Aging – Medicare Report

Nearly 1 in 5 seniors skip necessary medical care, survey finds

(By Mackenzie Bean for Becker’s Hospital Review) Eighteen percent of adults over age 60 have skipped necessary medical treatment, according

(By Louise Aronson for STAT) Sick children deserve optimal medical care. So why were my colleagues and I saddened by

(By Liz Szabo for Kaiser Health News) A widely anticipated study has concluded that neither vitamin D nor fish oil supplements prevent

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Nothing so alters a person as learning you have a terminal illness. Ronni

According the a HealthView Services’ report, it found that 69 percent of adults aged 65 and older believed they’d need

The current estimate of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, is 5.7 million and that

(By Allison Aubrey for NPR) By age 40, about 1 in 10 adults will experience some hearing loss. It happens

(By Bruce Horovitz for Kaiser Health News) I was convinced I would become an adult when I turned 21. But

(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Some patients refuse to answer. Many doctors don’t ask. As the number of

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) The proportion of nursing home residents who received physical, occupational and speech therapy