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With repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as agenda item #1 in the new Congress, many may mistakenly assume that if they do not currently get insurance through the exchanges, they will not be affected. That is a wrong assumption. Repeal of the ACA will have massive impact throughout…

Regular readers of agebuzz already know about the terrific info available on Leslie Kernisan’s Better Health While Aging website. For the new year, Dr. Kernisan has published a helpful “Top 10” list of activities to make 2017 a happy and healthy one for you and your aging loved ones. Mindful of both…

Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett, a distinguished professor of psychology at Northeastern University, has some new year’s advice for those of you who want to stay as healthy and sharp as possible while aging: Do “it” until it hurts. What does that mean? Dr. Barrett and her research colleagues have studied…

Here’s an astounding statistic: By the year 2060, there will be 98 million senior citizens in the US. That number is likely to overwhelm our health system, especially our providers of long term care. As well, the trend is now for people to “age in place,” foregoing long term care…

When you’re tired or feeling down, it might be easy to dismiss your symptoms as just normal “aging.” But feeling fatigued or weak, especially if these symptoms come on suddenly, may not just be the result of getting older. Writing for Kaiser Health News, journalist Judith Graham provides useful information about…

We all know that smoking is terrible for our health. Some smokers, however, justify it by assuming that limited smoking as we get older will mitigate the real risks. In fact, that is not the case. In a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers looking at smokers age…