As age increases, muscle mass and strength decreases. From age 50 muscle mass begins to decrease by 1-2% annually. In your 50s, muscle strength
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Vermonters tend to be fiercely independent, and dedicated to community and tradition. These ideals define us as a population and seem to grow s
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Retail prices for 267 brand-name drugs commonly used by older adults surged by an average of 5.8% in 2018, more than twice the general inflation
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Have you enrolled in Medicare this year, or are about to? Given a rapidly growing senior population, Medicare-related fraud is on the rise and yo
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We all struggle. It doesn’t matter who you are, how much money you have, or how good you look to the outside world. Life is hard—even painful some
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People worry about smart devices like Alexa, Google Home and connected televisions listening to everything they do. But seniors who rely on mobile per
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Kidney disease causes middle-aged people to be as susceptible to falling as older adults, say researchers from Ball State University. “Epidemiolog
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Everyone with elevated or high blood pressure – stage 1 (or 130/80) and higher – should consider getting a home blood pressure monitor. Home monitorin
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Ticks, including the black legged tick, often gain access through pant legs or shirttails and crawl up looking for a place to settle in and feed. &n
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AARP released its Grandparents Today National Survey highlighting the latest trends among grandparents in the United States. Since 2001 the number of
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