Healthy Seniors News & Features

Guys, a long and healthy life starts having with a plan. Begin with your annual trip to the doctor.

Staying active helps you live a longer, healthier life, and may also boost your brain health. See our dos and don'ts for healthy aging for seniors.

Preliminary studies suggested vitamin D may increase muscle strength and improve balance, so Johns Hopkins researchers investigated whether high doses of vitamin D might reduce the risk of falls in people aged 70 and older.

Biden was playing with Major, one of his two German shepherds, when he slipped and fell.

Your risk of heart disease rises as you get older, but there are things you can do to slow or stop the process.

In fact, these patients are prescribed twice as many drugs as needed and are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or wind up in the emergency department.

Older adults who use hearing aids may be using them less, because they think there's no one to interact with. This can reduce sound input to the brain and lead to auditory deprivation.

Looking at two decades' worth of data on U.S. adults, the study found generational differences in tests of cognitive function. That refers to essential mental abilities such as remembering, reasoning and problem-solving.

Exercising and socializing linked to better health as people age.

COVID-19 has changed the way we do everything -- especially when it comes to doctor visits. But sometimes you need to see the doctor in person or go to the ER. We asked experts how to get the care you need with the lowest risk.

Brilliant at math, she became one of the first living "computers” NASA hired to help with meticulous calculations needed in a world where actual computers were rare, huge, and slow.

The proportion of folks 65 and older who use pot stands at 4.2%, up from 2.4% in 2015, according to figures from the U.S. National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Among patients who had turned 80 within the past two weeks, just over 5%  received bypass surgery. In contrast, the rate was 7% among patients who were about to turn 80 in the next couple weeks.

The jump in longevity comes as deaths from opioid overdoses dropped for the first time in 28 years, as did deaths from six of the 10 leading causes.

Data were collected in 2000 when participants had an average age of 40, and the follow-up took place 10 years later. At both points, participants were asked about the discrimination they experienced in various situations.

The scientists analyzed plasma -- the cell-free, fluid part of blood -- from more than 4,200 people between the ages of 18 and 95, and found a link between 373 proteins and aging.

Former President Jimmy Carter was discharged from the hospital after getting treated for a urinary tract infection.

The 86-year-old was first evaluated on Friday at a hospital in Washington, D.C., after feeling unwell. She was then transferred to The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. By Saturday, her fever and chills had lessened after receiving intravenous antibiotic therapy and fluids, the spokeswoman said.

Vitamin D deficiency is linked with poor muscle health in older adults, a new study finds.

Life expectancy has declined over the past three years, driven down by increasing rates of suicides and drug overdoses.

Each year, more than 300,000 people in the United States aged 65 or older are hospitalized for a broken hip, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Former President Jimmy Carter, 95, is recovering from a minor pelvis fracture after he fell at his home in Plains, GA.

Dog ownership decreases a person's overall risk of premature death by 24%, according to researchers who conducted a review of the available medical evidence.

Almost 1 in 10 U.S. seniors doesn't have enough food to eat, a new study shows.

The studies also found the more positive one's outlook, the less one's risk for heart trouble or death.