Age Well
No need to panic, even though Medicare’s annual open enrollment period is about to end.
These highly profitable facilities often charge $5,000 a month or more and then layer on fees at every step.
Seniors face challenges in getting around and, ah, getting it on, Randi Forrest says, and need an outlet to share concerns — including how to get by in a world geared to younger people.
The syndicated financial columnist wants to get Social Security to end its practice of halting benefits in overpayment disputes. And that’s just a start.
A stroll through a south suburban strip mall might help me finally let go of those fancy dresses I no longer need.
It runs through Dec. 7, with potentially dozens of options to choose from, including traditional Medicare and privately run Medicare Advantage plans.
A 92-year-old widow wrote about an issue people of any age can relate to — a desire for a companion, along with the insecurities that come with putting yourself out there.
After a lifetime of service, seniors dealing with the onslaught of telephone scammers.
Thursday’s announcement follows this year’s 8.7% benefit increase, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation. With inflation easing, the next yearly increase is markedly smaller.
The secretary of state is trying to permanently raise driver testing requirement from 75 years old to 79.
With an aging population, the health care system is facing a crisis, experts say. We all can see the results in things like the long waits to get in to see a doctor.
Once people are in their 50s, it’s a good idea to have a hearing test yearly as part of their preventive care.
The Utah senator has every right to call it quits. But his call for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump not to run again borders on ageism.
Aging isn’t for cowards. Longevity is a blessing that should be celebrated, not ridiculed. Longtime Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell aims to view aging in a different light in her new column, called “Starting Over.”
The findings back “the hypothesis that centenarians are enriched with protective factors that increase their ability to recover from infections,” one of the researchers says.
Death from prostate cancer occurred in 3.1% of the active-monitoring group, 2.2% in the surgery group and 2.9% in the radiation group — differences considered statistically insignificant.
Compared to people with consistent sleep duration, those whose sleep duration varied by more than two hours in the same week were 1.4 times more likely to have high levels of coronary artery calcium, a major contributor to heart attacks and strokes.
The federal Medicare agency will require next to nothing from insurers for excess payments they got from 2011 to 2017 and won’t impose big penalties until audits for 2018 and beyond are conducted, which could be years.
Leqembi can slow early progression by months but has safety concerns. Most patients will likely have to wait months to get the IV drug, which will cost about $26,500 a year. Insurers need to decide whether and how much to cover it. Medicare isn’t expected to pay for it until later this year.
First made available in October for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss, they’re cheaper and easier to get. Here’s a guide to who can use them and how to get them.
Medical house calls fall under the category of home-based primary care.
The Food and Drug Administration said the new regulation creates a new class of hearing aids that don’t require a medical exam or prescription. They’ll be sold online or over-the-counter at pharmacies and other stores.
The new study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association’s annual conference marks the longest test of whether exercise makes any difference once memory starts to slide.
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