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Road to Healthy Middle-Aged Brain May Begin in Childhood
Rural Women at Higher Risk of Early Death From Heart Disease
Scientists Calculate Perfect Amount of Sleep for Folks Over 40
Screening Often Misses Endometrial Cancer in Black Women
Screening Test Leads to Fewer Women Included in Autism Studies
Sen. Mitch McConnell Cleared for Work After Another 'Freeze' During Media Briefing
Seniors' Dental Care Declines After Medicare Kicks In
Seniors Urged to Get Flu Shots as U.S. Cases Rise
Seniors, Here Are the Meds That Can Harm Your Driving Skills
Seniors, This Daily Routine May Keep You Sharper, Happier
Seniors: Stay Social, Active for 'Optimal Aging,' Study Shows
Severe COVID May Age Survivors' Brains 20 Years: Study
Severe Morning Sickness Linked to Depression Before and After Birth
Shall You Dance? Study Finds Dancing Helps Seniors Avoid Falls
Shift Work Might Delay Menopause, With Potential Harms to Health
Shingles Won't Raise Risk for Dementia: Study
Shorter Menstrual Cycles May Affect Timing of Menopause
Should There Be 'Gun Retirement' for the Elderly?
Sitting Raises Women's Odds for Heart Failure
Skipping COVID Vaccine in Pregnancy Brings Big Risks to Mothers, Babies
Skipping Mammograms Raises a Woman's Odds for Breast Cancer Death
Sleep Apnea Speeds Aging, But CPAP Can Help
Sleep Key to Good Mental Health for Older Women
Sleep Throughout the Lifespan: When You Get Best, Worst Slumber
Smog Could Reduce Exercise's Benefit to Your Brain
Smog Harms Women's Brains, But One Food May Help Buffer the Damage
Smoggy Air Might Raise Black Women's Odds for Fibroids
Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women
Soaring Food Prices Are Tough on Older Americans, Poll Finds
Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed
Some Diabetes Meds Might Also Lower Alzheimer's Risk
Some Folks Do Age Slower Than Others
Some Older Breast Cancer Patients Can Safely Cut Down on Chemo
Some Patients With Macular Degeneration Could Stop Monthly Eye Injections
Some Sick Patients Get Cosmetic Surgery to Boost Appearance
Some With Glaucoma May Not Even Know They Have It
Sports-Linked Cardiac Arrest Rare in Seniors, Study Finds
States That Restrict Abortions Have More Maternal, Infant Deaths
Statins Tied to Lower Risk of Parkinson's-Like Symptoms
Statins Tied to Significantly Lower Death Rate From Ovarian Cancer
Staying Hydrated Could Mean Less Disease, Slower Aging
Staying Social Can Boost Healthy 'Gray Matter' in Aging Brains
Stress Across the Life Span Could Worsen MS
Stress Can Age, Weaken Your Immune System
Stretch Your Brain as You Age, Lower Your Dementia Risk?
Stroke Treatment Gap Narrows Between Men and Women
Study Links Muscle Mass to Severity of Hot Flashes in Women
Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study
Survey Finds Who's Most Likely to Give to Charity and How
Table Set for One May Be Tough on Women's Hearts
Taking Longer to Perform Tasks? It Could Be a Sign of Dementia Risk
Talking to a Loved One About a Move to Assisted Living
Testosterone Therapy Safe for Low-T Men at Risk of Heart Trouble
Texting Your Way to Better Health After Heart Attack
The Most Common Menopause Medications, Explained
The Most Common Menopause Symptoms You Should Know
The Skinny on Wrinkle-Free Skin
There's a Push to Expand Medicare's Coverage of Dental Issues
There's Been a Big Decline in the Rate of Americans Hit by Disability
There's No Magic Formula to Slow Your Dog's Aging
Thinner Cheeks, Lots of Tweaks: America's Plastic Surgeons List Trends
Timing of Hot Flashes Could Give Clues to Alzheimer's Risk
Timing of Menopause Could Influence a Woman's Risk for Alzheimer's
Tips on Keeping Joints Limber, Healthy as You Age
Too Little Sleep Could Raise Your Dementia Risk
Too Many Fertility Specialists Still Use a Painful, Useless Procedure: Study
Too Many, Too Few Babies May Speed Aging in Women
Too Much Screen Time Could Raise Your Odds for Stroke
Too Much TV May Dull the Aging Brain
Too Much TV Time May Really Harm Your Brain
Tough Choices: When It's Time to Move From Home to Assisted Living
Tough Journeys: When Cancer Strikes People Living With Dementia
Tough Menopause May Signal Future Heart Woes
Treating Menopausal Symptoms: An Expert Describes Pros, Cons
Troubled Childhood Could Mean a Troubled Old Age, Study Finds
Turning 65 Brings Big Health Care Cost Savings, Study Finds
