Health & Fitness

Whether or not to create a new government-run health plan may be the biggest source of discord in the ongoing debate over a health overhaul. At the same time, however, many of the nation's most satisfied health care consumers are recipients of an existing government health plan: Medicare. Audrey Bernfield is one of those happy customers.

If you’ve been diagnosed with osteoporosis or bone loss (osteopenia), then it’s important to include physical activity in your plan to protect and improve your bone health.

Individuals over the age of 50 lack health insurance at a bigger rate than any other age group in America.

Although the euphemisms aren't spoken in hushed tones nearly as much as they once were, menopause -- the permanent cessation of reproductive fertility -- means different things to different women: freedom from birth control, the loss of conceiving naturally, a new chapter of life.

A new computer program designed to help older people drive more safely was announced this week by the AAA Foundation. The software, DriveSharp, released in partnership with Posit Science, a provider of brain fitness programs, is intended to help Baby Boomers retrain their brains and delay the impact of aging.

Binge drinking does not occur just among teenagers or college students. A recent study indicated that drinking large amounts of alcohol is now more prevalent among middle-aged adults than previously thought.

Twenty-three percent of men and 9 percent of women between 50 and 64 years old reported drinking at least five alcoholic beverages in the same day, in the previous month, according to a recent study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.