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Andy Griffith’s Widow to Raze His Home

Posted on 03/21/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | UncategorizedBy Martha Waggoner of The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The widow of actor Andy Griffith has gotten a permit to tear down the house where he lived for many years on the North Carolina waterfront, upsetting friends who had hoped it would be preserved as a museum or Graceland-type estate. Cindi Griffith obtained the demolition permit Monday, according to Dare County records. County officials and friends confirmed the permit is to demolish a smaller house along the Roanoke …

FDA Requires Lower Doses for Sleep Medications

Posted on 01/11/2013 by | General News | Comments

UncategorizedBy Matthew Perrone of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of Ambien and similar sleeping pills to lower the dosage of their drugs, based on studies suggesting patients face a higher risk of injury due to morning drowsiness. The agency said Thursday that new research shows that the drugs remain in the bloodstream at levels high enough to interfere with alertness and coordination, which increases the risk of car accidents. Regulators are …

Poll: Obesity’s a Crisis But We Want Our Junk Food

Posted on 01/4/2013 by | General News | Comments

UncategorizedBy Jennifer Agiesta and Lauran Neergaard of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — We know obesity is a health crisis, or every new year wouldn’t start with resolutions to eat better and get off the couch. But don’t try taking away our junk food. Americans blame too much screen time and cheap fast food for fueling the nation’s fat epidemic, a poll finds, but they’re split on how much the government should do to help. Most draw the line at …

Banned for Life

Posted on 10/23/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Uncategorized | Your LifeFelice Shapiro is a writer, entrepreneur, and publisher as well as the founder of Better After 50, a weekly online magazine. In addition to being a teacher and avid runner, hiker, and yogi, she is an AARP contributor. Lance has been teetering from grace for a while but this week he fell off the bike. My Livestrong bracelet is off my wrist until I can create my own separation between the cause and the person. Lance’s fall has got me thinking about …

One Small Voice of Change

Posted on 10/17/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

UncategorizedFelice Shapiro is a writer, entrepreneur, and publisher as well as the founder of Better After 50, a weekly online magazine. In addition to being a teacher and avid runner, hiker, and yogi, she is an AARP contributor. So bright-eyed and passionate, Malala. Her small voice may hopefully become the ammunition that helps defeat the Taliban’s ban on a girl’s right to be educated. Is she too small, too alone and too wounded to effect change?  Apparently not! On October 9, 2012, …

AARP Response to Medicare Letter

Posted on 02/3/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

UncategorizedThe following is a guest post from Jeff Davis, SVP Media Relations Led by Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), Congressional Republican physicians recently sent a letter to AARP, emphasizing the importance of addressing the challenges facing Medicare. AARP’s Nancy LeaMond responds.