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Are you to old to need breast mammograms?
The answer is a definite maybe. For certain women over 70, the risks of overdiagnosis and treatment may outweigh the risks of cancer,...
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What if the caregiver doesn’t show up?
Over the coming years, that’s going to become more and more likely. Every day, another 10,000 or so Baby Boomers turn 65, and 70% of them...
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Are you giving yourself caregiver burnout?
Caregiving can make you feel physically and mentally exhausted, guilty, resentful, stressed, fatigued, irritable, overwhelmed, depressed,...
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How independently can you live with macular degeneration?
About 20 million Americans live with macular degeneration, an age-related condition. It comes on gradually, painlessly, and progressively...
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Warning! Cyber scammers are back with new tricks.
Actually, they’ve never been away. In 2020, the Internet Crime Complaint Center received 791,790 complaints, with over $4.1 billion in...
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Good news! You may not be obese after all.
One month ago, the American Medical Association formally rejected Body Mass Index (body weight in kilograms divided by the square of...
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Should you really still be taking low-dose aspirin?
Back in the early days of commercial television, there were tons of obnoxious commercials for a product called Geritol, a supplement to...
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The best OTC hearing aid is the one that’s best for you. (Part 2)
As I mentioned last week, over-the counter hearing aids come in some 95 different models from 18 different brands. After 5,300 hours of...
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The best OTC hearing aid is the one that’s best for you. (Part 1)
Last week, in my post about shopping for over-the-counter hearing aids, I advised that since no two people – not even identical twins –...
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Now that you can buy hearing aids over the counter, should you?
A little over six months ago, the FDA approved the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids. Without a series of doctor or audiologist...
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Do you really still need those yearly PSA tests?
Probably the most widely used test for prostate cancer is the annual PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test, which measures the blood...
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Is going online good for your brain? Depends on when you do it.
“Using the Internet may help extend the cognitively healthy lifespan,” notes a study published in last month’s Journal of the American...
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What’s your risk of falling?
Last week, I wrote about the growing number of older adults who die from fall-related injuries. Statistics show that every 11 seconds, an...
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How to prevent a major cause of seniors’ deaths
Mention leading causes of older Americans’ deaths, and heart attacks, strokes, cancer, and kidney failure come to mind. But there’s...
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These 4 mistakes can make you lonelier
In an 81-page report released last week, the US Surgeon General stated that loneliness poses health risks as deadly as smoking 15...
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Have most back pain treatments been focusing on the wrong thing?
Millions of people worldwide literally suffer from back pain. But thanks to a new type of treatment, reported in The Lancet this week,...
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Why a night owl schedule can be unhealthy for humans
Most people in the US sleep from around 11 PM to 7 AM, but many don’t. Or can’t. They fall asleep and wake up hours later than what’s...
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6 ways to fight off caregiver burnout
Family caregiving starts off with the best of loving intentions that stresses, over time, can stand on their heads. Caregivers can go...
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Veterans are facing a new enemy – con artists
Virginia’s 670,273 military veterans make up 10.3% of its population. That’s the nation’s second-highest proportion of veterans. Only...
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