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Your Health & Wellness
Before ordering generic drugs from Canada or any other country...
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who has bought lower-cost medication from Canada or...
Should we call the third phase of life elderhood?
In her new book, Elderhood, Dr. Louise Aronson, writes about the third phase of life. She sees it...
Exercise may strengthen memory in healthy older adults
A new study reveals that, for healthy older adults, even a little exercise may strengthen memory...
Urinary tract infections and delirium in older adults
Older people, especially women, and especially those living in long-term care facilities, are at...
How safe are generic drugs?
An op-ed by Katherine Eban in The New York Times exposes the FDA’s lax regulatory oversight...
Schedule your doctor’s appointment early in the day
In 2011, a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that judges...
Dietary changes may help fight allergies
What’s on your plate has a significant effect on allergies, including on how well allergy meds...
Another reason to exercise: It lowers your risk of stroke
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), stroke is the third leading cause of death...
Do you really need that dental work?
The data is clear that many older adults do not visit the dentist as much as they should. Dental...