Senior Health

Stress Gray Hair

Here's why stress turns your hair gray

Jefferson, Welltower partnership aims to improve senior care

Jefferson Welltower

New blood test can improve triage for elderly concussion patients

New blood test to rule out brain tissue damage

Decreased thirst, worries about incontinence cause dehydration among older adults, study finds

New study identifies why older adults struggle with dehydration

An Alzheimer's vaccine could be ready for human trials within 2 years

Alzheimer's vaccine

More Americans are dying at home than in the hospital – for the first time in decades

Dying at home - hospice

Sleeping – and napping – too long may increase risk of stroke

Sleep Stroke Risk

Senior citizens are not experiencing a 'loneliness epidemic'

Senior Citizens Loneliness

Shoveling snow sends 11,500 Americans to the hospital every year

Carroll - Snow

Are generic drugs safe? Not necessarily

Generic Drug Safety

Extra virgin olive oil could help prevent dementia, Temple researchers find

EVOO

Adjusting memory test may better detect Alzheimer's disease in women, study says

Alzheimer's disease memory test

Chair yoga could improve quality of life for dementia patients

Chair yoga dementia patients

Penn receives $18M to study connections between Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and dementia

Penn research Alzheimers Parkinsons

Reducing 'zombie' cells may slow the aging process

aging-senescent-cells

New pill could treat both blood pressure, cholesterol issues

blood pressure cholesterol pill

Eagles fandom: men, emotion and motivation

Starving seniors: How America fails to feed its aging

Eye tracking tests could be a predictive tool for Alzheimer's disease

Eyeball

Healthy aging in men requires a new view of masculinity

new masculinity over 50

A high-fat diet during pregnancy may prevent Alzheimer's disease in children

high fat diet alzheimers

Here's what to expect before knee replacement surgery

Knee Replacement Surgery

Seniors' health can decline due to deficiencies in micronutrients, study says

Vitamin deficiencies increase frailty senior

'Striking' discovery gives hope for future drugs to prevent Alzheimer's

Plaques Microglia University California 08212019

5 steps to building a 50-plus man’s motivational platform for healthy living

Wedding Bride 08162019

Helping seniors select the best fitness center and trainer

Senior Fitness 08112019

Blood tests for Alzheimer’s: Two experts on why new studies are encouraging

Tau Protein Brain 08092019

Philly Alzheimer's study questions amyloid as accurate marker for cognitive decline

brain penn jeff

Older Americans increasingly having a binge drinking problem new study reports

binge drinking senior citizens

How technology could help solve the caregiver shortage for seniors

Seniors Technology 07252019

Health Insurance

Dream of retiring abroad? The reality: Medicare doesn’t travel well

Medical Bills 07262019

Health Insurance

The future of nursing put under microscope at Penn

Carroll - The Future of Nursing town hall

Caregiver depression linked to more ER visits for patients with dementia

Caregiver Depression Seniors with Dementia

Alternative Medicine

Medicare mulls decision to cover acupuncture for lower back pain

Medicare Coverage Acupuncture

In secret meeting, Philly-area seniors discuss ‘rational suicide’

Nursing_Home 06272019

Learn to manage stress – because there’s no winding down

Man Job Stress 06262019

Antidepressants among common medications tied to increased dementia risk

Antidepressants among common drugs linked to dementia

Common antidepressant drug tied to increased risk of falls in elderly adults

antidepressant increase risk of falls elderly

Health care providers and agencies aren't reporting elder abuse, report finds

Elder abuse Office of Inspector General

Pennsylvania receives 'F' grade for nursing home facilities, new report says

Pennsylvania worst nursing homes ranked

Philadelphia is home to six of the worst nursing homes in the U.S.

Worst nursing homes Philadelphia

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