What Is Alzheimer’s Disease? Alzheimer’s is a disease that robs people of their memory. At first, people have a hard time remembering recent events, though they might easily recall things that happened years ago. As time goes on, other symptoms ...

You can enjoy a better body by knowing what’s natural as you age and what’s not and by learning simple steps you can try to delay or reduce the changes.   Your Heart Works Harder As you get older, your ...

What is a heart attack?A heart attack occurs when blood flow to the heart is blocked. Without blood and the oxygen it carries, part of the heart starts to die. A heart attack doesn’t have to be deadly. Quick treatment ...

What to Expect in Your 60s Surveys show that aging and happinejss often form a U-shaped curve. The line dips slowly from your youth to your middle years, then rises in your 40s and 50s. About 1 in 3 people ...

Heart disease may be a leading cause of death, but that doesn’t mean you have to accept it as your fate. Although you lack the power to change some risk factors — such as family history, sex or age — ...

Menopause is the end of a woman’s menstrual cycles. The term can describe any of the changes you go through just before or after you stop having your period, marking the end of your reproductive years. Menopause Causes Women are born ...

Diabetes is a number of diseases that involve problems with the hormone insulin. Normally, the pancreas (an organ behind the stomach) releases insulin to help your body store and use the sugar and fat from the food you eat. Diabetes ...

The pandemic has been treated as a societal emergency, as it should continue to be before it can be contained and hopefully, treated  and  cured. Infectious diseases,  especially those like COVID-19, are societal reminders that health and medical research remain ...

Kristen had a falling out with friends, and now it hurts to see them on Facebook having fun without her. She keeps checking to see what they are up to, though she knows it upsets her. Rick was feeling sad ...

Overview Cancer is an umbrella term for a large group of diseases caused when abnormal cells divide rapidly, and spread to other tissue and organs. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Cancer Growth and ...