Two Vaccines May Soon Shield Seniors Against RSV
Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin Could Help Prevent Some Breast Cancers
Type 2 Diabetes Speeds Aging in the Brain
U.S. Moms-to-Be Are Much Less Healthy Now
U.S. Nursing Homes Are Understaffed, But Minority Communities Have It Worst
U.S. Sees Decline in Sepsis Deaths, But Some Americans More Vulnerable
U.S. Sets Up $300 Million Database for Alzheimer's Research
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Uncooperativeness and Alzheimer's
Under 50 and Overweight? Your Odds for Dementia Later May Rise
Unlike Humans, No Bone Loss for Gorillas as They Age
Untreated High Blood Pressure a Growing Problem Among Americans
Urinary Incontinence Can Affect a Woman's Mental Health
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
Vaccines Against Shingles, Pneumonia May Also Lower Your Alzheimer's Risk
Vaginal Bacteria Could Help Predict Risk of Premature Birth: Study
Vaginal Ring Could Shield Women From HIV for 3 Months at a Time
Vaping Just Once Triggers Dangerous 'Oxidative Stress'
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
'Virtual' Museum Visits Are Good Medicine for Seniors
Viruses in the Gut Might Help People Live to Be 100
Vision Is Vulnerable With Age: Here's What to Look For
Vision Troubles Could Raise Midlife Depression Risk for Women
Vitamin D May Help Maintain Muscle as You Age
Vitamin D, Fish Oil Won't Help Elderly Stay Strong, Study Finds
Want a Healthier, Happier Old Age? Get Moving
Want to Avoid Dementia? Add Some Color to Your Plate
Washington State's New Payroll Tax Helps Fund Long-Term Care. Could It Be a Model for the Nation?
Weight Loss May Not Affect Fertility Treatment Success
What Happens to Your Kidneys as You Age?
What Is Endometriosis, and How Is It Treated?
What Puts You at High Risk of Midlife Mental Decline?
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When a Parent Moves In
When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When Diabetes Strikes in Pregnancy, Do Women Eat Healthier?
When Is a Fracture Potentially Deadly for an Older Adult?
When Will You Go Gray? Your Race Matters
Which Foods Might Reduce Your Odds for Dementia?
While 8 in 10 Seniors See Wisdom of Dementia Screening, Few Have Been Tested: Poll
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
Whole Grain Foods Could Help Black Seniors Avoid Alzheimer's
Who's Dying Young in U.S. From Heart Attacks?
Who's More Easily Distracted, the Young or the Old?
Why Adding on a Few Pounds as You Age Might Be Good for You
Why Are Sports-Linked Concussions Rising Among Girls?
Why COVID Infection Raises Risks in Pregnancy
Why Midlife Can Bring Risk of New Eating Disorders
Why 'Night Owl' Women Might Be at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why So Many New Cancer Diagnoses When Americans Turn 65?
Why So Many Older Women Develop UTIs
Why Some 'Super Ager' Folks Keep Their Minds Dementia-Free
Why Stairs Might Be a Bigger Hazard for Young Women
Why Strokes Can Affect Women, Men Differently
Will High-Protein Diets Help the Middle-Aged Build Muscle?
Will You Be Depositing at the 'Stool Bank' Someday?
Will Your Brain Stay Sharp Into Your 90s? Certain Factors Are Key
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Can Dance Themselves to Better Health After Menopause
Women Doctors Face Higher Levels of Harassment, Frustration: Survey
Women Feel More Stigma From 'Spare Tire' Around Middle Than Men
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women Give High Marks to Breast Reconstruction Using Patient's Own Tissue
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Have Fewer Childbearing Years: Study
Workplace Sexual Harassment Might Raise Suicide Risk: Study
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
Years of Diabetes Could Speed Onset of Menopause
Yoga Can Help Seniors Regain Their Strength
Yoga Might Do Wonders for Women's Aging Brains
Young Women at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Male Peers: Study
Your 'Biological Age' Could Affect Your Odds for Stroke, Dementia
Your Metabolism Changes As You Age, Just Not When You Think
Your Personality May Safeguard Your Aging Brain
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
Your Sex Life Doesn't Have to Suffer During Menopause
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
Your Zip Code Could Help or Harm Your Brain
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women