Medication safety: How to avoid bad reactions
By Jeannette Sheehan
Medications can have so many rewarding benefits to our bodies. There are pills to relieve everything from head pain to stomach aches....
Monovision LASIK allows an active lifestyle
By Dr. Steven A. Nielsen
After the age of 40, we begin to lose the ability to focus, or accommodate, the lens of our eyes....
Raising your grandchildren? Estate planning a must
By Linda T. Cammuso
Today, more grandchildren are living with grandparents than ever before. According to data collected over the past 40 years, the number...
Special election 2013: What’s at stake
By Michael E. Festa
Bay State voters head to the polls next month — this time to fill the seat vacated by Sen. John Kerry...
Patrick talks about potholes instead of helping elders
By Al Norman
I recently attended a rally on Beacon Hill on the subject of raising tax revenues in Massachusetts.
More than 400 people crammed into...
Boomer consumers warrant courting
As they have at every previous stage of their lives, boomers will continue to profoundly change the lifestyle, consumer and career models from what they had been before.
Obama Social Security proposal panned in Mass.
BOSTON —
Republicans and Democrats in Massachusetts are faulting President Barack Obama for proposing changes that would trim Social Security and Medicare benefits.
The changes, included...
Obama seeks deal, proposes cuts to Social Security
WASHINGTON —
Seeking an elusive middle ground, President Barack Obama is proposing a 2014 budget that embraces tax increases abhorred by Republicans as well as...
Scooter ads face scrutiny from government doctors
By Matthew Perrone
WASHINGTON —
TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an “active” lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon,...
Elder Affairs: $6.5 million to end home care wait lists
BOSTON, Feb. 28 —
Ann Hartstein, Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA), testified before the Joint Committee on Ways and Means about...
