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A Wake-Up Call on Alcohol

Drinking alcohol contributes to your risk of seven types of cancer, but too few drinkers realize this. Here are tips for cutting back. >

Take Steps to Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease

Getting just 4,000 steps in two or three times a week can help seniors reduce heart disease and mortality risk, even weekend warriors. >

Despite the Hoopla, Vaccines Should Be in Reach This Cough-and-Cold Season

Fall marks the start of flu, Covid and respiratory syncytial virus season. Despite the mixed messages lately, vaccines are available. >

Overcoming Senior Setbacks: The Keys to Resilience in Aging

Aging delivers challenges to everyone, but many seniors regain their wellbeing after setbacks. Here's what helps older folks bounce back. >

Ticks Are Migrating, Raising Disease Risks if They Can’t Be Tracked Quickly Enough

Lyme disease, the often debilitating infection carried by deer ticks, started in Connecticut. It has recently shown up in Montana. >

Acupuncture Shows Promise for Low Back Pain

Acupuncture can give older adults a safe effective option for chronic lower back pain relief -- and its benefits often last quite a while. >

Diets that Delay Disease

How much your diet fuels inflammation makes a big difference in if, and how early, you develop a range of chronic diseases. What to eat. >

Online Images Often Show the Wrong Way to Take Blood Pressure

More than half of the online images of a person having their BP taken showed the wrong way to do it. This can lead to mistaken treatment. >

Fighting a Health Insurance Denial? Here Are 7 Tips To Help

Denying a claim is essentially standard operating procedure. Health insurance companies will make you jump through hoops. Here's what to do. >

A Hedge Against Loneliness

Social media contacts are fine, but if you're feeling lonely, the best way to combat it is to attend a live event -- ideally with others. >

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