Do your feet hurt? For eight in ten Americans, the answer is yes. Don’t let foot aches stop you from your daily activities. Check your feet every day. Jancee Dunn reports for the New York Times...
Diane Archer
Five ways to stay fit, mentally active and purposeful
If you focus on birthdays, we are all getting older. But, many of us who may be “getting up there” in age find ways to stay young at heart–fit, mentally active, and purposeful. Here are...
UnitedHealth claims enrollees cannot challenge inappropriate...
Several months ago, Stat News exposed a common practice at UnitedHealth care and other big insurers: Large numbers of Medicare coverage denials through the use of AI. Bob Herman now reports for...
Consume olive oil, stave off dementia
The latest research on the benefits of olive oil finds that women who consume as little as a half tablespoon of olive oil each day have a significantly lower risk of dementia, reports Judy George for...
Want surgery? Some hospitals make you pay upfront
Melanie Evans reports for the Wall Street Journal on the rise of hospitals requiring patients to pay upfront for their surgery. In one case, a hospital wanted $2,000 from a patient’s mother...
New guidelines on alcohol consumption is likely to expose its...
I’ve written about the risks of consuming alcohol several times now. Despite the fact that we have been told for decades that a little bit of alcohol can lower the risk of heart disease, there...
Will Congress extend Medicare telehealth coverage?
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress opened up telehealth coverage in Medicare and millions of older adults and people with disabilities have taken advantage ever since. Telehealth allows them to...
Senator Whitehouse proposes pre-approval of prior authorization...
Joyce Frieden reports for MedPageToday on Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s proposal to address unseemly and inappropriate use of prior authorization by insurers offering Medicare Advantage plans...
Live longer, avoid ultraprocessed foods
A few weeks ago, I took a New York Times quiz on ultraprocessed foods, sure I could identify them and complete the quiz with flying colors. I didn’t flunk, but my score was equivalent to a D+...
FTC cleaning up junk patents on 20 brand-name drugs
Pharmaceutical companies don’t only get to set their prices on brand-name drugs, they can flood the FDA with patents to keep those brand-name drugs without generic competition for extensive...