Uveitis: how to recognize the symptoms
By Dr. Jean E. Keamy
Uveitis is inflammation in the layer of tissue situated between the retina and the sclera (the white of the eye)....
Remembering Miss Grout
By: Janice Lindsay
In my family, “to grout” a plate or kitchen utensil means you removed it from its storage space but didn’t use it,...
Technological advances in lens implants
Until recently, choices in cataract surgery were simple. The cloudy lens or cataract was removed during surgery. Decades ago there was no such thing as an intraocular lens.
PRIDE comes in all ages: LGBT community needs support
By Michael E. Festa
The early days of June are always a wonderfully vibrant time in Boston. It’s when we celebrate PRIDE week. AARP staff...
The health care nuclear option
By Al Norman
Congress and the White House are poised to dismantle health care protections in our state that may take decades to repair. It’s...
Knee repair: Therapy as good as surgery?
You might not want to rush into knee surgery. Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treatments concludes.
Billie Jean King on new knees and boomer fitness
Billie Jean King is back playing tennis in Central Park with gusto after double-knee replacement surgery. And at 67, she’s encouraging all ages — especially baby boomers — to exercise and stay fit.
Quieter, please: New products keep it down a bit
Roxanne Went uses her car as “a cone of silence” to escape the noise of leaf blowers outside her suburban West Chester, Pa., home, and of family members’ blaring music inside.
Multivitamins may lower cancer risk in men
America’s favorite dietary supplements, multivitamins, modestly lowered the risk for cancer in healthy male doctors who took them for more than a decade, the first large study to test these pills has found.
Elder health Q&A: Blood Pressure
James McAllister, RN
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By James McAllister, RN
How many Americans have high blood pressure?
It is reported that about one in every three American adults has high...
