Travel health Part 2: The unexpected can happen
By Dr. David Rideout
After a very long and cold winter, Donna and Mark, a retired couple from Framingham, had been looking forward to their...
Lessons from a broken toe
By Janet Lindsay
Take my advice: Do not break your toe.
You might think, “I have ten toes. What difference does it make if one gets...
Obama should never have accepted Social Security COLA cut
By Al Norman
Just before the New Year, I was invited to listen in on a White House conference call. The briefing was not open...
The payroll tax holiday should end
By Al Norman
I think Congress has it totally wrong on the issue of the Social Security payroll tax. The House and the Senate both...
Moment of harmony
I remember one moment when the world, at least my world, rested in perfect harmony. This wasn’t my only such moment, but it was the earliest I remember of experiencing that sweet contentment that occurs when everything is in its place.
When my sister and I were little, our parents played piano. They had a tiny band, playing for weekly square dances at the village dance hall on the lake. Usually they were joined by a saxophone player and a drummer, sometimes a fiddler, sometimes a banjo player. But the piano was the musical anchor, necessary for every set of three square dances followed by three ballroom dances. The work was too demanding physically for one pianist; our parents took turns.
AARP’s 2017 legislative priorities
By Mike Festa, State Director, AARP Massachusetts
AARP is hard at work fighting for the interests of older adults across the country, including our renewed...
Body contouring: Get the body you always wanted
Let’s face it, every body changes its appearance over time, and the aging process isn’t always to blame. Some of us fall in and out of intervals of exercising, indulge in occasional unhealthy eating, experience a slowing down of our metabolism, or have too much sun exposure.
Diabetic eye disease: What you should know
By Dr. Steven A. Nielsen
As we leave the mildness of early autumn behind and prepare for the approaching colder months, it is important not...
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...
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...
