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Archived Articles: 2008 Articles

Week June 16- Topics include:
- Hiring a lawn care provider? Do your homework!
- Heartburn, acid reflux and GERD: How do they affect your risk of esophageal cancer?
- Digital TV: Keeping seniors connected
Week June 9- Topics include:
- 10 warning signs of Alzheimer's disease
- The facts about the sun
- The life of 'Rosie the Riveter': Hazel Thomas of Lenexa
Week June 2- Topics include:
- Pension programs aid veterans with income, disability challenges
- Living with arthritis
- Osteoporosis awareness
- Medicare Q&A: 'Extra Help' for prescription drugs

Week May 26 - Topics include:
- Health for all: Coping with seasonal allergies
- Kitchen-table money talk: Opening the Bank of Mom & Dad
- Social Security's economic stimulus payments
- Book review: A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir
Week May 19 - Topics include:
- H1N1 influenza update
- Busting cancer myths: Acidic foods and cancer risks
- Medicare Q&A: Drug formularies
- Wonders of the wild: Bobber fishing
Week May 12 - Topics include:
- Beat the summer heat without red meat
- Eating, health and aging
- Thinking about revolution
- The wonders of spring
Week May 5-Topics include:

Week April 28-Topics include:
- Elder law: Foreclosure
- May is Older Americans Month
- Legislation provide one-time benefit for Social Security, SSI beneficiaries
- Facing up to Facebook
Week April 21-Topics include:
- Volunteering: A web of connection
- Aging and beauty
- Click! E-mail etiquette
- Medicare Q&A: Physical
Week April 14-Topics include:
- Be prepared for an emergency
- For seniors, hip fractures can equal loss of independence
- Revised Mental Health Guide available
- Self-help networks can provide valuable support
Week April 7-Topics include:
- Wonders of the Wild: Turkey hunting
- Grandparents as Parents: To sleep or not to sleep...
- Kitchen-table money talk: Taxes and IRAs

Week March 31 -Topics include:
- Healing the natural way: A new focus for seniors
- Help for brain injuries
- Nature and nurture: Book review of 'Cultivating Delight'
Week March 24 -Topics include:
- My father's gardens
- Poem: First light in the city
- Health for all people: Change, one step at a time
- Social Security basics Q&A
Week March 17 -Topics include:
- Fire safety: A reason to be alarmed
- March is 'Foot Health Month'
- Poison Prevention Month: Know how to get help
- What to eat ... and not eat
Week March 10 -Topics include:
- Consumer corner: Advice on hiring contractors
- Legislation provides one-time payment to Social Security, SSI beneficiaries
- KU to hold summer 'Mini College' for adults
- Medicare Q&A: Generic prescription 'exceptions'
Week March 3 -Topics include:
- Ten practical ways to help seniors
- Kitchen table money talk: Planning for 'unretirement'
- Home front: Furnace flakes, powder or rust? Check it out!
- Lie down, be still, heal: Taking stock during radiation (Opinion)

Week February 24-Topics include:
- Click! All (or almost all) about digital
- Health for all people: A staff infection you can avoid
- Elder ways are healing ways (Book review)
Week February 17-Topics include:
- Changing the strength of your coffee
- Prevent dry skin during winter
- Help Meals on Wheels through tax check off
- Medicare disenrollment is a simple process
- Date for all-digital television postponed
Week February 10-Topics include:
- Medicare Q&A: Filling in the gaps
- Hands (poem)
- Nutrition and cancer Q&A
- World War II Website
Week February 3-Topics include:
- When adult children begin to help their parents
- When traveling days are over
- Click! Malware: viruses, spyware, spam, and other nasty things
- Nature and nurture (book review)

Week January 27-Topics include:
- Making the winter blues smile
- Elder law: The challenges of Medicaid and long-term care
- You may qualify for these tax refunds
Week January 20-Topics include:
- To prevent blindness, learn about glaucoma
- A personal health record is a great health tool
- Deadline nears for analog-to-digital conversion
- Kansas Charity Check promotes informed charitable giving
Week January 13-Topics include:
- Click! Surfing the internet
- Reduce waste by eating smarter, not eating more
- Enhanced mortgage options available to veterans
- Medicare Q&A: Medicaid eligibility
Week January 6-Topics include:
- Home front: Need a foundation repair? Do your home work
- Medicare Q&A: Everyone pays for Medicare fraud
- Kitchen-table money talk: Avoiding financial heartburn
- Aging in place? We still need special accommodation