HHS Medicare savings stats mislead seniors
By Dennis Byron
Fellow senior citizens, you might have seen news releases recently from the Obama administration’s Health and Human Services (HHS) department and its...
Let’s Talk: Americans need health care and retirement security
By Deborah E. Banda
“I remember the pride I felt when I received my Social Security card at the age of 14,” said Sarah, an...
Will new ‘save driver’ rules make our roads safer?
By Al Norman
Last July, I wrote about a new state law that was supposed to help get unsafe drivers off the road. But will...
Losing weight, keeping it off, two different things
“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.
Help is available for tinnitus sufferers, part 1
By Robert Mario
Suffering from a “ringing in the ears” sounds benign enough on the scale of medical problems, but tinnitus and related hearing disorders...
Boomers will be spending billions to counter aging
Anti-aging enthusiasts contend that life spans can be prolonged through interventions such as hormone replacement therapy and dietary supplements. Critics, including much of the medical establishment, say many anti-aging interventions are ineffective or harmful.
Deadline nears for Medicare Part D enrollment
By Ron Pollack
If you have Medicare, you know that as soon as the leaves start falling from the trees, your mailbox will fill up...
The Social Security COLA wars are fizzing up
By Al Norman
After two straight years with a 0 percent Social Security cost of living adjustment (COLA), the recently announced 3.6 percent Social Security...
Weighing cancer risks, from cellphones to coffee
You are sitting in a freshly dry-walled house, drinking coffee from a Styrofoam cup and talking on a cellphone. Which of these is most likely to be a cancer risk?
Hearing loss in middle age is preventable
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health researchers found that hearing loss in middle-aged adults is associated with being male, having a...
