Senior Health

Barbara Brody

What Your Mouth Says About Your Health

People have been telling you to brush, floss, and see your dentist regularly since childhood. But how seriously do you take oral health...

Joy Manning

The 7 Healthiest Protein Bars for Older Adults

In a perfect world, you’d meet all your nutritional needs with made-from-scratch meals filled with whole food ingredients. But in the...

Korin Miller

5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Improve Your Hearing

If you’re constantly asking others to repeat themselves—or you watch TV at full volume or with the closed captioning on—there’s a good...

Wendy Leonard, MPH and A. L. Heywood

Risk Factors for Dementia and How to Reduce Them

You can’t change your age or your genetics, but by staying physically, mentally, and socially active, you may be able to reduce your risk...

Brunilda Nazario, MD

Eating For Energy After 50

Pack in Protein Top that salad with salmon. Protein supports almost every function of the body, and you need more of it as you age....

Elizabeth Millard

5 Early Signs of COPD Every Older Adult Should Know

Smoking cigarettes, especially long term, is the most common cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a group of lung...

Alisa Hrustic

3 Types of Exercise Older Adults Should Do Every Week

If you want to live a longer, healthier life, then you have to get up and move every day. There’s just one problem: With so many...

Jerilyn Covert

11 Best and Worst Sleep Positions for Older Adults

Joint pain, heartburn, sleep apnea—whatever’s keeping you up at night, here’s your fix. Try this: Bend your wrist as far back as you can...

Ramesh Menda

HOW I BECAME HEALTHIER IN MY 60s AND BEYOND

" Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending. " – Carl Bard It’s a...

Lianne Kolirin, CNN

Weekend warriors have the same risk of mild dementia as more frequent exercisers, study suggests

People who only exercise on weekends have a similar risk of developing mild dementia to those who work out more frequently, a new study...

Lara Vukelich

6 Expert-Recommended Vitamins and Minerals That Unlock Healthy Aging

Maintaining a balanced diet is important at every stage of life. However, it becomes even more important to pay attention to what you...

Kirsten Nunez

6 Things People Who Live to 100 Have in Common, According to Longevity Experts

Life is undoubtedly filled with surprises. But if there’s one thing you can be sure of, it’s that you’re going to get older. After all,...

Francisco Lopez-Jimenez, M.D.

Understanding the difference between biological age and chronological age

Despite the fact that aging is universal, there is no universal experience of aging. Some people remain active and sharp both mentally...

Lauryn Higgins

Researchers Identify Two New Preventable Risk Factors for Dementia

Treating vision loss and lowering LDL cholesterol could help reduce a person’s risk of developing dementia, according to a new report....

Christa Sgobba

8 Lung Cancer Symptoms Even Non-Smokers Should Know

There’s a reason most people associate lung cancer with smoking: It contributes to 80 percent and 90 percent of lung cancer deaths in...

Poonam Sachdev

Prediabetes: You Can Turn It Around

What Is Prediabetes? It’s when your blood sugar is higher than normal, but not high enough to be called diabetes. You won’t necessarily...

Barbara Brody

29 Medications Older Adults Should Avoid

Even if you’re as sharp and active as you were in your 20s, there’s no denying your body has changed over the years. And while some of...

Jerilyn Covert

10 Ways to Improve Your Eyesight Naturally

Your eyesight impacts almost every aspect of your daily life, with research linking vision impairment to a reduced ability to maintain...

Marcia Wade

Does This Cause Cancer?

Artificial Sweeteners Despite all the talk -- and chain emails -- there’s no proof that these sugar stand-ins raise your risk of cancer....

Mayo Clinic Press Editors

What time of day should you take your medicine?

Did I take my statin this morning for my high cholesterol? Or was that the pill for my diabetes? Maybe I should just stop taking my...

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