In summary, mental health challenges are common in the elderly population, but they are often missed or left untreated.

Long overlooked in women 40 and older, midlife eating disorders are going up. Eating disorder specialists cite hormonal ...

Advanced maternal age, or geriatric pregnancy, refers to people who become pregnant at age 35 or older. The majority of healthy people who get pregnant in their late 30s, and even into their early 40s ...

Experts have long pointed to inflammation as a natural part of getting older. But a new paper suggests it might be more a ...

I've been in my apartment for 30 years, and may be here another 30. This is what aging alone and in place looks like for me.

Too often as patients age, doctors pile on prescriptions. The practice, known as polypharmacy, can be dangerous at any age but is particularly hazardous for elderly people, from raising the risk of ...

Brooklyn police found a 73-year-old woman dead in her cluttered home, surrounded by over 80 severely neglected dogs, ...

Dangerous heat wave causes widespread power outages affecting 4,000+ New Jersey residents. Recovery underway as extreme ...

Employees and a major health care union have said an Albany nursing home is failing to adequately care for dozens of elderly ...

Utah achieved the top healthcare value with lowest spending while West Virginia ranks last despite high costs.

Objectives To identify the prevalence of anaemia among older adults in China by sociodemographic and geographical regions, and cross-sectionally examine the associations between anaemia and several ...

A powerful heat dome is trapping scorching air and humidity across the Eastern U.S., bringing life‑threatening conditions ...