This year the AIDS epidemic is officially 25 years old. Fortunately, HIV-positive patients can look forward to a much longer life than could those who contracted the virus in the ... Read More

A study has found that those with early-stage Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) have a 50% greater chance of having an ischemic stroke, caused by a blood clot to the ... Read More

The United Nations World Health Organization estimates that overexposure to the sun causes diseases that kill 60,000 people a year worldwide. Most cases of basal cell carcinoma of the skin ... Read More

Many seniors have hit the gap in the Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage, commonly referred to as the "donut hole". Once the beneficiary has used $2250 in medications, you ... Read More

A news report from the U.S. Institute on Aging and the University of Florida found that men and women aged 70 to 79 who drank one to seven alcoholic ... Read More

A study from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine finds that seniors who are still driving are less likely to enter nursing homes. The report does not encourage seniors to continue ... Read More

A report by the Institute of Medicine, to congress found that medication errors are among the most common medical errors, and harm at least 1.5 million people every year. If ... Read More

A study from the American College of Sports Medicine, reported in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 20, 2006 finds that only 20 percent of adults engage in strength ... Read More

Swedish researchers studied a new way of delivering Alzheimer’s medications and found it much easier to use while minimizing unpleasant side effects. The study compared delivery of the drugs using ... Read More

While it is best to start an exercise program when you are young, even couch potatos over 40 can benefit from a fitness program. A study being published in the ... Read More

Summertime and heat and humidity seem to go hand in hand. For most it is just uncomfortable but for seniors it can be deadly. A new study from Greece found ... Read More

A study being reported in Current Biology shows the benefits of a good nights sleep on memory. In the study they found that people who had a good sleep without ... Read More

A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) the nonpartisan investigative arm of congress has found that Medicare Drug Plan sponsors often give out inaccurate information to callers to their ... Read More

A study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology found that smoking increases the risk of developing Age Related Macular Degeneration while a diet that includes fish can lower your risk ... Read More

It is never too early to start thinking about preventing the flu especially when it kills over thirty thousand people every winter - most of them seniors over the age ... Read More

People who suffer from Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) often avoid exercise and physical activity due to pain. Even walking a short distance can cause painful leg cramps. Though painful physical ... Read More

A study being reported in The Lancet shows that diabetics are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease about 15 years earlier than people without diabetes (all other risk factors ... Read More