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Yes, we know that eating more veggies, getting more exercise and controlling blood pressure are the most effective ways to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, but new research also points to some simple, surprising ways you can protect your ticker. -
The real-life inspirations for fictional movie characters sometimes have been less than thrilled about how they appear on the screen. Media magnate William Randolph Hearst was so incensed by Orson Welles' thinly veiled portrayal of him in the 1941 film Citizen Kane, for example, that the Hearst… -
Do you know what your hair really looks like? -
Every woman 50 + has a love/hate affair with her hair and a mental slide show of our greatest hits and disasters. Mine includes the day I cut bangs (yay!), the week I went back to brunette on Monday and blonded up again on Friday (oy!) and the shag that puffed up into a frizzball (never again!)… -
A dentist tells an older patient during an exam that she needs expensive treatment. She can't pay the fee outright, so the dentist immediately arranges financing through a medical credit card plan. A month later, the patient opens her first bill and discovers that the card is not interest-free, as… -
Medicare could save $560 million or more a year simply by allowing some patients who call 911 for an ambulance to be taken somewhere other than a hospital emergency room. -
African Americans, who as a group are among the least likely Americans to have health insurance, may stand to benefit the most from Obamacare, a new study by the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department finds. -
Only a few months ago, the New York Times was reporting that few lawyers will take age discrimination cases, in part because of a new, tougher standard that the U.S. Supreme Court imposed a few years back. But that doesn't mean older workers have stopped filing claims with the Equal Employment… -
Tyler Perry has known Madea for fifteen years now, but he confesses that she still can surprise him. -
Es pleno diciembre, se acerca la Navidad, la hora de comprar regalos... Ahora imagínate que estás en una reunion familiar con padres, tíos, abuelos y otros parientes y dices con emoción que vas a regalarle una tableta a tu niño de 4 años. ¿Cómo crees que reaccionarían?