Cannabis use among older adults is rising rapidly, with mixed evidence on cognitive benefits, risks, and unclear long-term ...

Researchers warn that ultraprocessed food has left a lasting imprint on older Americans, especially women, linking addictive eating to poorer physical and mental health. Study: Ultra-processed food ...

Until relatively recently, health providers and researchers paid limited attention to alcohol and other drug use by older adults. But as baby boomers have turned 65, the age at which they qualify for ...

People born between 1960 and 1975 and living in high-income countries are increasingly likely to show signs of being hooked on highly processed food that they were the first generation to be exposed ...

Life today for a person aged 65 years or older dramatically differs from life 50 years ago, with major advances in health and technology. Futurists like Ray Kurzweil predict continued advances in ...

Researchers found that middle-aged adults, especially women, are far more likely to be addicted to ultra-processed foods than older generations. Marketing of diet-focused processed foods in the 1980s ...

As the population ages, we have to face a growing, generally overlooked crisis of drug abuse among seniors. What once were considered problems for the younger generation are increasingly found in our ...

In 20 years of treating older adults with addiction, I’ve often been told that addiction among the elderly isn’t a serious problem to treat (“Medicare Opioid Caps Fall Short,” Page One, Aug. 12). Many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gen X has a lasting junk food problem, and appear to be hooked on cookies, microwaveable meals and other carbohydrate-heavy ...