Get a dog. Dogs get you out of the house. They give you a reason to go outside and breathe fresh air. They get you moving. Dogs force you...

On October 17, 2022, the FDA permitted over the counter hearing aids to go on sale. These devices, with no need for a prescription, and...

If so, you've got lots of company. The FTC says in the first three quarters of last year, consumers have fallen victim to shopping scams...

Almost half of all American adults are classified with high blood pressure – over 130 systolic or 80 diastolic. But it turns out that a...

This is not a good time of year to be a senior facing loneliness. According to studies, at least 30 percent of seniors do – and it’s not...

Feeling depressed or just overall blah? A new study suggests maybe you should just put down your phone. The study, from Swansea...

A cat-borne parasite may contribute to muscle loss, exhaustion, and other signs of frailty in seniors, a study published in the Journals...

It was bad enough when phone scammers used only phishing attacks. But now they've gone a step further and developed smishing, which is...

If you got your mortgage around 10 years ago, when mortgage rates were really low, you should reconsider. For one thing, today you can...

What goes into your mouth can have an effect on your heart, your brain, and your memory. Berries, for example, can protect the brain from...

For surgery or a major procedure, it certainly does. At best, it can give you another perspective or more options. At worst, it can give...

Every 11 seconds an older adult goes to the emergency room to be treated for a fall. Looked at another way, that's one on four Americans...

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...