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Your Brain Holds Secrets. Scientists Want to Find Them.
Many Americans plan to donate their organs for transplants or their bodies for medical science. Few realize that there’s a growing need for their brains, too.
By Paula Span
Many Americans plan to donate their organs for transplants or their bodies for medical science. Few realize that there’s a growing need for their brains, too.
By Paula Span
Arguments, verbal abuse and aggression are not unusual in elder care settings. Better staffing and training can ease the tensions, experts say.
By Paula Span
Medicare Advantage plans say it reduces waste and inappropriate care. Critics say it often restricts coverage unnecessarily.
By Paula Span
Trained negotiators can help families struggling with vexing elder-care issues.
By Paula Span
Homeownership is not the boon to older Americans that it once was.
By Paula Span
The pandemic played a role in increased consumption, but alcohol use among people 65 and older was climbing even before 2020.
By Paula Span
Federal law requires states to seek reimbursement from the assets, usually homes, of people who died after receiving benefits for long-term care.
By Paula Span
New criteria could lead to a diagnosis on the basis of a simple blood test, even in the absence of obvious symptoms.
By Paula Span
A society in which members of different generations do not interact “is a dangerous experiment,” said one researcher.
By Paula Span
The move to a long-term care facility is often difficult but necessary for frail patients. For their partners, it can mean a new set of challenges.
By Paula Span
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