Japanese city offering public funds to freeze women's eggs (Update)
A Tokyo suburb will help women cover the cost of freezing their eggs in a pilot program aimed at countering Japan's declining birth rate.
Jun 16, 2016
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A Tokyo suburb will help women cover the cost of freezing their eggs in a pilot program aimed at countering Japan's declining birth rate.
Jun 16, 2016
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Hepatitis C testing in the emergency department at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital has discovered 2,436 positive cases since testing began in September 2013.
Jun 10, 2016
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Americans are living longer but in poorer health, according to a new study.
Apr 15, 2016
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Recent years have seen an increase in those suffering from allergies, including baby boomers. And because older people tend to have additional chronic diseases, diagnosis and management of allergic rhinitis (hay fever) can ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Placing someone in solitary confinement is usually seen as our most extreme forms of legally sanctioned punishment. And with good reason. Research suggests that loneliness can be as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes ...
Nov 3, 2015
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It's long been said that you're as old as you feel. Now a group of researchers is looking at how the concept of "subjective" age might be used to manage the wellbeing of the baby boomer generation.
Aug 18, 2015
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(HealthDay)—Dr. Maria Torroella Carney grew increasingly distressed as she watched how emergency response teams had to help older, frail people who were living alone evacuate their homes in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in ...
May 19, 2015
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It was once thought that effects of a mild head injury—dizziness, headaches, memory problems—were only temporary, and the brain would heal over time. However, while the long-term consequences of head trauma are not fully ...
Apr 22, 2015
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(HealthDay)—The number of hip replacements performed in the United States has increased substantially, and the procedure has become more common in younger people, new government statistics show.
Feb 12, 2015
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By 2030, the last of the Baby Boomer generation will have turned 65 years old, putting the population of "senior boomers" in the United States at approximately 71 million. Currently, only about 7,000 certified geriatricians ...
Nov 24, 2014
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