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The Mediterranean diet is associated with many health benefits, including lowering the risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and obesity. Learn more about how it works.

If you’re looking for an easy yet impactful way to be proactive in your health journey, try introducing seafood into your diet.

A new COVID-19 variant, identified as “Omicron,” has individuals concerned about how this variant might affect life as we begin 2022. Here's some information to help you protect yourself and your loved ones.

Caregivers often put others' needs ahead of their own. But caregiving can be challenging, which makes self-care as important now than ever. Here's how you can avoid burnout.

There are many common heart conditions such as a heart attack, coronary artery disease or atrial fibrillation (AFib) that can cause alarm. But each has different causes and slightly different warning signs from another condition: heart failure.

Here are a few tips to help improve your AM routine so when you wake up, you feel like seizing the day instead of sleeping through it.

Learn more about the MIND diet, a combination of the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet, which was made with the goal of emphasizing foods that impact brain health.

If you want the senior in your life to get the best possible care, consider booking an appointment with a geriatrician, an expert in issues associated with aging.

Here is a quick intro to some meat-free options, plus tips on how to enjoy them

If you snore, or you ever wake up after a seemingly restful night’s sleep feeling tired, it could be because you aren’t breathing properly throughout the night. This is a common sleep disorder known as sleep apnea.

There's more hope on the horizon for managing osteoporosis, a disease that often stops seniors in their tracks if they fracture a bone after falling.

If you or a loved one has recently received a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, or you are noticing symptoms and suspect Alzheimer’s or dementia may be the cause, this list of common misconceptions may help you better understand the disease.

t’s a common condition that’s very treatable and it is also one that can cause a lot of emotional pain. I'm talking about urinary incontinence—something that many people choose to keep to themselves because they feel embarrassed.

You’ve probably heard a lot of discussion in the news about a booster for the COVID-19 vaccine. The information is changing rapidly, but for now, here are some things you should know about the booster and its role in helping to prevent serious illness from COVID-19.

The effects of taking multiple medications to manage co-existing health problems is called polypharmacy. Medication side effects and interactions can cause deadly harm, and seniors are especially at risk.