Healthy Aging
Healthy Aging
Support Immune Health with 4 Everyday Habits
(Family Features) The coughing and sneezing you hear at home, in the office and at the gym means one thing: It's cold and flu season. Although it's impossible to...
Healthy Aging
National Plan Outlines Steps to Reduce Falls among Older Americans
Investing $45 million a year in falls prevention programs could save up to $1.2 billion annually, new research says.
Healthy Aging
How to Control “Bad” LDL Cholesterol for Better Heart Health
(Family Features) Getting your cholesterol checked, and talking with your doctor about steps to control high cholesterol, could save your life. If you, or...
Healthy Aging
5 Things You May Not Know About Kidney Disease
Your kidneys – the bean-shaped organs located near the middle of your back on either side of your spine – play a vital role...
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Rising Risk Factors: Heart disease remains leading cause of death
(Family Features) While medical advances have helped people live longer with cardiovascular diseases, many of the risk factors that lead to these diseases continue...
Healthy Aging
Hackensack University Medical Center Named #1 in NJ, NY Metro & Top 20 in U.S.
EDISON, N.J. -- Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's largest and most comprehensive hospital network, is proud to announce that U.S. News & World Report named Hackensack University Medical Center the...
Healthy Aging
Maybe It’s Not Just Aging. Maybe It’s Anemia.
By Paula Span KFF Health News
Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. “I’d get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise,” he said....
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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.
By Paula Span KFF Health News
Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted...
Healthy Aging
Get proactive with your eye health
(Family Features) Glaucoma, one of the leading causes of permanent blindness, often does its damage silently – with no noticeable symptoms – as vision...
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Nurse practitioners critical in treating older adults as ranks of geriatricians shrink
Jariel Arvin KFF Health News
On Fridays, Stephanie Johnson has a busy schedule, driving her navy-blue Jeep from one patient’s home to the next, seeing eight...
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Thriving Under Pressure: Aerosol-Based Treatment for Abdominal Lining Cancer comes to New Jersey
Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center is among handful of sites in the U.S. to offer PIPAC
When diagnosed with peritoneal carcinomatosis (cancer of the...