. It’s how they were trained. According to a new study published in The Lancet Digital...

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

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

When the Omicron wave of COVID hit, Israel was the world’s first nation to start giving second booster shots to citizens over 60, younger...

Hospital stays cure illnesses, heal injuries, and save lives, but they’re not exactly fun-filled experiences. One thing that’s even less...

Maybe you’re new to Richmond. Maybe you’re moving across the river. Maybe your doctor is retiring. Or maybe your doctor-patient...

Let’s start with the obvious: For diagnosing a new illness, for treating an injury, for conducting lab tests, for removing staples or...

Sometime early this tear, new HHS Privacy Rule changes will have removed some major barriers between you and your own health records....

The older you are, the more doctors – your primary care physician and specialists – you’re likely to be seeing, and the more medications...

Value Based Reimbursement rewards coordinated medical care that leads to better patient health.

On the basis of 40-year-old research, millions of people in their 40s and older take a low-dose (81-100 mg) aspirin tablet every day as a...

The most obvious sign of a heart attack is intense chest pain, as if an elephant were sitting on your chest. It’s also the most prevalent...

No one ever said that unpaid family caregivers have it easy. Some 34.2 million spend almost 26 hours a week helping with dressing and...