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Older Adults: 9 Nutrients You May Be Missing

Older Adults: 9 Nutrients You May Be Missing

With age, your body doesn’t absorb nutrients well, so every calorie you consume must be packed with nutrition. Here are 9 nutrients older adults often need more of.

The Immunity Challenge: How aging affects your immune system

The Immunity Challenge: How aging affects your immune system

How does getting older affect your immune system? How can you keep those effects to a minimum? Your answers are here.

Foods to Keep You Healthy as You Age

Foods to Keep You Healthy as You Age

Staying healthy as you enter your golden years has a lot to do with your diet. Here are some foods that are good for your heart, your brain, your bones, and your muscles.

Dealing With the Emotions of Hearing Loss

Dealing With the Emotions of Hearing Loss

Losing your hearing, or learning a loved one is, can bring about a range of uncomfortable emotions. Here's how you can deal with this tough transition.

Pre-Ozempic Obesity Drugs: Effective and Budget-Friendly

Pre-Ozempic Obesity Drugs: Effective and Budget-Friendly

Before there was Ozempic, there were these cost-friendly, safe, and highly effective weight loss drugs. FDA-approved obesity medication like orlistat (Xenical), phentermine/topiramate (Qsymia), and naltrexone/bupropion extended release (Contrave) have been on the market for decades.

Genes vs. Lifestyle: Which Matters More for Health?

Genes vs. Lifestyle: Which Matters More for Health?

Learn how genes and lifestyle interact to affect your health over the course of your life.

What to Say to Your Partner Who Has Prostate Cancer

What to Say to Your Partner Who Has Prostate Cancer

Unsure what to say to best support your partner as he faces prostate cancer? Get guidance on what to say and what to avoid.

How Do You Get Health Care in Prison?

How Do You Get Health Care in Prison?

People in jails and prisons are entitled to health care, but it’s not always easy to access.

What Health Care Is Available if You’re Experiencing Homelessness?

What Health Care Is Available if You’re Experiencing Homelessness?

If you currently don’t have reliable housing, you may want to know about health care for people who are experiencing homelessness.

A Human Response to Homelessness

A Human Response to Homelessness

Learn how you can reach out and help people who live without shelter in a safe and useful way.

Sex: Frisky (and Safe) After 50

Sex: Frisky (and Safe) After 50

Safe sex is important at any age, but there are some issues that may be more common after 50.

A lot of children are about to be born in Ukraine. Will the war affect them for life?

A lot of children are about to be born in Ukraine. Will the war affect them for life?

Some of the most horrific images from the war so far have come from a maternity hospital in Mariupol bombed by Russian troops in mid-March. The upheaval spurs a troubling question: Could the stress and condition of war affect a fetus?