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In a landmark study, nearly 18,000 apparently healthy men and women with normal cholesterol levels were able to reduce, by 50 percent, their risk of heart attacks, strokes and cardiovascular deaths by taking a statin drug traditionally used only to lower high cholesterol.
Q. It was hard for me to afford my prescription drugs this year after I fell into the Part D doughnut hole. Is there anything I can do to avoid it next year? See Ms. Medicare’s answer.
Who will be the new advisor to President Obama? The answer is in AARP’s latest video. Learn more about Divided We Fail and help the President-elect take action in his first 100 days.
Has your employer laid you off from your job? Do you think you might be displaced from your work in the near future? Under certain circumstances, you may have the right to be trained to do other work. You may also be eligible for other benefits.
AARP study helps bring employers and older workers together.
The AARP Foundation has teamed up with the Investor Protection Trust in a national campaign to slow the rise in investment scams that are eroding investors' financial security.
Since the flu is nothing to sneeze at, experts are making their annual plea for people 50+ and other at-risk groups to get their shots.
