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Are Medical Credit Cards Unhealthy for Finances?

Posted on 07/23/2014 by Eileen Ambrose |Senior Editor, Money Team | Comments

Money & SavingsYou need some expensive medical care yet don’t have the insurance or money to pay for it. Should you use a medical credit card that’s pitched at some doctors’ offices? A new report by the nonprofit Consumer Action warns that some of these cards can be unhealthy for your finances. They usually offer a zero percent introductory rate, though after that period, card terms can vary greatly. The problem is that these terms often are difficult to uncover. So patients …

Lose a Leg, or More, to a Love of Salt and Sugar

Posted on 07/23/2014 by Al Martinez |Latino Life | Comments

Personal Health | Your LifeI apparently have had diabetes for many years but haven’t paid much attention to it other than maybe not eating the third slice of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and using less than a cup of salt on my french fries. Today, I know better. Now if Señor Salt rides into our dining room like a South American gaucho, I am to ride my own horse the hell out of there. If Mademoiselle Sugar, the enticing French beauty, were to step …

Cruise Tips: Keys to Smooth Sailing

Posted on 07/22/2014 by Samantha Brown |Travel | Comments

TravelI have 10 cruises under my belt — enough so that I’ve developed a protocol that helps me start enjoying myself as soon as I’m on board. Here’s what I do. I always bring a carry-on. That huge bag I packed might not be delivered to my room for hours (and I know it’ll have to be ready to go again the night before the cruise ends). In a carry-on, I’ll have the things I want to use immediately: swimsuit, …

Need a Job? This Search Tool May Help

Posted on 07/22/2014 by Carole Fleck |Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | WorkLooking for work? A new interactive mapping tool helps job seekers pinpoint the cities, counties and states with the best opportunities for their particular skills. Users plug in their occupation, and a free, color-coded U.S. map from Glassdoor, a job search website, highlights the areas with the most job openings for their line of work. A nurse who clicks on the map, for example, will find that Texas has more than 40,000 openings. Zoom in further and the map will show that Dallas alone …

Probiotics in Yogurt May Help Lower Blood Pressure

Posted on 07/22/2014 by Candy Sagon |Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Personal HealthIf you’re trying to keep your blood pressure under control, having a daily carton of yogurt or other foods filled with probiotics could help, a new study finds. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria in fermented foods, like yogurt and some cheeses, that research has shown can improve digestive health, help the body fight off some infections, maybe even boost brain health. Studies have also indicated that these helpful microbes seem to lower blood pressure. Australian researchers, who looked at nine of …

Entire Town for Sale: $1.5 Million

Posted on 07/22/2014 by Katie Levingston |AARP Blog Author | Comments

Your LifeA whole new world — well, at least a town you can truly call your own — awaits you in Aladdin, Wyo. For $1.5 million, you can buy the town lock, stock and barrel: 30 acres and 15 buildings, including a 118-year-old general store. Empty-nesters Rick and Judy Brengle are selling the tiny community in far northeastern Wyoming that they bought 28 years ago. “All our kids had gone to college, so my husband bought me a town,” Judy Brengle told …