Health

Are My Meds Making Me Depressed?

Yes, some prescription drugs may cause depression symptoms.

Viagra and Heart Risks

Men should not take erectile dysfunction drugs with certain common heart medicines.

Fact Sheet: Savings You?ll See With Medicare Part D

The health care law and prescription drug discounts.

Prescription Drug Side Effects

Medications can cause other conditions unrelated to the health problems they're prescribed to treat.

Common Painkillers Increase Heart Risks in Healthy People

Remedies such as Advil, Motrin and Aleve have both long and short-term consequences.

New Science Sheds Light on the Cause of Alzheimer?s Disease

A possible answer inspires researchers to look in a new direction for a cure.

6 Ways to Help You Stick to Your New Year's Resolutions

Advice on how to successfully rewire your brain to stop smoking, start a new diet.

Am I Having a Heart Attack?

Learn the warning signs now ? once the symptoms start, every second counts.

7 Commonly Misdiagnosed Illnesses

Know the symptoms and what to do about them.

Study Finds Doctors Not Always Honest With Patients

Fact Sheet: What the Health Care Law Can Do For You

Find out what's in effect and what's still to come.

Court of Appeals Refuses to Review Challenges to Health Care Reform Law

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Can I Have a Health Savings Account as Well as Medicare?

Find out whether you can use your Health Savings Account (HSA) if you're eligible for Medicare.

The Miracle Heart Pump

The tiny but durable HeartMate II heart pump has but a single moving part. Alyne Ellis explains this new device.

Exercising the Body, Using the Brain May Ward Off Alzheimer?s Disease

Intellectual stimulation, physical activity may keep brain plaques from forming.

Age-Proof Your Brain

Here are 10 easy ways to keep your mind fit forever.

Thirty Lessons for Living

Here?s the big question: What practical advice do you want to pass on to the younger generation? Check out these answers.

The Truth About Gluten

Why are millions of Americans forgoing wheat?

Court Gives Final Approval to a Settlement Agreement That Saves California's Adult Day Health Care Services

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Window of Opportunity for High Blood Pressure Treatment Without Medication

Working out and diet help reduce impact of diabetes, hypertension.

California's Attempt to Cut Adult Day Health Care Services Ends

The State of California reached a settlement in a lawsuit over proposed elimination of Medicaid adult day care services.

5 Ways Puzzles Improve Your Mind

These games help improve your memory (and more).

Walking: The Easiest Exercise

Walking may be the single best ? and easiest ? exercise you can do to improve your health in 2012.

The Health Care Law: What's in Effect, What's Still to Come

A guide to current — and future — benefits.

HHS Regional Director to Discuss Medicare with AARP Members

The future of Medicare to be examined during statewide tele-town hall meeting.

Cancer Research

The National Cancer Act is forty years old today. Alyne Ellis takes a look a the progress it's made and how it's changed.

How Insurance Exchanges Will Work

Starting Jan. 1, 2014, if you want to buy private health insurance for yourself and your family, you will be able to use these state-run exchanges.

The Heart Hazard Facing Women

Doctors should take women's heart problems more seriously.

Proven Home Remedies for Common Conditions

Simple ways to treat insomnia, dry skin and more.

Keep Healthy With Dr. Calver's Prescription of Moderation

These 10 simple commandments can help you become ? and stay ? physically fit.

6 Fabulous Foods to Fight High Blood Pressure

Plus 5 other foods that fight hypertension.

Having Babies at 50 and Beyond

Reproductive technology is giving women more childbearing options, what are the medical implications?

7 Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Your Heart Health

There are seven things you can do to improve your heart health. Alyne runs down the list.

Obama Pulls Plug on Part of Health Overhaul Law

Long-term care program faced too many financial challenges.

Dr. Oz's 24 Hours to a Longer Life

Reduce stress, prevent heart disease, look younger — in just one day.

Vitamins From A to Z

An AARP guide to what you need to know about vitamins, minerals and supplements when you're 50+.

Gordie Howe's Dementia Fight Personal and Public

On the Verge:

Many states are turning to managed care for older Americans who need LTSS.

Following Directions on Prescription Drug Labels

Unfortunately, they're not that easy to understand.

Removing Barriers to Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Care: Hospital Privileges

Medicare When Working Beyond 65

Do you need to enroll in Part B if you have health insurance from an employer?

