Health

by Drew Blankenship

A Blood Test That Predicts Alzheimer’s? New p-Tau217 ‘Clock’ Forecasts Symptom Onset Within 3–4 Years—20 Years If Elevated at 60, Just 11 at 80 An estimated over 900,000 Americans aged 65 and older develop Alzheimer’s disease each year. With numbers like that, m... read the story

by Amanda Blankenship

Polypharmacy Crisis: More Than 90% of Seniors Take at Least One Prescription and 66% Take Three or More For many older Americans, opening the medicine cabinet has become a daily reminder of just how complicated aging can be.... read the story

by Drew Blankenship

Why Experts Recommend Seniors Stop Routine Blood Tests After 80 — The Surprising New Guidelines For decades, many older Americans were told that annual blood work was simply part of healthy aging. Cholesterol panels,... read the story

by Amanda Blankenship

4 High-Use Drugs That Will Have Lower Medicare Prices — And 3 Others Facing Negotiations Millions of seniors are finally seeing relief from some of the highest prescription drug costs in America as Medicare’... read the story

by Amanda Blankenship

Weight-Loss Drugs Wegovy & Foundayo Get Medicare Coverage on July 1, 2026 — Find Out Who Qualifies For years, many older Americans watched popular weight-loss drugs like Wegovy stay financially out of reach because Medi... read the story

by Drew Blankenship

8 Reasons You Have More Aches and Pains Over the Age of 50 — It’s Not Because You’re Sick Many people over 50 wake up feeling stiffer, sorer, or more physically drained than they did in their younger years. Tha... read the story

by Amanda Blankenship

10 of the Biggest Regrets Nurses Hear From Dying Patients Most people avoid thinking about the end of life, but nurses who work in hospice and palliative care say the same painfu... read the story

by Drew Blankenship

9 Health Symptoms Older Adults Often Mistake for Normal Aging — But Shouldn’t Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has shown that about 1 in 10 adults 45+ report experiencing wor... read the story

by Amanda Blankenship

Doctors Say These 2 Ages Are When the Body Starts Aging Much Faster Most people assume aging happens slowly over time, one wrinkle or ache at a time. However, researchers now say the body ... read the story

by Drew Blankenship

Your New Medical Problem: Where Are All These New Diseases Coming From? With the latest outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship, many people have been left wondering where all these new diseas... read the story