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By Hope Yen WASHINGTON — For the first time, Americans 45 and older make up a majority of the voting-age population, giving older Americans wider influence...

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
 WASHINGTON — With three weeks left for seniors to change their Medicare prescription plan for 2012, a new study brings distressing news: Copays...

The Obama administration rolled out an ambitious five-year plan for moving doctors and hospitals to computerized medical records, promising greater safety for patients and lower costs.

Region - Do you struggle with your weight? Have you been on endless diets throughout your life, losing weight only to gain it back? You may be interested in joining an exciting research study underway at Framingham State University (FSU). Researchers from Boston Children’s Hospital have partnered with FSU, Sodexo, and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School (AVRTHS) to conduct a nine-month diet study, known as the Framingham State Food Study. This extensive study compares what happens when individuals follow one of three – low, moderate, or high-carbohydrate - diets and will shed light on whether one diet is better than another for keeping weight off.

As the U.S. Senate prepares to address the massive 25 percent pay cut facing Medicare doctors, as early as today, AARP releases a new survey that finds the vast majority of Massachusetts seniors fear losing their doctor if Congress does not act now.

There’s a special award given at the Hingham Senior Center called the Earl Dare Mable Award. This award is in memory of Mable, who was a dedicated volunteer for the Department of Elder Services. According to the center’s officials, Mable selflessly organized the food distribution program, assisted with the monthly newsletter, served as a board member and helped to make the senior center a more welcoming place for those who entered. After his passing, his family established an award which is given out annually to a person who demonstrates Earl’s enthusiasm and essence of volunteerism.

By Kelli Kennedy MIAMI — Dear seniors, your Medicare benefits aren’t changing under the Affordable Care Act. That’s the message federal health officials are trying to...

Ryan’s plan would put people now 54 and younger in a different kind of health care program when they retire, unlike the Medicare that their parents and grandparents have known. Instead of coverage for a set of benefits prescribed from Washington, they’d get a federal payment to buy private insurance from a choice of government-regulated plans.

Are you over 55 and bored? Like to make some extra money during retirement? Like to get back into the workforce? The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), operating through the National Senior Network, assists people 55 and older who want to work and who are committed to searching for employment.

A third of middle-income workers probably will run out of money after 20 years of retirement and significantly more lower-income workers will deplete their savings after 10 years.