Healthy Aging
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 to grow.
Fueled by ongoing increases...
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....
Healthy Aging
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...
Healthy Aging
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...
Healthy Aging
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...
Healthy Aging
Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare
By Michelle AndrewsKFF Health News
When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare...
Healthy Aging
As cannabis users age, health risks appear to grow
By Paula SpanKFF Health News
Benjamin Han, a geriatrician and addiction medicine specialist at the University of California-San Diego, tells his students a cautionary tale...
Healthy Aging
A ministroke can have major consequences
By Paula Span KFF Health News
Kristin Kramer woke up early on a Tuesday morning 10 years ago because one of her dogs...
Healthy Aging
Free Alzheimer’s Association app supports newly diagnosed individuals and caregivers
New app developed with input from people living with early-stage dementia, connects families affected by dementia with resources and support.