How VA Aid and Attendance helps veterans’ surviving spouses
The VA Aid and Attendance benefit enabled John to attend a day care program several days a week to give Martha a break and time for errands.
How can I get rid of glasses after cataract surgery? Part 4
By Dr. Jean Keamy
Cataracts typically occur in patients over 50. At birth the lens is crystal clear, but with time it gets cloudy. This...
Acceptance: The new American way
In a relatively short span, American views have shifted on everything from gay marriage to marijuana legalization to illegal immigration and, perhaps, more.
10 ways to be happy and healthy in 2010
It’s easy being green — Whether you are a vegetarian, vegan, carnivore or pescetarian, vegetables should be a central part of your diet. Often referred to as a “protective food,” dark green foods provide essential vitamins and nutrients to your body that protect you from many of life’s worst diseases.
Mediterranean diets cut heart risks
Pour on the olive oil, preferably over fish and vegetables: One of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering heart-related problems.
July audio book releases from Hachette
THE COMPETITION (A Rachel Knight Novel) Pub Date: July 8
By Marcia Clark Read by January LaVoy
A Columbine-style massacre at a high school...
Stopping Medicare waste, fraud, and abuse
By Ron Pollack
Did you hear about the case last year of the Houston doctor and medical equipment provider who billed Medicare more than $1...
New governor must listen to the needs of invisible elders
By Al Norman
Massachusetts has elected a new governor.
One of the most striking details about the long campaign was the almost total lack of attention...
Will the legislature end home care waiting lists?
By Al Norman
In September of 2012, a coalition of five elder advocacy groups sent a letter to Gov. Deval Patrick urging him to help...
Clean repeal, skinny repeal. It all came to nothing
How often do we get to see elected officials voting on Nothing?
That’s what it came to in Congress the other day. The U.S. Senate could not muster the votes to even discuss “repealing and replacing” the Affordable Care Act. But they exerted more pressure on their members, and finally managed to vote 51-50 to begin to debate some version of repealing the Affordable Care Act. They came up with a replacement bill that would have allowed insurance companies to offer cheap, “stripped down” policies that did not meet federal standards. But that bill lost by a vote of 43 to 57. With conservatives and moderates balking at the “replacement” bill, the leadership turned to a new option: repeal Obamacare. No replacement, just what they called a “clean repeal.”