Study finds java drinkers live longer
No one knows why. Coffee contains a thousand things that can affect health, from helpful antioxidants to tiny amounts of substances linked to cancer. The most widely studied ingredient — caffeine — didn’t play a role in the new study’s results.
Seniors and disabled must enroll in managed care plans
By Al Norman
Beginning next January, the state of Massachusetts will require 105,000 low-income people to enroll in a managed care plan. If they do...
Federal program aims to end elder hunger
By Linda F. Fitzgerald
The growing problem of elder hunger in the United States, including right here in Massachusetts, is disgraceful. And, it can be...
Learn to hear again with some help
By Stephen P. Tobias
We have all heard of the people that get hearing aids and put them in the drawer after trying them a...
Boomers finding space for team, fitness sports
The country’s largest generation is running, walking, swimming and using exercise machines in hopes of changing the face of aging.
What is old school in the world of funeral arrangements?
By Joe Casper
Recently I went into an Asian restaurant and asked the young waiter, “My father loved chicken chow-mein. How is it here?” To...
How Can I Get Rid of My Glasses? Part 3
By Dr. Jean Keamy
Phakic Intraocular Lens or Phakic IOL presents another option for glasses free vision. With over 10 years of history, hundreds of...
Do you hear what I hear?
By Robert Mario
In both animals and humans, vocal signals used for communication contain a wide array of different sounds that are determined by the...
Ending Medicare as we know it, again
By Al Norman
A report by the health care advocacy group Families USA says if the House Republican budget proposal unveiled by Congressman Paul Ryan,...
Spa therapies blending high-tech with tradition
Hyperlocal ingredients, a blend of technology and tradition, and treatments focusing not just on beauty but also on remedying stress and pain are some of the trends turning up at spas nationwide.
