Fifty Plus Advocate sweeps national media awards
WORCESTER —
The Fifty Plus Advocate newspaper and its online partner, www.fiftyplusadvocate.com, was recognized for General Excellence among several first place honors they received at...
Federal funding boosts new Alzheimer’s research
Researchers will test promising drugs aimed at preventing Alzheimer’s and identify and validate biological targets for novel therapies, with approximately $45 million in new...
Health overhaul confusing Medicare beneficiaries
By Kelli Kennedy
MIAMI —
Dear seniors, your Medicare benefits aren’t changing under the Affordable Care Act. That’s the message federal health officials are trying to...
Nyad celebrates historic swim from Cuba to Florida
By Jennifer Kay
KEY WEST, Fla. — The clocks Diana Nyad uses to time her training swims show that she is slower than she used...
You take care of Mom, but who will take care of you?
WASHINTON, DC —
The pool of family and friends to care for Baby Boomers as they age into their 80s will be less than...
Personal ‘Obamacare’ accounts debut
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
WASHINGTON —
You can now open your own personal “Obamacare” account — but you’ll have to wait awhile before you can actually use...
AARP, U.S. Chamber of Commerce partner to improve retirement savings
WASHINGTON, D.C. —
At a solutions forum on retirement savings recently, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and AARP joined together to urge policymakers to act...
One Care Plan slated to start in two months
The Patrick Administration announced on July 16 that three managed care health plans had passed their “readiness review” and now have signed contracts to...
Medicare won’t pay for Eli Lilly Alzheimer’s agent
WASHINGTON —
Eli Lilly & Co. said it will push ahead with a first-of-a-kind imaging chemical designed to help screen for Alzheimer’s disease, despite a...
Woman among world’s oldest marks 114th birthday
INKSTER, Mich. —
The birthday of one of the world’s oldest people has drawn the attention of President Barack Obama.
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