Gov't downsizes amid GOP demands for more cuts
Republicans and other fiscal conservatives keep insisting on more federal austerity and a smaller government. Without much fanfare or acknowledgement, ...
Pope blesses huge crowd in St. Peter's Square
His arms outstretched in a symbolic embrace, Pope Benedict XVI blessed tens of thousands of cheering people on Sunday in one of his last appearances ...
Social Security chief: Program hurt by neglect
Outgoing Social Security Commissioner Michael J. Astrue has some parting shots for Congress, the White House and advocates for seniors. They have all ...
Arab man arrested in Mali after giving interview
One of the last Arab men still living in the city of Timbuktu was seen being taken away Thursday by soldiers, who arrested him hours after he gave an ...
Snow-buried communities seek help from residents
With schools still closed, cars still buried and streets still blocked by the widespread weekend snowstorm, officials around southern New England are ...
Study questions kidney cancer treatment in elderly
In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small kidney ...
Review: Racism fuels poignant 'Luck Of The Irish'
The old expression that an Irish person can "hold a grudge like a tomahawk" holds alarmingly true in Kirsten Greenidge's smart, affecting new play, ...
Vatican: Pope too weary at his age for the job
When he became pope at age 78, Benedict XVI was already the oldest pontiff elected in nearly 300 years. He's now 85, and in recent years he has slowed ...
No one fix to slow hospital readmission epidemic
More than 1 million Americans wind up back in the hospital only weeks after they left for reasons that could have been prevented — a revolving door ...
Assisted suicide on legal agenda in several states
A push for the legalization of physician-assisted suicide is under way in a half-dozen states where proponents say they see strong support for ...
Aging America: Elder abuse, use of shelters up
She raises her hands to her snow-white hair in a gesture of frustrated bewilderment, then slowly lowers them to cover eyes filling with tears.
CDC: Flu seems to level off except in the West
New government figures show that flu cases seem to be leveling off nationwide. Flu activity is declining in most regions although still rising in the ...
Changing family dynamic may lead to tax relief
Members of the sandwich generation — caught between supporting elderly parents whose assets are nearly exhausted and adult children without jobs — ...
Flu season 'bad one for the elderly,' CDC says
The number of older people hospitalized with the flu has risen sharply, prompting federal officials to take unusual steps to make more flu medicines ...
Flu season has Boston declaring health emergency
Boston declared a public health emergency Wednesday as flu season struck in earnest and the state reported 18 flu-related deaths so far. The city is ...
NY homes for elderly under scrutiny after Sandy
A nursing home and an assisted living facility are under scrutiny by state officials and an advocacy group after The Associated Press disclosed that ...
AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse
A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the ...
Help at hand when elderly relative's health fails
Marnie Schwartz was in California, a lawyer raising two toddlers. She was in no position to move across the country to care for her mother, who was ...
Medicare premiums could rise for many retirees
They may not agree on much else, but there's a change to Medicare that President Barack Obama and Republicans both support: Expand a little-known law ...
Census: Whites no longer a majority in US by 2043
White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2043, according to new census projections. That's part of a historic shift that already ...
Fiscal cliff ads pick up where campaign stopped
Debate over the "fiscal cliff" has money pouring into television, print, radio and online ads, picking up where the wall-to-wall election campaign ...
Trade-offs in raising Medicare eligibility age
Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government's huge deficits.
New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes
Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to ...
Cold, mold loom as hazards in Sandy disaster zones
A month after Sandy's floodwaters swept up his block, punched a hole in his foundation and drowned his furnace, John Frawley still has no electricity ...
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