Recent research suggests that a personal financial disaster in middle age or later greases the skids to an early grave, but my own experience argues for a more nuanced view.
The labor-saving revolution I recall from my post-WWII childhood has morphed into an identity-sapping movement that threatens to strip meaning from our lives. The elderly, however, may be immune to its allure.
The latest in a series of studies suggesting that cutting calories will extend your lifespan has this geezer heading back to the kitchen for seconds.
A pioneering palliative-care expert shares his insights on the power of finding peace and possibility at the end of life.
Just how good is exercise for the heart? Here are the numbers.
There are plenty of reasons why geezers like me have not embraced the online life, but none of them should encourage tech firms to ignore us.
As geezers continue flocking to providers of knee-replacement surgery, recent research suggests those covered by Medicare may be taking more risks than their privately insured peers.
Two experts share ways to lessen symptoms of incontinence — without surgery or medication.
Outpatient services are pushing the modern hospital to the margins of the healthcare industry, a trend that offers both benefits and challenges to the Medicare set.
Even a little physical activity can go a long way toward extending your lifespan, according to several recent studies. Just be careful crossing the street.
We asked some trusted experts to weigh in on the new guidelines expanding the definition of high blood pressure. Here’s what they had to say.
When we’re laid low by some malady, what would happen if we welcomed the pain rather than trying to escape from it? My recent attempts produced rather mixed results.
Recent research links negative perceptions of aging to dementia, but that’s not the only reason to stay upbeat as you grow old.
A new study reveals a fragmented and inefficient longevity industry. I’m not the only one who hopes it stays that way.
With the long-term-care industry collapsing, forcing millions of elderly Americans to choose between higher premiums or a loss of coverage, I’m reminded how little control we have over our futures.
New research suggests that poor oral hygiene may contribute to cancer, a conundrum few geezers can afford to address.
Like many geezers, I’m determined to avoid institutional housing when I’m too old to fend completely for myself. To do so, however, I may have to become more sociable.
New research suggests that harmonizing our aging brain waves may help us store new memories for the long-term, but it’s a notion that becomes less useful the older we get.
The oldest among us aren’t upbeat because they’ve survived; they’ve survived because they’re upbeat.
While opioid abuse gets all the headlines, new studies have revealed a more widespread drug epidemic among the Medicare set. And efforts to mitigate it are not encouraging.
A trip to the East Coast reminds me why travel can be so hard on geezers.