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Bright Ideas to Keep You Healthy

Posted on 05/24/2013 by | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal Health | TechnologyYes, the talking companion dog stole the show at the Healthy Aging Forum on Capitol Hill May 23 (you can meet him in the video below), but there were plenty of other ideas on display from government agencies, big health care companies, foundations and entrepreneurs about improving the lives of America’s aging population. If the turnout was a bit underwhelming, the products, services and innovations on display had the power to change lives in ways both big and small. Sponsored …

Hurricane Outlook: Another Sandy?

Posted on 05/24/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Seth Borenstein, Science Writer, The Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe an unusually wild one, federal forecasters say. Their prediction Thursday calls for 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, seven to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and three to six that become major hurricanes. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said there is a 70 percent chance that this year will be more active than an average hurricane season. If …

Love: A $56 Million Ripoff

Posted on 05/24/2013 by | Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & SavingsThe following is a guest post by Sid Kirchheimer: Love don’t cost a thing?  Not according to the latest findings of the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center. More than 10 percent of total financial losses in online scams reported last year — about $56 million out of the $525 million overall — involved romance ripoffs. The biggest losers, in money and heartbreak: Women 50 and older, who lost $34 million, roughly two of every three dollars in romance scams. Similarly …

50-Something Math Teacher Knocks One Out of the Park

Posted on 05/24/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin TodayUnlike other academic fields, mathematics is notorious for being a young thinker’s game. G.H. Hardy, in his 1940 book The Mathematician’s Apology, ticked off a list of great math whizzes from Isaac Newton to Carl Friedrich Gauss and noted that they all made their most important discoveries in their 20s. He concluded, gloomily (and famously): I do not know an instance of a major mathematical advance initiated by a man past fifty. If a man of mature age loses interest …

What Do Hospitals in Your Area Charge? Look It Up

Posted on 05/24/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & Savings | Personal HealthLast week the Obama administration started publishing comparative data on what more than 3,000 hospitals across the nation charge for services — information that has long been hidden from consumers. And the results were pretty shocking. As Modern Healthcare reports, the data show enormous disparities in what hospitals charge for the same treatments — not just from region to region, but even among hospitals in the same metropolitan area. Treatment for kidney and urinary tract infections, for example, typically costs $40,902 …

Is Poverty Among Older Americans Undercounted?

Posted on 05/24/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & Savings | Personal Health | PoliticsPoverty levels are much higher for older Americans when you factor in how much they need to spend on health care, the Census Bureau has found. While 9 percent or so of all Americans 65 and older were below the official poverty threshold in 2011 ($10,788 for an individual), 15 percent were below an alternative threshold that takes into account spending on health care. The alternative measure also takes into account variations in the cost of living, taxes, whether a …

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