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End of Life Care
I’ll Hold Your Hand
A little more than six years ago, Sandy Downs sat down with her husband of 47 years, Perry, and gave...
Combat Age-Related Forgetfullness
Tips to Combat Age-Related Forgetfulness
The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts Q: Why do people become more forgetful as they age? A:...
Share Long-Term Benefits
How Couples Can Share Long Term Care Benefits
Q: How does a shared-benefit rider for long term care insurance work? Does it cost more than regular...
Can telemores predict aging? Image is replication of X and Y DNA chromosomes.
Can DNA Markers Called Telemores Predict Aging?
Harvard Health Blog It’s a bit like clockwork: Soon after an important scientific finding about...
Shot of top of brunette woman's head while she pulls on piece of gray hair
Gray Hair: Age Isn't the Only Reason it Starts to Happen
For many men and women, spotting a few strands of gray hair is a reminder that as you age, your body...
Rheumatoid arthritis: image is of hand making fist and pressing down into table
Early treatment for rheumatoid arthritis prevents joint damage
The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts Q: I was just diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. The...
End-of-Life Care
End-of-Life Care
Talking about death can help you live better at the end Gerry Mathy learned she had late-stage pancreatic...
Lewy body dementia: image is of hands of elderly women clasped together in her lap
Many with Lewy Body Dementia Also Have Alzheimer's disease
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: What’s the difference between Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer’s? How is...
Knee osteoarthritis is getting alarmingly common. Image of knee x-ray.
The mysterious rise in knee osteoarthritis
While there are more than 100 types of arthritis, osteoarthritis is by far the most common. Osteoarthritis...
Back of head of man with gray hair
Why does hair turn gray?
If you look at photos of President Obama taken before he ran for president and since he left office,...
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