Mary Tyler Moore: Victim of a Common Disease of Older Adults
Actress Mary Tyler Moore’s death earlier this year at age 80 of cardiopulmonary disease and pneumonia serves as a reminder that older adults are highly vulnerable to life-threatening infectious...
View ArticleNew Shingles Vaccine Urged for Adults 50+
(Editor’s note: This newly updated story was originally published in 2017.) If you are in your fifties, there’s a new shingles vaccine recommendation for you. In January 2018, the U.S. Centers for...
View ArticleWhy Pneumococcal Pneumonia Can Be Serious for Adults 65+
(This post is sponsored and developed, in part, by Pfizer; however, the opinions are my own.) You’ve been battling that cough for a while now, and lately a fever and the shaking chills. You think it...
View ArticleAdults 65+ Why It Is Important to Help Protect Yourself Against Other...
(This post is sponsored and developed, in part, by Pfizer; however, the opinions are my own.) As winter approaches, those of us who are 65 or older are often encouraged by health care providers to get...
View ArticleMeasles Outbreak: Do You Need a Shot?
(This article appeared previously on the PBS NewsHour website and it is an abridged version. Click here to see the entire article.) The U.S. could be eight months or so away from losing its...
View ArticlePneumonia Vaccine: How Things May Change for People 65+
(An update on the May 2019 Next Avenue story, below, about a potential change in the rules about a pneumonia vaccine: On Wednesday, June 26, a key U.S. government panel recommended the Centers for...
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