WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — From childhood to old age, the human brain doesn’t just slowly fade or steadily grow, it changes in stages. A new study suggests our brains go through four major turning points that shape how we think, learn and connect. Researchers said those shiftsContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Seniors who eat alone tend to have poorer nutrition and be more prone to frailty and unhealthy weight loss compared to those who eat with others, new Australian research shows. “Food is more than the nutritional benefit it provides. Sharing a meal isContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Add one more malady to the potential risks from untreated sleep apnea: Parkinson’s disease. A new study involving 11 million U.S. veterans finds that a person’s odds of developing Parkinson’s nearly doubled if they were diagnosed with sleep apnea but hadn’t used aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Common health problems of old age — dehydration, delirium, malnutrition or falls — can become catastrophic if they occur following a major surgery, a new study reports. Seniors who suffer these issues while recovering from surgery are more likely to die within aContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. population is getting older fast and many Americans are unsure what aging will look like for them, a new national survey shows. The share of U.S. adults ages 65 and older has jumped from 12.4% in 2004 to 18% in 2024,Continue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Younger adults are developing a severe gut disorder at increasing rates, according to a new study. There’s been a troubling surge in severe diverticulitis among Americans younger than 50, researchers from UCLA and Vanderbilt University recently reported. They found that the proportion ofContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Rotten sleep might accelerate the aging of a person’s brain, partly by increasing inflammation, a new study says. People’s brains aged faster as they scored worse on a five-point scale of sleep quality, researchers reported Sept. 30 in the journal eBioMedicine. “The gapContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Sept. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Maria Branyas Morera was the oldest living person in the world when she died at 117 in August 2024, and she passed with one fervent wish. “Señora Branyas told us: ‘Please study me so I can help others,’ ” Dr. Manel Esteller, chairContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The march of time may be relentless, but aging is not entirely hopeless if you have the right mindset, according to a Canadian study. Seniors who lose a step health-wise are capable of regaining their well-being, researchers reported Sept. 24 in the journalContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A simple shunt can restore walking ability and independence in elderly people with a rare brain condition, a major new clinical trial has found. Implanting a shunt to drain excess cerebrospinal fluid significantly improved walking and mobility among seniors with idiopathic normal pressureContinue Reading