UCLA Health's Healthy Years (HY)
Volume 22 • Number 2 • February 2025
Biological, hormonal, and physiological differences contribute to how heart disease presents, progresses, and responds to treatment in men and women. Symptoms can vary by sex, too. Knowing these distinctions can improve diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes, particularly as we get older, when heart disease risk increases. The Role of Age and …
Issue Highlights
Easy bruising, fatigue, night sweats, loss of appetite: These symptoms have many causes, and in most cases they won’t be …
Achy muscles and joints don’t exactly inspire movement, but moving can provide relief within minutes and may reduce pain in …
Dysphagia is the medical term for difficulty with swallowing. When this vital function becomes problematic, it’s important to let your …
Last year, 78-year-old Lou was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He called it the “bad kind,” meaning aggressive and likely to …
Job one if you’re diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is to immediately book an appointment with a retina specialist, …
