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Unlike reading glasses, which are easy to buy at most drugstores, hearing aids have traditionally been difficult, and expensive, to acquire. One challenge has been the federal requirement of a medical evaluation before you can purchase hearing aids. But in an effort to open up the manufacturing market, and save…

No one enjoys going to the dentist, but there’s no dispute that regular dental care is essential for good health and well being. Tooth decay and gum disease can lead to pain, poor nutrition, social isolation and even medical problems involving your heart. So it makes little sense that our…

Sometimes you just have to ask- and then you’ll get your answer. Our society faces a real dilemma as millions of seniors confront risks and unsafe conditions as they “age in place.” Most people don’t want to leave their homes. A new pilot study from the Center For Medicare & Medicaid…

More than 80% of those over 85 have age-related hearing loss. But a substantial portion of hard-of-hearing older individuals haven’t done anything to remedy the condition. Hearing aids are expensive, not covered by Medicare and seem to have stigma attached to them. Now, however, new technology-assisted personal sound amplification products…

It may be the silly season in politics, but there’s nothing silly about the serious health policy issues that candidates are ignoring. Kaiser Health News has created a list of health concerns that loom large as the population ages and that have serious health and economic consequences for our country…

Despite the existence of Medicare and Social Security, millions of senior citizens continue to live in poverty in this country. For many, however, benefits do exist to ease their financial burdens- if only they were aware of such benefits. Estimates are that $20 billion worth of assistance for senior citizens…