Canadian scientists appear to have proven that you can, in fact, run away from old age.
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Speaking more than one language protects the brain against cognitive decline and makes a person better at multi-tasking, researchers said Friday at a major U.S. science conference.
As the mobile world booms with complex technological smartphones and tablets, two rival firms are carving up a growing but largely ignored market for the elderly.
Elderly people with hearing loss have a greater chance of developing dementia, a risk that increases as their deafness worsens, according to a new report said Tuesday.
It was once a ritual hated by children — nasty-tasting cod liver oil forced down by the spoonful to prevent rickets. But fish oil has a new star: omega-3.
The bright-light therapy often used to fight the "winter blues" may also ease major depression symptoms in older adults, a small clinical trial suggests.
U.S. researchers are closing in on tests that can detect biological signs of Alzheimer's disease, an advance that would improve diagnosis and help in the search for treatments for the mind-robbing disease...
Erica Wuensch has strong core muscles from exercising for more than 30 years, but she still slipped and fell on unseen ice on a sidewalk, fracturing both elbows.
If you want to know how long grandpa is going to live, check his pace of walking. A report appearing in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association found a strong correlation between walking...
A quarter of baby boomers can't name a single early sign of Alzheimer's disease, according to a national survey being released Tuesday.
Back in the ’70s Sheila Southon loved ashtanga yoga. She loved the observances, restraints, purification and meditation that it offered and practised faithfully while concentrating on her own personal...
Vitamin D supplementation and exercise may help prevent older men and women from falling, suggests a new review of 54 studies by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF).
Janine Pigeon has had rheumatoid arthritis for half her life and was happy to act as a research subject in a study of the disease. But she said she was stunned to learn she may have inherited it from ...