Kay Manning

Clinical trials underway for how diet impacts brain health in older adults.

‘The aim is to prevent dementia.’ Trials underway in Chicago for diet that protects memory and thinking during aging.

May 21, 2020 at 7:17 p.m.

With no pill or medicine in sight to delay or prevent the development of dementia, researchers are finding promise in such lifestyle factors as diet, exercise and social stimulation. The...

When prescribing, doctors need to address how opioids should be used sparingly, if at all, to avoid addiction.

My 75-year-old partner had surgery and was prescribed a bottle of opioids with no words of caution

October 5, 2019 at 7:00 a.m.

Within months of turning 75, my significant other was facing surgery — his first ever. It was an inguinal hernia repair, one of the most common procedures performed in the...

Sarah Boudreau-Romano serves dinner to her daughter Coco, 9, and sons Dillon and Mitch, far right, both 13, at their home Aug. 27, 2019.

Adult-onset food allergies are becoming more common, with women most at risk

August 30, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

Sarah Boudreau-Romano knew all about food allergies. Besides being a physician board-certified in allergy and immunology, three of her four children have food allergies severe enough that she started The...

Why some are ditching the vault and coffin for natural burials and at-home funerals

May 3, 2019 at 7:36 p.m.

Jeffrey Rich woke up last July to find his husband not breathing beside him in bed. When Jeff Wright, 57, could not be revived, Rich started looking for ways to...

Nurse Jaclyn Noto, left, helps show Paivia Brown how to hold her newborn daughter Paiton at Evanston Hospital on Sept. 10, 2018.

‘How does a well baby die?’ Respiratory distress event gaining attention of doctors, nurses

December 12, 2018 at 1:28 p.m.

Elated, exhausted mothers who’ve just given birth are enjoying the first skin-to-skin contact with their babies and texting out the news to family and friends. If not distracted enough to...

For parents considering having a child fly solo, preparation is vital, says child psychologist Rebecca Nelson.

Considering having a child fly solo? Here’s what to know

December 13, 2018 at 1:20 p.m.

What’s a busy parent to do? A son or daughter under 15 needs to get to camp, spend time with a noncustodial parent or visit a grandmother, all out of...

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says the company will allow people to use bathrooms at its coffee shops even if they don't buy anything, as it continues to take a closer look at its operations following the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia shop.

As Starbucks gears up for training, here’s why ‘implicit bias’ can be good, bad or very bad

December 14, 2018 at 3:03 p.m.

Five women calling themselves the Sisters in the Fairway, new members of the Grandview Golf Club in York, Penn., were playing the first holes April 21, when they were accused...

‘You can’t be lonely and be a healthy person.’ How seniors can combat isolation

August 19, 2019 at 8:48 a.m.

Kathy Seguin is an older adult — she really dislikes labels such as senior citizen and elder orphan — who was a prime candidate for the kind of isolation that...

Why more couples over 50 are cohabiting, not marrying

June 2, 2018 at 1:25 a.m.

Oprah Winfrey told Vogue magazine earlier this year that she asked longtime partner Stedman Graham only once about what would have happened had they gotten married. He replied, "We wouldn't...

Wendy Filip, center, with daughter Kristin and husband Joe, had to pick up the pieces after Joe Filip's mother killed herself rather than comply with her doctor's ultimatum to quit smoking. She thinks smoking should be illegal.

Ex-smokers now outnumber smokers, but cessation efforts still face uphill battle

June 3, 2018 at 5:22 p.m.

"Her death was senseless. If I could have videotaped her last moments, traveled back in time and showed her how horrible her death would be, I think she would've quit,"...

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