About 12 percent of Americans take antidepressants to treat depression, anxiety, and panic...
Your Health & Wellness
Feeling isolated? Look into virtual communities
Increasingly, virtual communities are engaging homebound older adults and helping to address social...
Shingles vaccine appears to fend off dementia
Researchers at Stanford University have found that the shingles vaccine could help your brain and...
Practicing yoga can improve your sleep
A meta-analysis of 30 trials in more than 12 countries found that regular high-intensity yoga is...
Almost 10 percent of Americans say they have or have had cancer...
A new Gallup survey finds that almost 10 percent of Americans say they have or have had cancer...
Community living for people with dementia can have tremendous...
Today, some 500,000 people in the US are diagnosed with dementia each year. Black Americans are...
How to reduce your risk of falling
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more than one in four people over 65...
Pay attention to your feet!
Pay attention to your feet! You need them. Talk to your doctor if they look different, feel...
When it comes to Medicare, don’t trust AARP
There was once a time when AARP fought for the interests of older and disabled Americans with...
Have you gotten a bone density test?
According to the CDC, 18.8 percent of women over 50 and 4.2 percent of men over 50 have...