Gerovital H3, one of the "fountain of youth" miracles drugs that crop up once a generation, was banned in the United States in 1982, but the alternative medicine crowd that never let go of homeopathy…

We constantly grow new skin and shed the old but no one is sure exactly how it works. New research says they may provide the answer.  Engineers and biologists at the University of Sheffield say…

Interacting with a therapeutic robot companion made people with mid- to late-stage dementia less anxious and also had a positive influence on their quality of life, according to a pilot study PARO, a…

Scientists have a new theory as to why a woman’s fertility declines after her mid-30s: As women age, their egg cells become riddled with DNA damage and die off because their DNA repair systems…

Combining Medicare's hospital, physician, and prescription drug coverage with private supplemental coverage into one health plan could save the government and seniors $180 billion over a decade,…

You've seen it on television; a rich, older man who supports a younger, attractive spouse. And it happens in real life, but it's rare. Instead, a new analysis by economists has found that people…

Researchers have taken a step forward in efforts to help people with memory loss tied to brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease. Using sea snail nerve cells, the scientists reversed memory loss…

Amyloids are the quintessential bad boys of neurobiology. These clumps of misfolded proteins found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders muck up the…

Alzheimer's research is always big news. The reason is simple: people are living longer and they also want to be living better. While progress in general health issues for seniors marches on, the…

Regional spending is not linked to differences in survival of patients with advanced cancer, according to an analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked…