Life today for a person aged 65 years or older dramatically differs from life 50 years ago, with major advances in health and technology. Futurists like Ray Kurzweil predict continued advances in ...

The pandemic played a role in increased consumption, but alcohol use among people 65 and older was climbing even before 2020. By Paula Span The phone awakened Doug Nordman at 3 a.m. A surgeon was ...

The number of senior citizens is growing rapidly; individuals aged 65 and older increased from 39.6 million in 2009 to 54.1 million in 2019 (a 36% increase) and is projected to reach 94.7 million by ...

A top Democrat slammed the Trump administration late Wednesday for creating “uncertainty and confusion” in cutting thousands ...

Often starting in adolescence or young adulthood, many individuals have both a substance abuse disorder and at least one psychiatric disorder, although which diagnosis came first is frequently unclear ...

Public health officials surveyed the lived experiences of residents in 2024 to assess real-life health issues facing the ...

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The leading preventable cause of death in the United States is tobacco and second is poor diet and physical inactivity. Care to guess what comes in third? You can’t be faulted if you guessed opioids ...