Old age

And it may or may not have something to do with the opposite sex.

If there is one thing to take away from writer Graeme Simsion it's you know that thing you've always wanted to do? Take up tennis, learn a foreign language, write a book? Do it. Just do it.

Senior citizens asked to pack condoms for cruise after evidence suggests sexually transmitted infections are on the rise in pensioners

According to a (small) study of 2000 women by health company Balance Activ the real number could be closer to 46. Psychotherapist Lucy Beresford told The Mirror, “Anecdotally we hear that the menopause is beginning to start earlier, in the same way as puberty is starting younger.” According to the Australian Menopause Society menopause can […]

New research suggests while women over 65 would gain from taking the drug daily, those using it younger than 65 are susceptible to stomach bleeding.

It appears age is no barrier for these senior citizens who enjoy busting a move.

Research published in the American Heart Association’s journal Stroke, suggests that postmenopausal women derive health benefits from potassium-rich foods if they do not have high blood pressure. In Australia stokes kill more women than breast cancer and more men than prostate cancer; and while potassium has previously been linked to lower blood pressure and reducing […]

Leandra Becerra Lumbreras was 14 when Australia became a federation and was 82 when man first walked on the moon.

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows that the death rate for males is 1.5 times as high as the rate for females.

Elderly residents have been burnt drowned and even strangled to death while staying in Australian nursing homes. Others have been deliberately harmed even killed by staff.