Search results for

Falling is the top cause of injury for older adults and even mild hearing loss can increase the risk. But consistently wearing hearing aids may improve balance and prevent falls, a study finds.

At least four inmates died and 46 others attempted suicide from July 2021 through June 2022, according to a new report. It is the most yearly deaths and attempted suicides recorded since 2016.

No Easy Day, a first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, debuts at No. 1.

NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports on the ongoing meeting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, where the discussion is focused on child abuse by the clergy. Among the votes planned for tomorrow is one on a statement that bishops will hold one another responsible for implementing the policies by fraternal correction. One bishop also said public pressure will hold the bishops accountable. But lay groups pushing for stronger protections for minors say the bishops promised 10 years ago they would be accountable, but went on placing offending priests in parishes.

When Niloufer Ichaporia King's mother, Shireen Ichaporia, turned 90, King began an account of Parsi food. My Bombay Kitchen chronicles a cuisine and culture that is endangered and fast disappearing. Read three recipes.

A new populist climate agenda from progressives takes affordability into account by aiming to lower costs for everyday people through policies that also happen to cut carbon emissions.

The three major credit reporting agencies announce a new way of calculating credit scores. The move is meant to give you a better understanding of how the score is determined, and how much credit you can carry.

Netflix first announced in March 2022 it would charge extra for password sharing, pointing to concerns that the practice was contributing to revenue loss.

America has been waging war on poverty since the 1960s, and official numbers suggest it has made substantial progress. What these figures don't take into account are the many factors that may be pushing elderly people into a fragile economic existence, despite incomes that technically place them above the official poverty line.

Twitter's former security head is accusing the company of ignoring major security vulnerabilities and misrepresenting the number of fake accounts on the platform.