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"Scrunch your face up like a raisin, and then open your jaw and stick out your tongue and go aaahhhh," says the yoga instructor. Her four students, one in a wheelchair, break into giggles.

Ashen-faced was the way the press described Brooke Astor's son when he heard the jury's verdict convicting him of defrauding his mother of tens of millions of dollars as she lay dying of Alzheimer's disease. Barring an appeal, Anthony D. Marshall, 85, will be sentenced in early December. He faces...

What are the ingredients that allow someone to live a long -- a very long -- life? Genes, of course, are key, gerontologists say, but Samuel C. Durso, interim director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Johns Hopkins, points to several other factors as part of the elixir of ...

Seniors have until the end of the year to switch Medicare drug plans to get a better deal. But many will pass up the chance to save hundreds of dollars a year in prescription costs.

Feelings of unhappiness, decreased energy, insomnia and irritability are all symptoms of depression. And antidepressants can help relieve depression.

"Little Parents, First Baby" Will baby Charlie be little or average-size? That's the question that propels the one-hour documentary, created by Gayle Kirschenbaum, that airs on Discovery Health on Tuesday at 8 p.m. as part of "Baby Week."

Watts up, Doc? They certainly are, thanks to the increased power demands of today's supersized flat-screen TVs. And that worries energy sentinels. So a couple of weeks ago California -- continuing in its role as the national Trendinator -- issued new efficiency standards mandating that by 2011 al...

Within days of being born, babies cry in a way that reflects the language spoken by their parents.

As state and local governments have been facing budget shortfalls, social service programs, including some for seniors, have been cut.