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You may need to toss that tossed salad.
Nothing may be certain but death and taxes, as Benjamin Franklin said, but a higher rate of deadly car crashes on tax day suggests the two unhappy events can also be inextricably combined.
Last year, older Americans were told that the shingles vaccine was effective at cutting their risk of getting the painful red rash caused by the chicken pox virus. The only problem: A paltry supply meant few people could get the shot.
As if going to the dentist wasn't painful enough, a new study from Yale suggests a link between frequent dental X-rays and a type of brain tumor.
With age may come wisdom, but that won't necessarily help you with tough legal questions like, "What's the asset limit for Medicaid reimbursement of nursing home costs?" and "Should I petition for guardianship of an incapacitated older relative?"
Most of us know that familiar orange box of baking soda.
How often do you change the sheets on your bed? Once a week? Every two weeks? When they're stiff enough to stand upright?
Moderate alcohol consumption -- a glass of wine or a cocktail a day -- has been shown to help prevent heart disease, but a new study suggests that it might even be good for men who have had a heart attack.
Snore. Snort. Gasp. Repeat.
The most recent figures on Americans and plastic surgery were just released and there's an interesting new twist: a big increase in those 65 and over getting their sags and wrinkles nipped, tucked and smoothed.