Health & Wellness

A U.S. customs change scheduled for Oct. 22 could add costs and delays to medicines mailed from Canada, raising concern among patients and lawmakers.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 11, 2026

Friends of BrainHealth awarded six 2026 research grants and held a live vote for a seventh, funding early-stage work on dementia risk and brain health.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 10, 2026

HHS named eight recipients for a three-year, $27.8 million effort to expand programs intended to prevent falls among older adults.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 10, 2026

A Nottingham Trent University study combines radar, thermal sensors and smart plugs to identify routines and possible emergencies in the home.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 10, 2026

Bonn researchers directly converted human blood-cell precursors into neural stem cells, tracking a gradual reset in epigenetic age in the lab.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 10, 2026

A study mapped immune aging in adults and linked a blood-protein pattern associated with granzyme B cells to later chronic disease risks.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 10, 2026

Researchers are investigating amyloid, tau, inflammation and vascular damage as contributors to Alzheimer’s. None fully explains the disease.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 9, 2026

At an AAD meeting, Brian Kim discussed emerging CSU treatments targeting BTK, IL-4 receptors and c-KIT, including therapies still under study.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 9, 2026

A survey of 1,391 adults finds practical care is more often seen as meeting needs than privacy, independence and respect in nursing homes.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 9, 2026

Home-based care buyers are weighing sustainable growth, care quality and leadership—and increasingly keeping sellers involved after acquisitions.

• LifeStyles In Focus Team
• October 9, 2026