Healthy Seniors News & Features

Many Americans are caregivers, bus some aren’t prepared for the job when it falls into their lap. Read advice for caregivers as they embark on their new role.

U.S. life expectancy has declined for the third year in a row, largely because of opioid abuse and suicide, new government statistics show.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 85, was hospitalized Thursday morning with three broken ribs. after falling in her office Wednesday evening.

Native American populations like those in Oglala Lakota County have the highest rates of health disparities in the nation, including higher infant mortality rates, suicide, diabetes, heart disease, and alcohol-related accidents.

Summit County Colorado, a beautiful mountain playground where active lifestyles are the norm, has the highest life expectancy of any county in the U.S.

AU.S. life expectancy has gone down for the second year in a row, according to the CDC’s annual report on 2016 deaths, and experts say a third year of decline is likely.

The better the weather, the more active seniors are, researchers say.

Researchers studying cognitive health related to hearing and vision found that the rate of mental decline was halved after cataract surgery and was 75 percent lower after people got a hearing aid.

The Bose Hearing Aid is for mild to moderate hearing loss. It's the first of its kind where users can set and fit it themselves.

Many programs exist to help seniors learn how to avoid falls. From tai chi to traditional exercises, these programs incorporate physical fitness with how-to smarts to make homes safer.

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment added to standard drug therapy "is the most beneficial treatment option" for a type of sudden hearing loss, a research team in South Korea has found after a review of the collected evidence.

As more and more people live to 100, researchers want to know what separates them from those who live the average, expected 80 years. Of course exercise, a good diet, and other healthy choices key. But studies show genes are pretty important, too. So do you have to win the genetic lottery to live a whole century? Or can science unlock the secret to spreading the genetic wealth?

Daily aspirin is recommended for people between 50 and 69 if they are at increased risk of heart disease, according to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a guideline-setting expert panel. However, there's not been enough medical evidence to say whether aspirin would help elderly folks, the USPSTF says.

Tai Chi May Work Best to Prevent Falls in Old Age By Dennis ThompsonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Sept. 10, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- The ancient practice of tai chi may beat strength training and aerobics for preventing falls among seniors, a new trial shows.A modified senior-centered tai chi program reduced falls nearly a third better in a head-to-head comparison with an exercise regimen that combined aerobics, strength training and balance drills, the researchers reported."This tai chi program better addressed the deficits that were contributing to fall risk," said senior researcher Kerri Winters-Stone, a professor with the Oregon Health

New research shows pot isn't the drug of choice for just the young anymore. More middle-aged folks, and even seniors, are lighting up  nowadays, researchers say.

Statins were not associated with a reduced risk of heart disease or death from any cause in healthy people over age 75 in a new analysis of data from nearly 47,000 people.

Eating right can get tougher as you age for lots of reasons. Experts clear up some misconceptions about staying a healthy weight and getting the nutrients you need after 50.

Compounds in maple leaves block the release of an enzyme called elastase, which breaks down a protein called elastin as people age, researcher report in a new study. Elastin helps maintain skin elasticity.

'Moderate' Drinking May Protect Brain By Amy NortonHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Aug. 2, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Middle-aged people who drink moderately -- no more than a glass of wine a day -- may have a relatively lower risk of developing dementia later in life, researchers report.The study, which followed 9,000 British adults for over two decades, found that both heavier drinkers and abstainers had a higher dementia risk than moderate drinkers.Moderate drinking was defined according to the recommended drinking limits in the United Kingdom: no more than 14 "units" of alcohol per week. That translates to one

People over age 50 who break a bone may face a higher risk of death in the 10 years after the injury, a new study says.

Longevity pioneers lucky enough to make it past the perilous 70s, 80s and 90s could potentially live well into their 110s, if fortune remains on their side, said senior author Kenneth Wachter, a professor of demography and statistics at the University of California, Berkeley.

As assisted suicide gains more acceptance and people push back on extreme end-of-life measures, some people are asking whether we should pay more attention to the quality of our death and what that means.

The new study found that those who ate a large amount of dark-colored fruits and vegetables had a slower per year decline in lung function compared to those who ate fewer of these anthocyanin-filled foods.

Earlier this year, the consortium of several large hospital systems announced it would form a nonprofit drug company called Project Rx.

Across the nation, the rate of deaths from falls among those 65 and older increased 31 percent from 2007 to 2016 -- from about 18,000 to nearly 30,000, researchers found.