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A common complaint from people who have gone too long without treating their hearing loss is “I can’t hear with my hearing aids.” What they…

Old age invites the opportunity for losses as well as gains. Losses associated with growing older include decreased physical function and the deterioration of health.…

Although lowering blood pressure after a stroke has been known to reduce the risk for another stroke, a heart attack, and other vascular events, the…

Although over the lifetime, obesity has been associated with a number of poor health outcomes and greater overall mortality risk, some previous studies have shown…

A recent study examined how the cognitive demands of a job can impact cognitive changes before and after retirement. Using data from the Health and…

A recent review in Current Opinion in Psychiatry addressed the unique problems posed by substance abuse among older adults. In addition to describing the prevalence…

Researchers recently discovered that the health impacts of eating protein change as we age. Their study looked at the impact of protein consumption on overall…

The population of individuals living into older age with HIV is increasing. It is estimated that within the next year, 50 percent of those living…

Prior research has shown that the experience of widowhood differs for men and women. Following widowhood, women are more likely than men to suffer economic…

Approximately a third of the population suffers from difficulty falling asleep, frequent waking, poor quality of sleep, and a variety of sleep-related breathing problems. For…

Although prior research on factors impacting quality indicators of resident outcomes in nursing homes has focused on nursing home staffing and skill mix, less attention…

With a third of people age 65 and better reporting a fall each year and two-thirds of that number falling again within six months, falling…