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Breakups between health systems and Medicare Advantage plans have increased. Sometimes, patients get to leave plans, too

Breakups between health systems and Medicare Advantage plans have increased. Sometimes, patients get to leave plans, too

By Susan Jaffe and KFF Health News
April 24, 2025
Ageism in health care is a $63 billion problem. An expert offers 8 ways to combat it

Ageism in health care is a $63 billion problem. An expert offers 8 ways to combat it

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A young woman undergoes a brain scan.

Meet the 24-year-old helping Lilly test a preventive Alzheimer’s drug

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February 6, 2025
4 expert-backed strategies that will help you age gracefully

4 expert-backed strategies that will help you age gracefully

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January 28, 2025
The prospect of becoming more physically active may seem intimidating as you age, but Arnold Schwarzenegger wants you to give it a go.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 3 tips for staying active as you age: ‘Don’t think, just get going’

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November 16, 2024
Arnold Schwarzenegger is Zimmer Biomet’s inaugural chief movement officer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is joining a Fortune 500 company to solve a great problem of his generation

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November 13, 2024
Shopping for a 2025 Medigap policy? There may be some good news for you

Shopping for a 2025 Medigap policy? There may be some good news for you

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November 11, 2024
Don’t avoid the end-of-life talk with your aging parents. Here’s how to start the conversation

Don’t avoid the end-of-life talk with your aging parents. Here’s how to start the conversation

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November 2, 2024
This 30-second balance test can help tell you how well you’re aging

This 30-second balance test can help tell you how well you’re aging

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October 26, 2024
Just 25% of people at high risk of pneumococcal disease—children younger than 2, adults older than 64, and those with certain chronic health conditions such as diabetes—have been immunized, according to an August 2024 survey by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
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Pneumonia can be a deadly complication of COVID, the flu, and RSV: What to know about pneumococcal vaccination

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October 22, 2024
As of spring 2024, at which time two RSV vaccines had been FDA-approved, less than 25% of eligible U.S. adults 60 and older had gotten one, according to the CDC.

RSV can be deadly, especially for older adults. What to know about symptoms and the new vaccine

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October 4, 2024
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Protecting Medicare a top concern for more than half of Americans in 2024 presidential election

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October 1, 2024
About 47% of U.S. adults aged 50 and older said they were very or somewhat unlikely to get the new 2024–25 COVID-19 vaccine, according the University of Michigan’s National Poll on Healthy Aging.
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COVID sickens older adults most severely, but less than half say they’ll get the new vaccine

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September 30, 2024
Two women carrying yoga mats walk in a park

A group of women lowered their biological age by an average of 5 years in just 8 weeks. Here’s how

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September 22, 2024
Adults 65 and older should get their annual flu shot between mid-September and early October, according to Dr. Robert Hopkins Jr., medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Older adults should get their flu shots now. Here’s why they also need stronger vaccines

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September 8, 2024

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