Seniors
Strength training for your brain?
What if you spent a week eating the right diet, exercising and stimulating your brain with fun-to-do mind games?
Seniors
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HEALTH
When Alzheimer's isn't the real problem
His loved ones dreaded what might be next: a diagnosis of Alzheimer's.
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FAMILY
Boomers lives begin to intersect with losses
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Rachael Mahoney is in the midst of a decade of loss. In the last few years, her father and her sister, her only sibling, died. Her marriage ended in divorce. And now her elderly mother's health is failing.
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OUTDOORS
75-year-old twins celebrate backcountry birthday
There they go, paddling up Boulder Bay of Lac La Croix. Bob and Jerry Fryberger are headed back to camp for the mid-afternoon walleye fry on their annual May canoe trip.
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SENIORS
More emergency shelters being built for seniors only
With the large baby boomer demographic getting older and the recent economic downturn taking its toll, there is a growing number of homeless seniors.
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SENIORS
Each generation has its own strengths, foibles
I reach a birthday milestone this week in my inevitable march toward a healthy old age.
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HEALTH
Sorting it out: Purse-sized innovation born out of need to aid aging mother with medications
Eighty-eight-year-old Stella Mazur took eight medications a day for conditions that ranged from high blood pressure to seizures, but she was frustrated because she couldn't keep all of her pills straight.
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SENIORS
SAVVY SENIOR: How to make the most of your doctor's visit
Studies have shown that patients who help their doctors by providing important health information and preparing themselves for appointments tend to get better care than patients who don't.
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HEALTH
Savvy Senior: How to find a good handyman or contractor
Can you offer us seniors any tips for finding a good handyman to do some work around the house? I’m 71 and have had some bad luck lately with handymen who either don’t show up or don’t finish what they start. -- Searching Senior
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HEALTH
How to pick the best Medicare prescription drug plan for you
I recently received a letter from my Medicare “Part D” prescription drug plan provider notifying me that my premiums and co-pays will be increasing next year, and they are dropping coverage on one of the drugs that I take. How can I find a better drug plan?


