Local foundation helps with testing and treatment of Lyme disease
Region - Lyme disease is one of the most misunderstood and controversial diseases across our country. Getting properly diagnosis and treatment options are extremely difficult. I quickly found this out after losing my Mom, Jeanne to complications from untreated late-stage Lyme disease. Mom was full of life until she developed a rash on her upper back while spending the winter in Florida in early 2011. The non-blistering rash was quickly diagnosed as shingles and she was prescribed a steroid. Her health would never be the same after that.
Veterans are entitled to certain benefits
By Tracey Ingle
As I write this article, I am travelling in Europe.
Travelling to different parts of the world, always reminds me how lucky we Americans...
COPD: Preventable and treatable lung disease
By Sarah Toadvine
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a preventable and treatable lung disease that affects more than 5 percent of the population. People...
Six tips to Jump start weight loss in the new year
Losing weight is at the top of many a New Year’s resolution list. In addition to maintaining a healthy diet and getting enough exercise, what else can one do to make sure those good intentions have a lasting impact throughout the year?
Identifying and preventing cataracts, part 1
Many of you may wonder what a cataract is. Is family history important to the development of a cataract? Can you prevent cataracts ? Will cataracts cause blindness? How are cataracts fixed?
Certificate in ‘Adulting’
By Marianne Delorey
Every generation creates its own lingo. Recently, Millennials have coined the word “Adulting” to mean “being responsible.” Many 20- to 30-year-olds are...
Avoid holiday scams this season with the AARP Fraud Watch Network
By Mike Festa
State Director, AARP Massachusetts
Did you know that someone’s identity gets stolen every two seconds? The AARP Fraud Watch Network provides you with...
Medicaid: Through the eye of a needle
State officials announced in late August that they had removed 205,000 people from Massachusetts' Medicaid rolls, as part of a check to make sure that “everyone enrolled in MassHealth is eligible for it.”
Everyone on MassHealth has to be redetermined every year. To get on MassHealth, and to stay on MassHealth, is not an easy task. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a poor elder to enter the rolls of Medicaid. That's the gospel according to MassHealth.
Viewpoint by Janice Lindsay
Visit the past. Its safer.
For this column, I delve into the past. I need a vacation from the present, which I find a...
Workplace retirement savings program debuts in Massachusetts
Today, a secure retirement may be out of reach for millions of Americans, especially those who work for small businesses. Fifty-seven million Americans have no access to a retirement savings plan through their employers - that’s over 50 percent of the 18- to 64-year-old population. When employers give workers the option of payroll deduction for retirement savings, AARP research indicates that their participation rate is a whopping 1,300 percent higher than that of those without the option.
