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Easy Rider

By Gabi Redford

AARP The Magazine's fitness editor shows you what to look for when buying a bike.

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The Burning Truth About Menopause Treatments

By Andrew Weil, M.D.

"Dr. Debunker" offers tips on coping with hot flashes.

AARP Programs

Divided We Fail

The Divided We Fail effort advances the idea that partisan gridlock should not stand in the way of affordable health care and long-term financial security for all Americans.

The Quiet Crisis: The Rising Costs of Health Care

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Learn about conditions, symptoms, procedures, and more.

Medicare Interactive Counselor

This feature helps you get the answers you need about Medicare.

From Prime Time Radio

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Dr. Julie Silver draws on cancer survivors' stories to explain how to turn the Triple Threat—inadequate nutrition, lousy sleep patterns, and being out of shape—into one big win.

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6 Ways to Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risk

By Melissa Gotthardt

Simple things like exercising, eating the right foods—even turning down the lights at night—can help keep the disease at bay.

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Say Haaa!

By Mike Sager

It took funny lady Fran Drescher two years and eight doctors to get a diagnosis for her uterine cancer. Now she is dead serious about saving women's lives.

From the Online Community

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Join group members in celebrating sobriety and a new chapter in life.
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Discuss the latest research and treatments for people living with arthritis.
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Catching Alzheimer's Early

By Barbara Basler

A brain-imaging breakthrough could speed diagnosis and aid treatment. A blood test is also in the offing.

Cool Down Your Heartburn

By Nichele Hoskins

Plagued by acid indigestion, meal after meal?
Here are 7 ways to find relief.

Generic Drug Prices Falling

By Patricia Barry

Eleven generic drugs dropped their prices more than 30 percent, finds an AARP report. Need a better reason to choose generic?

Hold the Salt

From Prime Time Focus

If you have high blood pressure, you should try to limit your daily salt intake to 1,500 milligrams. Find out how in this AARP Radio feature.

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Affordable Healthcare? Consider it Done

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