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I have been a registered lobbyist on Beacon Hill for 30 years. I have only represented one client over all that time: Mass Home Care, a private, nonprofit network whose mission is to help elderly and disabled individuals live independently at home. I am in the middle of my 30th state budget cycle. The House version of the budget has just been approved. The Senate is up next. There were 1,307 amendments filed in the House, which means that the average state representative filed eight budget amendments.

“No one announces to a dieter, ‘You’re moving into the weight-maintenance stage. You’ll have to do things differently,’ said Dr. Christopher Sciamanna.

By Dr. David Rideout After a very long and cold winter, Donna and Mark, a retired couple from Framingham, had been looking forward to their...

By Dr. Robert Mario Tinnitus appears to be produced by an unfortunate confluence of structural and functional changes in the brain, say neuroscientists at Georgetown...

By Al Norman The start of a new year always reminds me of what I did not get accomplished the year before. As a lobbyist...

By Savitha Tudi Chronic pain, defined as pain that lasts for more than three months, can manifest itself in many ways. And its cause can...

By Al Norman According to a new study from the U. Mass Donahue Institute, the population aged 65 plus in Massachusetts will increase by over...

By Ed Karvoski Jr., Culture Editor Region – After taking a two-decade hiatus from singing a cappella music, Michael Radner of Marlborough is once again crooning...

By Michael E. Festa I recently spent the day with AARP President Rob Romasco, who was in Massachusetts for a series of events aimed at...

By Al Norman Over a period of seven years, I criticized former Governor Deval Patrick for rarely mentioning the elderly in his annual State of...