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“A day never ends if a memory is made.”

Not only is this the title of Seabourn Ovation’s charismatic cruise director Ross Roberts’ joyful and uplifting book, but it is also a worthy goal for any situation, including a special cruise.

I met Roberts during my recent 12-day New England and Canada cruise, a voyage shared with my sister to ...Read more

Toni,

When I turned 65 in 2024, I enrolled into a Medicare Supplement Plan G, which increased its premium. I made a mistake by changing to a Medicare Advantage PPO during last year’s Medicare Open Enrollment time. Friends said that a PPO plan was like being enrolled in a Medicare Supplement with a prescription drug plan.

I should not have ...Read more

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- For the first time in two years, 83-year-old Kim Hyunh said, she walked without her walker.

With two people beside her and a cane for support, the Dublin, California, resident made her way around Three Horse Farms in Pleasanton during a recent visit with members of Connected Horse, an organization that uses interactions ...Read more

DALLAS -- With age comes wisdom, gray hair and hearing loss.

Nearly 22 million U.S. adults age 71 or older have hearing loss, according to the Hearing Loss Association of America, but it can manifest in men and women differently.

A new study by researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and the State University of New York at Buffalo ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- At 73, Keith Collins won’t let his age determine whether he should work.

A Navy veteran and former U.S. Department of the Treasury employee, Collins, who lives in San Jose, has spent decades in the workforce and now works as a real estate agent. And while many Americans envision retirement as a time to step away from ...Read more

Hi Toni,

In September I retired at 70 and my Medicare Part B begins Dec. 1. I will no longer have employer health insurance but one option I have is COBRA. I do have health issues, which is why I retired. My cardiologist informed me last week that the only thing that will improve my health is having heart surgery.

I would like ...Read more

Costs are soaring for people who care for their older parents and other family members, according to a new study.

Out-of-pocket expenses are nearly 60% higher than they were just five years ago for family caregivers, who now spend an average of $11,508 a year on caregiving, according to a report released this week by AARP, a nonprofit that ...Read more

Costs are soaring for people who care for their older parents and other family members, according to a new study.

Out-of-pocket expenses are nearly 60% higher than they were just five years ago for family caregivers, who now spend an average of $11,508 a year on caregiving, according to a report released this week by AARP, a nonprofit that ...Read more

Toni,

I’m turning 65 on May 12, 2027, and I need your help! Why am I receiving so much mail and so many emails and phone calls when my Medicare does not begin until May? What should I be doing during this Medicare season? Insurance companies and agencies all claim their plan is the best. They all offer the same thing, with ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Is your memory faltering, or are you experiencing early signs of Alzheimer’s? Does your family history mean you are more likely to develop the disease?

Learning your Alzheimer’s risk — and taking steps to curb it — is getting easier in South Florida with less invasive, more accessible, and more accurate testing...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Is your memory faltering, or are you experiencing early signs of Alzheimer’s? Does your family history mean you are more likely to develop the disease?

Learning your Alzheimer’s risk — and taking steps to curb it — is getting easier in South Florida with less invasive, more accessible, and more accurate testing...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sitting in a wheelchair near her gate at San Jose Mineta International Airport, 72-year-old Kurtetha Leatores had given herself plenty of time before her flight home to Southern California.

For Leatores, who has had three strokes and was preparing for heart surgery, getting on the plane isn’t necessarily the hardest part ...Read more

LONDON — Campaigns are helping propel the topic of men’s health into the mainstream, sparking more open conversations about issues like mental health and prostate cancer that were previously often overlooked or brushed under the carpet.

As men age, their bodies go through significant changes and it can be easier to dismiss new aches, ...Read more

Toni,

I enrolled in Medicare in 2025 but have not received my 2027 Medicare & You handbook, and I’m concerned about what I should do during the fall Medicare season. I have health problems, and I might make the wrong change to my Medicare or prescription drug plan. My brother said that on the cover of his Medicare & You handbook it says to go...Read more

GENEVA — A team of Canadian and Swiss researchers has added to a growing body of evidence that low earners are more likely to be in worse health and age sooner than their more financially secure peers.

“People with less wealth tended to have lower levels of function and suffered larger declines in mobility and ability to perform daily ...Read more