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People 55 and older represent 41% of the U.S. population living with HIV. Learn more about #HIVandAging and #NHAAD.

Overdiagnosis can occur when cancers grow very slowly or if a person’s life expectancy is short.

Studies highlight the need for better prevention and management of age-related health problems.

About 42 million Americans provided unpaid care to people 50 and older in 2020.

Will Leqembi’s primary benefit—a slight slowing of decline in cognition and functioning—make a difference to patients and family members...

Ozempic and related medications are changing how ordinary people as well as medical experts think about obesity.

NIH study finds radiation shows strongest association with aging, less for surgery and endocrine treatments.

While patient advocates are celebrating, critics predict the rollout of Leqembi will aggravate racial disparities in elder care.

The CDC recommends that everyone 13 to 64 get tested for HIV at least once. Why stop at 64? SAGE wants the upper limit removed.

A large clinical trial found that daily multivitamins led to modest improvements in memory over a three-year period.

People with greater immune resilience may be at lower risk for severe COVID-19, AIDS and recurrent skin cancer, NIAID grantees find.

Among people 65 and older, cardiovascular deaths plunged 22% between 1999 and 2010 -- but then climbed 13% between 2011 and 2019.

However, those with a very low CD4 count have a substantially shorter life expectancy, emphasizing the need for prompt treatment.

Employers understand the need to take time off to care for a baby, but there’s less understanding about time to care for anyone else.

People with strong connections to family, friends and their communities are happier, physically healthier and live longer.

While applauding an updated guide to start mammograms at age 40, the American Cancer Society also weighs whether to screen after 75.