The government will consider requiring more elderly people to bear 30% of their medical costs in an outline of measures to deal with the aging population adopted Friday. Under the current public ...

Elderly people aged 60 and above who have private health insurance coverage or are beneficiaries of the Employees' State Insurance program can still avail themselves of the advantages offered by ...

New aged care entrants will make larger means-tested contributions in a "once in a generation" reform. Under the reforms, three in ten full pensioners and seven in ten part pensioners entering ...

The NHS fails the elderly in their hour of need, a landmark report has found. The investigation by Lord Darzi, a surgeon and a former health minister, will lay bare the lack of care given to the ...

Sophia Loren famously called the fountain of youth “your mind, talents and creativity.” Si, signora, but a fab shirt helps—at least according to some retirees. “I won’t stop dressing ...

The robotic leg jumps across different terrains. Thomas Buchner / ETH Zurich and Toshihiko Fukushima / Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems The majority of the current walking robots are ...

Researchers have developed a robotic leg with artificial muscles. Inspired by living creatures, it jumps across different terrains in an agile and energy-efficient manner. Inventors and ...

If you are older, have a disability, or have balance issues, you may find it difficult to clip your fingernails and toenails with traditional nail clippers. From scissor-grip snips to automatic ...

Question: Please help with my unsightly lower legs. I get brown-red bruises that seem to spread out, for no apparent reason. I’m 82 and a fit cyclist. I want to keep wearing skirts and shorts!

It has emerged at least one child had to have a leg amputated following procedures carried out by Yaser Jabbar at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), while others suffered leg length ...