The first nationally representative study of cognitive impairment and dementia in more than 20 years found that almost one in 10 US older adults has dementia, and 22% have mild cognitive impairment...

Hanging on a wall at the Inn Between is a photo of John Cal Robb, the note he wrote before he died and the blue plastic butterfly that signaled to his friends that it was his time to go...

Drug prescriptions increase in the 20 years before a patient’s dementia diagnosis, and prescribing patterns begin to hone in on particular medical conditions, a new study finds...

Americans over 65 remain the demographic most likely to have received the original series of vaccinations. But fewer are getting the follow-up shots, surveys indicate...

A primary barrier for patient and family access to palliative care is a lack of standardized definition and payment mechanism...

Telemedicine exploded in popularity after COVID-19 hit, but limits are returning for care delivered across state lines. That complicates follow-up treatments for some cancer patients...

About 30% of participants in a recent study said they believe that “hospice intentionally hastens death and the dying process.”

Ten years after Colorado voters made history by approving Amendment 64, the 2012 ballot measure that legalized recreational marijuana, they’ll have the chance to take another groundbreaking step towards drug decriminalization...

By next year, half of Medicare beneficiaries will have a private Medicare Advantage plan. Most large insurers in the program have been accused in court of fraud...