Medicare spending on “skin substitutes” made of dried placenta has soared as doctors pocket lucrative discounts from sellers.

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Roughly 20 states now have laws permitting families to place cameras in the rooms of loved ones. Facility operators are often opposed.

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Fake nurseries and town squares seem to comfort patients. But some experts wonder whether they are patronizing, even infantilizing.

It doesn’t happen often. But when it does, some residents risk losing everything.

By 2060, new dementia cases per year could double to one million because of the growing population of older Americans, a study predicts.

A new book traces shifts in the nation’s treatment of aging adults — for better and for worse.

Some older Americans have come to depend on virtual consultations with doctors, covered by Medicare. To keep that option in the future, Congress will have to act quickly.

In 1947, Ron Eliran’s 13th birthday in the British Mandate for Palestine was canceled when authorities called a curfew. Now, 77 years later, he has officially become a man.