We’re all familiar with generic medications: the less expensive versions of medications that most insurance companies want us to get instead of their brand-name counterparts....
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How To Protect Yourself From Noise Pollution
You hear a lot about the health dangers of air pollution, but there’s another type of pollution (a type you may not even realize is...
Older Americans Are Facing Unfair Health-Care Challenges: How You Can Fight Back
Aging in America offers plenty of opportunities…and plenty of challenges. Medicare helps pay health-care bills, but the health-care system doesn’t always serve people over age...
Secrets to Slowing Down the Clock
Does it feel like time is moving faster as you get older? When you were a kid, a summer day lasted forever. Now, you look...
Caregivers: Take Care of Yourself, Too
If you’re a family caregiver—an adult child caring for an aging parent, for example, or a wife caring for a husband with cancer—you’re far from...
What Is Palliative Care?
If you have a serious health condition, anything from cancer to congestive heart failure to dementia to Parkinson’s disease, you probably already spend a lot...
Stop Retirement From Stealing Your Health
For many of us, the idea of retirement seems downright heavenly, a reward for a lifetime of hard work. And for a while, retirement probably...
7 Longevity Strategies from a 102-year-old Doctor
Gladys McGarey, MD, has a very busy professional life. A pioneer in the holistic medicine movement, she offers life consultations…is working to launch a “village...
Medicare Season Is Here
October is the start of the open-enrollment season for Medicare. You’re probably already feeling overwhelmed by all the TV ads for Medicare supplement and Advantage...
Are You Prepared to Grow Old Alone?
You may not be planning to grow old alone, but no one can predict the future. Today’s greater freedom to live on our own terms—choosing...
Medicare and Long-Term Health Issues
Long-term health issues can lead to significant financial problems for patients who misunderstand Medicare’s complex rules. For the most part, Medicare covers acute care services,...
The Best Times to Exercise, Nap, Take Medication and More
Deep within the brain lives a collection of neurons called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN for short. The SCN is like a clock, helping every...
