Category: Health & Wellbeing

The two researchers have won a prestigious Lasker Award. Their findings laid the groundwork for a new drug that addresses the sleep disorder’s root cause.Read…

View More Scientists Who Study Sleep and Narcolepsy Win Prestigious Lasker Award

Continuing care retirement communities are widening their scope to help retirees age in place, with measured supports and a way to cap the soaring costs…

View More CCRCs Are Expanding Retirement Home Care to Seniors’ Own Homes

Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.Read More

View More Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator.

Researchers looked at sleep patterns in older adults to find the connection.Read More

View More New Study Suggests ‘Micro-Awakenings’ At Night May Be A Sign Of Increased Alzheimer’s Risk

“Things change when you turn 80. Health is involved, but not in the way we usually think of age and medical stuff.”Read More

View More I’m 80. Please Don’t Ask Me About The Secret To Longevity.

“This thing makes my teeth feel like they just got a bath.”Read More

View More ‘I Went From Barely Flossing Weekly To Flossing Twice Daily’ All Thanks To This On-Sale Waterpik

Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce…

View More Early Data Indicates an A.I.-Generated Drug Could Slow Aging

Traditional gene editing rewrites DNA. But a new approach, called epigenome editing, aims to treat the molecular scars we collect throughout our lives.Read More

View More A Newer Kind of Gene Editing Promises to Edit ‘Nurture’ Over ‘Nature’

Here’s what makes you so attractive to the bugs and how you can prevent bites.Read More

View More So THAT’S Why Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others