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?
Today’s threat to Medicare and Social Security: The Supercommittee
By Deborah E. Banda
As the race for our nation’s next president begins to heat up, we’re hearing about where candidates stand on Social Security...
The hospitals and the elders should be friends
By Al Norman
In the movie Oklahoma, the farmer and the cowman were encouraged to be friends:
“One man likes to push a plough, the other...
Glaucoma is a pressure situation
By Dr. Jean E Keamy
In light of the fact that the eye lens and cornea have no blood supply, they must rely on the...
