Can Our Medical Technology Withstand a Massive Outage?

Can Our Medical Technology Withstand a Massive Outage?

The electronic infrastructure that powers our digital lives, including seniors aging in place, in retirement communities, assisted living facilities, and in nursing homes is a service often taken for granted. Everything is fine while devices, enterprise servers, and...
Blood Test Can Show Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

Blood Test Can Show Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease is becoming more prevalent among aging Americans, and there are more aging Americans than ever before. Alzheimer’s disease has three typical biomarkers: plaques of beta-amyloid protein, tangles of tau protein, and loss of connections in the...
Avoiding Medicare Scams

Avoiding Medicare Scams

By far the largest types of insurance fraud are scams against government and private health care insurers. Scammers frequently target government insurance like Medicare by stealing newly issued medical ID cards and then stealing identities. The Coalition Against...
Navy Veterans Win an Important Fight in Court

Navy Veterans Win an Important Fight in Court

During the Vietnam War (1962-1975) the United States military, as well as the Republic of Vietnam, used defoliants for tactical purposes to reduce cover for enemy forces, improve perimeter visibility of military installations and even to kill enemy food crops. Agent...
How to Plan for Children with Special Needs

How to Plan for Children with Special Needs

Estate planning requires specialized planning when you have a child with special needs. Looking to the future as to how your child will be able to function in the world as they age is particularly tricky to assess. What is the child’s long term prognosis and what type...