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Older adults worried about falling typically receive general advice: Take an exercise class. Get your vision checked. Stop taking medications for sleep. Install grab bars ...

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors is slated to vote Tuesday to ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in the city. The city is the ...

When I was a kid, I thought this 65-year-old, white-haired, frail woman was very old. Now that I’m 66, my perception has changed.

“Medicare for All Rally”by mollyktadams is licensed under CC BY 2.0 EASTON, Pa. — Walk into a big-box retailer such as Walmart or Michaels and ...

It was dusk as Oakley Yoder and the other summer camp kids hiked back to their tents at Illinois’ Jackson Falls last July. As the ...

In regard to President Trump’s new executive order to promote greater transparency by hospitals, insurers, and other providers through disclosure of more information about health ...

ST. LOUIS — As the last abortion clinic in Missouri warned that it will have to stop providing the procedure as soon as Friday, abortion ...

The family of a young Navy nurse who died after military doctors allegedly failed to halt massive bleeding following childbirth won’t get a hearing in ...

Dr. Hasan Shanawani was overcome by frustration. So, last week he picked up his cellphone and began sharing on Twitter his family’s enraging experiences with ...

Patients should have as much access to information as possible.  The more they know, the more informed decision about their health and life that can ...