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SINCE ITS DISCOVERY 117 YEARS AGO, THE BRAIN DISEASE HAS STYMIED RESEARCHERS. BUT THAT HAS BEGUN TO CHANGE, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME, WAYS TO PREVENT, SLOW AND EVEN TREAT [...]

Lori Kubitz's eyes popped open at 4 a.m. 'like an alarm went off in my brain.' She could barely breathe. The pain in her chest felt like a bonfire. Her [...]

The entrepreneur advertises his business online by way of rapping. 'I got the key right here, I got the time right there,' he sings. 'Everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, everywhere.' The services [...]

Deceived by scammers posing as federal agents who convinced her that her bank accounts had been compromised, Alaina Weisman fed more than $11,000 in hundred-dollar bills into a cryptocurrency ATM [...]

The news is full of 'promising' developments that may 'one day' lead to a brighter, healthier future. But for our annual survey of the latest medical breakthroughs, we decided to [...]

Criminals take over your phone, then drain your bank account. Here's how to prevent it After a relaxing family vacation in Mexico with his wife and their two young sons, [...]

Like any smart entrepreneurs, scammers quickly adapt to the news and moods of the moment. These are the scams playing out right now 'Oops, Wrong Number!' Texts Seemingly misdirected messages [...]

It's a big election year--and criminals are already out in force with scams aimed at stealing your cash and personal information while making you think you're taking part in the [...]

Medical cannabis is legal in 38 states, and gummy consumption is exploding. But is it safe and effective? Sometimes yes, sometimes no Carminetta Vemer didn't smoke pot in the 1960s. [...]

1. They're only for original Medicare enrollees. Original Medicare pays 80 percent of covered Part B health care services. Medigap insurance typically covers the 20 percent that is your responsibility [...]

Christine Coady's mother-in-law was terrified when she got the call that her grandson had been in a car crash that injured an undercover police officer. She quickly mailed envelopes filled [...]

Last fall, shortly after over-the-counter hearing aids first came to market following their approval earlier in 2022 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Colleen Price went shopping for a [...]

In January 1993, Michael Milken was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. He was 46. 'The cancer had spread through my body,' says Milken, author of Faster Cures, a new book [...]

Famous for her sparkly gowns and sharp tongue, Jen Shah--a star on the Bravo reality TV show The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City--had a hidden side hustle. She ripped [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar In 2021, con artists contacted at least 15 photographers for an easy yet lucrative gig to shoot a 50th-birthday party in Fort Worth, Texas. Among them was [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar GOOGLE VOICE SCAM Let's say you've posted a notice online--an item for sale, for example, or a plea to find a lost pet--and included your phone number. [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar AT 55, MY FOCUS started to fray. I had to ask my teenage daughter to stop chatting during tricky highway merges. I penciled 'COUNT!!!' across my community [...]

Just hours after leaving a $445 check to his insurance company in his mailbox, Mark McPherson got a shocking call from his bank: A thief had stolen the check, then [...]

Recovering what you lost to scammers is a long shot. But that's starting to change Cy Smith, 53, a financial analyst from San Francisco, lost $1.2 million in a fast-moving [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar When an old high school friend popped up on Facebook Messenger recently, Sue was delighted. When the friend mentioned a $50,000 government grant she'd just received, Sue [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar Congress can't raid the Social Security trust funds. No one--not the White House or Congress--can take cash from the program. When Social Security receives money (via taxes [...]

Over-the-counter versions are finally here. We break down what you need to know If you're among the 30 million Americans struggling to keep up with conversations in noisy restaurants or [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar EVER WANTED TO evict your own son? One New York state couple did just that a few years ago, so fed up were they with their jobless, [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar VINCENT DEVITA JR., M.D., was the medical branch chief of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) when Richard Nixon launched the 'war on cancer' in December 1971. '[T]he [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar Chronic Conditions (diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, etc.) ORIGINAL MEDICARE PROS * You don't need a referral to see specialists. * You can choose any specialist in the [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar IT'S THE MOMENT people with aging parents dread. Suddenly one of Mom's or Dad's normal activities starts to seem risky to you. We asked experts for the [...]

