Adults & Aging

Aging with an inheritable blood or bleeding disorder can be challenging. Get tips for what to expect and how to deal here.

Amoxicillin heals your ear infection, acetaminophen relieves your headache and comfrey tea settles your stomach. However, depending on your age...
Your next workout is waiting just outside your door. Grab a rake, a push lawn mower and some gardening tools...
Although arthritis may worsen with aging, you can keep your joints in motion even as you age. The secret is...
Prophylaxis is not just for kids anymore. With the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval of Kogenate®, Bayer HealthCare’s...
Kyle Brown is fortunate that his hemophilia treatment center (HTC) kept ordering his medications. Ideally, his prophylaxis supply should have...
Women in their 60s are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease as they are to be diagnosed with breast...
New cholesterol guidelines published last year, developed jointly by the American College of Cardiologists and the American Heart Association, indicate...
Unexplained weight loss. Short on stamina. Winded while running. Those symptoms landed David Britton, who has mild hemophilia A, in...
The American Heart Association (AHA) wants all Americans to know the warning signs of cardiac arrest and heart attacks. Familiarize...
Despite the commercials on TV, osteoporosis—a disease characterized by weak, brittle bones—doesn’t just occur in older women. When Joe Nozemack...
As they get older, patients with HIV can experience fuzzy thinking. They’re slower to process information, have trouble focusing and...
As baby boomers age, they’ll not only face arthritis, but the possibility of another “itis” with even greater consequence—hepatitis. In...
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