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Say what? While hearing loss is often associated with aging — 22% of people over the age of 65 struggle to hear everyday sounds around them — it can affect…
Let’s hear it for the boys. What started as an innocent prank between guy friends ended as a potentially life-saving discovery for one man. Now, the recipient of the practical…
Everything gets better with age. Feeling 40 at 80, with no higher risk of disease, your body still strong, and your zest for life intact—longevity certainly has its appeal. And…
Dating, sex, bad marriages and even stealing pepper mills. Life after 60 is hardly boring as portrayed in the short story anthology “20 Over 60” (Regal House, Oct. 6). In…
How does a fashion influencer with no medical or nutrition qualifications bring down a $40 million diet empire, with only a phone? Emily Gellis managed to do just that after…
A buildup of artery-clogging plaque may begin much earlier than many people realize, new research has found. About 1 in 13 adults ages 18 to 29 already had silent atherosclerosis,…
How can your bones tell you about your brain health? Researchers at Johns Hopkins knew that bone and brain health can both deteriorate with age. They wondered whether the health…
It turns out the human body has a sort of junk drawer, too. We have a number of body parts that served an important purpose for our distant ancestors but…
This year, the number of US adults on a GLP-1 medication for weight loss reached an astonishing 11% — meaning more than one in 10 adults are on one form…
The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that its inspectors detected cyclospora at the Mexican farm blamed for the largest foodborne illness outbreak of the parasite in U.S. history. Despite the finding,…