ASTROPHYSICIST NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON TALKS ABOUT WHY A SENSE OF WONDER ABOUT THE UNIVERSE IS SO IMPORTANT--ESPECIALLY IN TOUGH TIMES We're in economically difficult and divided times. Why should we [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar Agrowing number of Americans are making an unsettling discovery while examining their credit card accounts. Embedded in the list of monthly transactions are charges for things they [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar Patricia Frolander, 78, walked into the Rapid City, S.D., Regional Airport in April with a ticket to St. George, Utah. She was on her way to visit [...]

Byline: David Hochman, Sari Harrar, Laura Petrecca, Brian Barth Remember the Great Texas Freeze this past February? Never-before-seen ice storms crashed trees onto power lines and froze the wind turbines [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar FRAUDS AIMED AT OLDER ADULTS ARE BECOMING more creative. 'Scammers stay on top of whatever is new, such as the popularity of Zoom, COVID-19 vaccines and online [...]

You flew on the space shuttle in 1986, orbiting the planet 98 times in six days. How did that change you? It gave me insight into NASA from the inside. [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar, David Hochman, Lexi Pandell, Ellen Stark FOR THE PAST year, our country has been mired in not one deep crisis, but three: a pandemic, an economic meltdown [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar, Joe Eaton, Harris Meyer It's complicated. This phrase has become the default and arguably lazy response to many 21st-century challenges. But when it comes to finding ways [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar Q What's the scope of the problem? Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez (MRH): COVID-19 has shown us that differences in quality of care are striking, with far higher infection and [...]

Young people, like your teenage grandkids or young adult children, are increasingly the targets of digital scams, according to the FBI and researchers. When asked whom they trust most, those [...]

WITH EVERY step, your feet take a pounding equivalent to up to 2.5 times your body weight After decades of wear and tear, it's no wonder foot woes start to [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar Scam artists will stop at nothing to exploit the fear, social isolation and uncertainty fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. 'People are more vulnerable emotionally than ever,' says [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar, Lexi Pandell STEP 1 CONSIDER YOUR CONDITION Telemedicine is effective for issues that are relatively mild, such as: Nonthreatening coronavirus symptoms (such as mild fever or cough) [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar ON THE SHORT LIST of songs that have brought the world joy, you'd be hard-pressed to top the Beatles' 'Here Comes the Sun,' with its lilting melody [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar Susan Haskell Maxson had just purchased a three-month refill of the blood-pressure-lowering drug valsartan in the summer of 2018 when she got a scary warning letter. The [...]

Byline: Jacqueline Detwiler, Sari Harrar DIABETES CONTROL AN OPERATION THAT IMPROVES BLOOD SUGAR DIABETICS IN HOLLAND recently participated in a study that included not only diet and lifestyle recommendations but [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar A year ago, Bette Stone sat in the bedroom of her lushly landscaped tan-and-white central Florida home and ... inhaled. 'I had my first cannabis vape pen,' [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar HERE IT IS, the elixir of life!' Joan Mannick drops a shiny, salmon-pink pill into my palm. It's RTB101, a drug developed by Mannick's Boston-based biotech company [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar, Mike Zimmerman, Renée Bacher, Selene Yeager A Stronger Heart! FAD COCONUT OIL It sounds exotic, internet 'experts' swear by it and a book called The Coconut Oil [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar PART ONE General Health THE GOOD NEWS: You're the boss. You're at the age of accomplishment, just when the kids have moved out, and if you still [...]

Byline: Sari Harrar, David Schiff, Mike Tharp 'Ninety percent of people floss wrong.' --THE DENTAL HYGIENIST BARBARA TRITZ, 58, IS A REGISTERED HYGIENIST IN EDMONDS AND BELLEVUE, WASH. --->Brushing only [...]

Anna Albrecht was a fit 31-year-old mother of two when the Big Leak happened one day. 'I was jumping rope at the gym when--splash!--I completely wet my pants,' she recalls. [...]

The month is still a clean slate. Behind you, too much pumpkin pie. Ahead, the promise of fun, family, and friends--and the perils of more pie (and cookies and eggnog), [...]

I'm not the gambling type--Texas hold'em, firehouse bingo, and glitzy casinos thrill me about as much as a week-old bologna sandwich. But when a major family reunion loomed recently, the [...]