High Blood Pressure Risk
Monday March 29, 2004
From Harvard Men's Health Watch comes this tool that can help you to evaluate your high blood pressure risk. If you are a man over the age of 40 you ... Read More
Drug Discounts
Friday March 26, 2004
Watch your mail soon for a deluge of marketing information from many of the 28 private sponsors who have been selected by Medicare to offer discount cards to Medicare beneficiaries ... Read More
Medicare In Crisis
Wednesday March 24, 2004
The news from the Medicare Trust Fund is not encouraging. If things continue the way they are going, the trust fund will be broke in 15 years. What can be ... Read More
Bare Legs
Monday March 22, 2004
It is spring and already starting to get warm where I live. I've pulled out shorts to wear, but hate the look of the newest spider veins that have appeared ... Read More
Diagnosing Stroke
Thursday March 18, 2004
Stoke is one of the the most common cause of death and disability among seniors. If it can be diagnosed quickly, it can be treated effectivly, but diagnosis has been ... Read More
Do You Trust Them?
Monday March 15, 2004
With more money on the table from Medicare, the HMO's are again courting seniors to join their Medicare HMO plan after dropping them a few years earlier. Some seniors are ... Read More
Medicare Drug Plan Deceit
Saturday March 13, 2004
A news story alleges that a Medicare official was threatened with termination from his post if he revealed the true cost of the Medicare prescription drug plan passed in 2003. ... Read More
Ashcroft's Gallbladder
Wednesday March 10, 2004
Attorney General John Ashcroft had his gallbladder removed after being hospitalized with acute pancreatitis, caused by gallstones. Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas and can cause severe abdominal pain, ... Read More
Colorectal Cancer Month
Tuesday March 9, 2004
This national observance in March serves to bring to light the importance of eating well to help prevent this potentially fatal cancer, along with the importance of screening tests ... Read More
Stroke
Saturday March 6, 2004
Folic acid fortification may have lowered stroke deaths among seniors. Folic acid is an important nutrient that has been found to have many health benefits.
Pain-Free Arthritis
Wednesday March 3, 2004
Are you one of the 70 millon adults in the United States who has been diagnosed with arthritis? If you live with chronic pain you might want to look at ... Read More
Fungus, Fungus Everywhere
Monday March 1, 2004
If you are over the age of 70 there is a good chance that you have had or will have a fungal infection of the toenails. This is a tough ... Read More