Geriatric care Stories
New research challenges the idea that alcohol consumption can be healthy in moderation, and instead suggests that these findings are based on skewed data.
Women’s brains start to show signs of decline well before they become senior citizens.
More people die from heart problems during the Christmas season and it has nothing to do with the winter weather.
Medicare patients were less likely to die or to be readmitted to the hospital when their doctors were women.
Scientists were recently able to extend the lifespan of mice by reprogramming some of their genes, and believe the same can be done someday in humans.
United States demographics are changing as more white people die than are born in 17 states.
A new study has found that fish oil supplements may help older women to prevent falls related to muscle problems.
New research has found that a compound originally isolated in semen is able to increase the lifespan of mice, and could be key to doing the same in humans.
New research has identified a behavior of telomeres that may lead to new cancer treatments.
Brain scans of "super agers" may reveal how some elderly people never lose memory function.
A doctor reveals secrets to a healthy long life based on decades of research.
Tight family bonds are the key to living a longer life in the end.