Healthy Seniors News & Features

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.

The tickle treatment is called transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS). The procedure involves placing custom-made clips containing electrodes on the part of your ear called the tragus; that's the small, pointed tip above your ear lobe.

Frailty is not just a byproduct of aging, but a standalone medical condition, researchers report.

Between 2009 and 2017, the most recent year for which statistics are available, 1,364 people in Washington had used the law to end their lives. Last year, in California, 337 people chose to die under the state’s End of Life Option Act.

People happy with themselves and their well-being tend to live longer and healthier lives than those who are perpetually down in the dumps, British researchers report.

In New York City, for example, people living in East Harlem have an average life expectancy of 71.2 years. A few blocks away, on the affluent Upper East Side, people live to 89.9.

What are age spots, the flat, light-brown spots that pop up on your skin as you age? Does the sun alone cause them? What can treat them, and when should you see a doctor? A dermatology professor explains.

Many people believe that financial difficulties happen only in the late stages of dementia, but they can happen early and the changes can be subtle, the senior study author said.

For both men and women, the death rate due to falls per 100,000 people roughly doubled between 2000 and 2016, according to the study.

Increasing numbers of people 65 and older have skipped medication they couldn't afford, taken less medication than prescribed, or delayed filling a prescription, says lead author Robin Cohen, a CDC statistician.

The device would rely on an emerging technology called "auditory attention decoding" (AAD). AAD simultaneously monitors a person's brainwaves and the sound around them.

The robopets stimulate conversations and trigger fond memories of pets or past experiences, the study’s lead author said.

The loss of an ability to smell has been linked to your risk of brain disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and some dementias, but researchers suspected that sense of smell might be related to more health issues.

Brothers Scott and Mark Kelly were 51 in March 2015, when Scott began his fourth and longest space mission — commanding the International Space Station (ISS) for 340 days, which set an American record.

Many victims knew and trusted their attackers, researchers said.

One in three  older adults say they lack companionship,  a new poll has found, and the feeling is more likely in people with health problems.

Delaying or withholding antibiotics in this age group can increase the risk of bloodstream infection (sepsis) and death, researchers reported Feb. 27 in the BMJ.

While the FDA did not name Ambrosia its release, it cautioned consumers that there is “no proven clinical benefit” to the transfusions. Although

Osteoporosis is a serious condition for men, too. After breaking a hip, the risk of illness and death is greater among men than women, researchers said.

Just as pediatricians care for young patients, geriatricians focus on caring for older adults. Learn more about what these medical doctors do.

Statins appear to be just as effective in people aged over 75 years as in younger people, a new study says.

Older people who were physically active kept their minds sharp, even if their brains showed signs of lesions or other markers linked to Alzheimer's disease or other dementias, researchers found.