Senior's Health

While pro­longed hos­pi­tal stays are intend­ed to restore your body, long peri­ods of bedrest may result in var­i­ous phys­i­cal side effects. Inter­nal Med­i­cine physi­cian Dr. Joseph Suther­land shares insights to help pre­pare you for phys­i­cal changes that you may expe­ri­ence with a long hos­pi­tal stay.

Tried every diet and work­out plan, but the scale won’t budge? Bariatric surgery might be more acces­si­ble than you think – and it could be the game-chang­er that final­ly helps you lose weight, reverse dia­betes, and reclaim your health.

AI chat­bots are answer­ing mil­lions of health ques­tions dai­ly, but one study found they gave dan­ger­ous­ly wrong advice about mix­ing med­ica­tions that could cause some­one to faint. While these dig­i­tal doc­tors can help you prep for appoint­ments and find basic health info, know­ing when to trust them (and when to run to a real physi­cian) could lit­er­al­ly save your life.

Your gut bac­te­ria might be secret­ly sab­o­tag­ing your spine, and new ground­break­ing research reveals this hid­den con­nec­tion could be caus­ing your back pain. Sci­en­tists have dis­cov­ered that the tril­lions of microor­gan­isms liv­ing in your diges­tive sys­tem don’t just affect your stom­ach; they’re direct­ly linked to seri­ous spinal con­di­tions that could require surgery.

Dia­betes does­n’t just affect your blood sug­ar, it can silent­ly dam­age your feet, lead­ing to seri­ous com­pli­ca­tions if left unchecked. Learn the warn­ing signs every per­son with dia­betes needs to know and ways to pre­vent irre­versible foot damage.

Aging and exer­cise go hand in hand. While aging shouldn’t stop you from get­ting phys­i­cal activ­i­ty, it may mean you need to make some changes.

You may have heard that Sudoku improves brain health — but the truth is a bit more com­pli­cat­ed. Here’s how to stay sharp as you get older.

Mak­ing healthy choic­es dur­ing each decade of your life is key to healthy aging. Here’s your check­list for your 20s, 30s and beyond.

Bone min­er­al den­si­ty (BMD) scans, also known as dual-ener­gy X‑ray absorp­tiom­e­try (DEXA or DXA) scans, use a very small amount of radi­a­tion to deter­mine the min­er­al con­tent in your bones and tests for osteo­poro­sis and/​or osteopenia.

Car­ing for an aging loved one can be reward­ing — but also chal­leng­ing. Here are 9 tips to help care­givers pri­or­i­tize their own phys­i­cal and men­tal health.