Tara Bahrampour

Henry Morgenthau III, shown at his home in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9, 2017.

Henry Morgenthau III, producer who helped shape public television, dies

December 13, 2018 at 3:27 a.m.

Henry Morgenthau III, a TV producer and documentarian who helped shape public television in its early days and provided a forum for the nation's civil rights conversation in the 1960s,...

A recent study found teens are increasingly delaying activities that had long been seen as rites of passage into adulthood, including alcohol consumption.

For many teenagers, getting drunk is not on the bucket list

June 2, 2018 at 12:06 p.m.

Bennett Wright tried vodka once, at a friend's house, and it didn't taste good. Unlike legions of bygone teenagers who grimaced and took another swig figuring it was part of...

Why are today’s teens putting off sex, driving, dating and drinking?

June 2, 2018 at 2:49 p.m.

When 17-year-old Quattro Musser hangs out with friends, they don't drink beer or cruise around in cars with their dates. Rather, they stick to G-rated activities such as rock-climbing or...

Interrupted sleep may lead to Alzheimer’s, new studies show

June 3, 2018 at 11:11 a.m.

Getting a solid night's sleep is crucial not only for feeling good the next day - there is increasing evidence that it may also protect against dementia, according to new...

Americans are having less sex than they used to — one group in particular

June 5, 2018 at 9:48 p.m.

It used to be that, along with certain tax benefits, one advantage to being married was having more sex than singletons. That benefit is steadily diminishing, according to a new...

Complex jobs, social ties appear to help ward off Alzheimer’s: studies

August 19, 2019 at 8:31 a.m.

Work that involves complex thinking and interaction with other people seems to help protect against the onset of Alzheimer's Disease, according to research presented Sunday at the Alzheimer's Association's International...

Tiyease Floyd, 46, stands at the Washington, D.C., house she grew up in, which her grandmother, Retha Floyd, 95, has owned for over 50 years. Her grandmother is a plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against reverse mortgage companies accused of conspiring to defraud borrowers.

$5 million class-action suit alleges mortgage companies defrauded elderly homeowners

June 10, 2018 at 5:47 p.m.

To Retha Floyd, 95, taking out a reverse mortgage on her home seemed like a sensible way to pay for needed repairs and preserve the house for her descendants. But...

‘Promise you’ll never put me in a nursing home’

May 25, 2019 at 5:43 p.m.

Promise you won't put me in a nursing home. It's hard to deny that request. But it's often even harder to honor it. Whenever Sarah Harris and her husband, Ernie,...

The hidden medical epidemic few women have been willing to talk about, until now

June 16, 2018 at 1:59 p.m.

When Carmel Price's mother had an operation six years ago, Price helped her in the hospital but never really knew what the procedure was for. "I heard that she was...

Exercising into old age

August 19, 2019 at 7:26 a.m.

To 63-year-old Greg Cooke, seeing Diana Nyad this month become the first person to complete a 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida was nothing short of awesome. Nyad is, after...

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