If you’re in the age group that is just now beginning to regret listening to those loud rock concerts of your youth, you’re in good company. About one in six boomers have a hearing loss according to the Better Hearing Institute, a non-profit educational group financed by the hearing aid industry. The AARP reports that [...]

I think we’re all beginning to figure out that to a large degree, We the People are going to have to fix some of this country’s problems ourselves. We’ve heard some great plans for fixing our broken healthcare system. Over the next few weeks, I’d like to offer up some ideas about what we each [...]

Support socks can
prevent fatigue.

Are you shopping for:
Support socks for a cross-country plane trip or to prevent the achy legs and swollen feet that come with long hours of sitting or standing on the job?
Compression stockings to deal with mild-to-moderate aches, pains, leg and ankle swelling, and varicose veins or to hasten recovery after leg surgery [...]

To work, health checklists must be used.

In July, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the AARP did the nation’s 50-plusers a huge favor. They published two free health checklists, one for men and one for women that are designed to be used at home and taken to medical appointments, too.
Both easy-to-use [...]