LIFE IN THE END ZONE

The latest statistics on life expectancy were released by the National Center for Health Statistics in January, 2006 and they show continued...

Sometimes I wonder what disease will get me in the end: statistically speaking, it’s a toss up between cancer and heart disease. But I worry...

Fidelity Investments just released a report estimating what the average 65-year old couple can expect to pay in medical expenses during the...

You may never have heard of a national bioethics commission. At best, such commissions can perform a valuable synthetic function, summarizin...

Last week, President Bush released his proposed budget for 2007, which included $36 billion cuts in Medicare spending over 5 years. The resp...

According to the drug company giant Pfizer, 2.4 million Americans have taken donepezil (Aricept) since it was approved by the Food and Drug ...

We would all like to believe that if only we eat well and exercise regularly, we will remain vigorous well into our eighties and perhaps our...

The good news is that the Supreme Court just ruled 6-3 that the U.S. Attorney General has no business trying to prevent Oregon from implemen...

Within a 2-week period, we witnessed 3 seminal events in the development of U.S. policy toward older people. First, in mid-December, the Wh...

As of January 1, 2006, if you are elderly, disabled, or both you are eligible to receive a prescription drug benefit through Medicare. If yo...