Fact Sheet: The Health Care Law and Temporary Insurance for People With Pre-existing Conditions

For Diet Success, Follow These 10 Tips on Snacking

How to feel full and satisfied without adding pounds.

FDA Approves Roche Skin Cancer Drug Erivedge

Coffee May Help Prevent Endometrial Cancer

Good news for women who drink 3 or more cups daily.

5 Things Your Doctor Dislikes About You

For your own good, don't be a "difficult patient."

4 Surgeries to Avoid

Why you should think twice before going under the knife.

Insuring the Uninsured

Resolving the health insurance crisis in America is no small task.

Fact Sheet: A Time Line of the Health Care Law

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Drugs and Supplements

A Date with Death

To those who are chronically ill and bogged down by despair, Richard Cohen offers a positive outlook on life.

Fact Sheet: The Health Care Law and Small-Business Owners

The New Health Care Law and Access to Home Care

The new guaranteed long-term care insurance will help, as will other little-known provisions of the law.

10 Misconceptions About Long-Term Care Insurance

Chances are you'll need help one day.

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Doctors and Hospitals

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Brain Health

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Insurance and Medicare

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Longevity

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Healthy Living

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Health Care Reform

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Conditions and Treatments

AARP Seeks to Preserve Health Care Reform

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The Hoarder in You

Dr. Robin Zasio, of the hit show Hoarders, provides useful advice for de-cluttering your home.

LUNGevity Foundation

Lung cancer claims more victims than prostate and breast cancer. LUNGevity raises awareness of the dangers of lung cancer.

Multitasking 'Switch' Doesn't Work as Well in Older Brains

Age affects ability to go quickly back and forth between tasks.

6 Ways to Feel Happier, Be Healthier

Go from gloomy to glad and dramatically improve your health.

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Secrets of Memory Geniuses

Want an autobiographic memory? These tricks may help you retain information more easily.

Brain Games

What you need to know about brain-training programs.

The Many Faces of John Leguizamo

A French painter, a cold-blooded killer, a prehistoric sloth: The versatile actor has played them all.

Fired Penn State Coach Joe Paterno Dead at 85

13 Yoga Poses for Everyone

These poses can be customized for beginners, older adults and those with chronic conditions.

Sex Poses Surprisingly Low Risk to Heart patients

Sitting: Hazardous to Your Health

Even adults who exercise vigorously face risks if they sit too much.

Fact Sheet: The Health Care Law and Medicare Advantage

Have a Medicare Advantage plan? If so, you need to know how upcoming changes might affect you.

Fact Sheet: The Health Care Law and Medicare

Back by Popular Demand: Gray Matters

AARP Wyoming brain health workshop will be offered in Casper, Cody and Cheyenne this year.

Can Medicare Help You Quit Smoking?

Free counseling sessions are available for those trying to kick the habit.

Federal Appeals Court Upholds the Federal Health Care Reform Law

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Study: Many Women Can Skip Frequent Bone Scans

Older women can skip frequent bone scans

Don?t Sit All Day - Stand Up!

Treadmill desks are not hard to use. Alyne has the details.

The Mind?s Eye

Neurosurgeon Dr. Oliver Sacks tells the stories of people forced to survive without indispensable senses, such as normal sight.

Summary of 2011 AARP Survey of Virginians 18+: State Health Insurance Exchange

Virginians aged 18+ were asked about their awareness and opinions on issues related to the state health insurance exchange.

Learn How the Health Law Benefits You

Take this 10-question quiz and learn how the Affordable Care Act may benefit you.

Learning By Living

How do you teach compassion? Alyne reports on a group that?s figured out one way to try.

Homicide Drops Off US List of Top Causes of Death

Don't Touch That! 8 Ways to Protect Yourself From Germs in Public Places

Don't touch that! Eight ways to protect yourself in everyday life.

Misdiagnosed: What to do When Your Doctor Doesn't Know

Why patients suffer and what you can do to get help.

Life-Sustaining Document Gains Acceptance in Medical Community

POLST forms are helping terminally ill patients in California control their end-of-life care.

Genetic Mutation Tied to Inherited Prostate Cancer

You Can Heal Yourself

Do a health assessment to speed up healing and overall wellness.