Though few people may want to take medicine each day, prescription drugs prolong lives and help people manage conditions that might otherwise make it difficult to live life to the fullest. A 2017 survey from Consumer Reports found that 55 percent of people living in the United States take a ...

For most Americans, their home is their largest asset. In fact, seniors are sitting on more than $6.6 trillion of unused home equity. Today there are more options for utilizing that equity than in the past and one of those options is the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) or reverse ...

When many people hear the phrase “Estate Plan,” they think it does not apply to them as they do not feel as though they have an “estate.” You don’t need to have a mansion and millions of dollars in order to have an estate. Anything you own-your home, cars, bank accounts, personal ...

A 2017 report from the World Economic Forum recommended that the richest countries across the globe raise their retirement ages in order to prevent the collapses of pension systems. Full retirement age in the United States varies depending on when a person was born, though it's currently ...

Did you know that they key to personal health may begin in the core of the body? Doctors and researchers are learning more and more about how the immune system and other functions of the body are tied to microscopic players housed in the stomach and intestines. Improving this digestive ...

Osteoporosis is often seen as a problem for the elderly, and the National Osteoporosis Foundation notes that being over 50 is a major risk factor for osteoporosis. But that doesn't mean people younger than 50 can't develop the disease. The misconception that osteoporosis exclusively afflicts ...