Headlines last summer said, “Half the country wilts under unrelenting heat.” I couldn’t help but wonder if there is “the” perfect place to live in the US. Northerners like going south in the winter but you never hear about a big exodus from the south to the north in the summer. I am sure some…
Dearest Suddenly Senior friends, Last we checked in, both Carolyn and I had been declared in remission from our cancers. Free to travel again, we thought. Free to be us again at last! (Read all the columns to learn about that, starting here with Suddenly Senior’s birth.) But remission never lived up to its reputation….
If you are one of over 40 million Americans currently on Medicare supplements, chances are that its structure and benefits are a book with seven seals to you. Getting to the bottom of all those deductibles and copayments as well as knowing what an “allowable” charge is and what is not can be downright confusing….
The American Academy of Pediatrics of “learned” physicians have endorsed the concept that children as young as eight should be treated with statin (Lipitor and etc) drugs to save their lives from heart attacks. They never mentioned anything about a poor high sugar diet. This is a perfect example of the medical mindset that downplays…
Check out our story about why Americans love Costa Rica so much. It was that day in Tortuguero, Costa Rica when, from our small flat-bottomed boat we saw spider and white-throated capuchin monkeys, three species of toucans, iridescent iguanas, walk-on-water Jesus Christ lizards, Day-Glo butterflies with wingspans wide as your head, several large caimans, frogs…
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