Health & Wellness

A North Carolina study found flood exposure was associated with hospitalizations and deaths among older Medicare patients using electric medical devices.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 22, 2026

Otometrics introduced Aurical IQ at EUHA 2026, adding guided fitting, NAL-NL3 support and redesigned software for hearing care professionals.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 22, 2026

Bayada named Melanie Sponholz chief compliance officer, while Comfort Keepers appointed Jessie Brumbach chief marketing officer.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 22, 2026

Home-based care leaders say fast referrals, timely starts and detailed data matter—but providers must match growth to their capabilities.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 22, 2026

A mouse embryo study found distinct brain gene-expression patterns by sex when fathers were older; it does not establish an autism link.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 21, 2026

Brown researchers found hunger altered alcohol-reward learning in fruit flies through an octopamine neuron; implications for people remain untested.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 21, 2026

Nurse Hannah Gardner describes how her mother’s young-onset Alzheimer’s shaped her work supporting children and young people in dementia-affected families.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 21, 2026

A Pilates instructor says stiffness after 60 can be linked to long periods of sitting and limited movement, not age alone.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 21, 2026

Mayo Clinic’s Kenton Kaufman explains how balance changes with age, possible causes of unsteadiness and ways to practice balance safely.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 21, 2026

A study of more than 4,700 postmenopausal women links menopause before 40 with higher cardiovascular risk and insulin levels, but not higher fasting glucose.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 20, 2026