seniors

A new study announced Sunday finds that married seniors who are sexually active once a month report happier lives and marriages.

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Older patients seemed to handle surgical atrial fibrillation ablation during other cardiac procedures as well as younger patients, researchers said here.

(MedPage Today) -- Healthy, older seniors can act as living kidney donors, with overall survival among recipients similar to that seen with younger donors, a study suggested.

The Obama administration had good news for seniors: The average monthly premium for Medicare's prescription program won't go up next year.

(MedPage Today) -- The past decade saw an increase in mental health-related hospitalizations for most age groups, particularly children, according to a national study.

CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Surgeons should continue to exercise caution in considering bariatric surgery for patients older than 65, a researcher said here.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Many hospitals run emergency rooms just for children. Now a few are opening ERs specially designed for seniors, without all the confusion and clamor and with a little more comfort....

(Northwestern University) Paid caregivers make it possible for seniors to remain living in their homes, but a Northwestern Medicine study found that more than one-third of caregivers had difficulty reading and understanding health-related information and directions.

Sixty percent made errors when sorting medications into pillboxes.

(MedPage Today) -- Marked increases have occurred in the number of retinal procedures since the late 1990s, particularly with the wide acceptance of intravitreal injections for age-related macular degeneration, researchers found.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Seniors with high drug costs will soon have more options to help them cope with Medicare's prescription coverage gap....