Apr 04

This is very important to remember, so make sure you are listening. Will Medicare part D premiums rise every years, Yes. I say this because the cost of Medicare has to keep up with inflation as well as our income. Many people think that they are locked in on the rate they are first given but that is not true. The reason your Medicare premiums increase each year is in part because of the two things listed above and in part of the policy that you choose to go with.

One of the things that I highly recommend is that you understand how Medicare works and why the price goes up each year. Full article…

Tags: Medicare plan D

Mar 25

So I’ve been seriously remiss on the blog front of late, in case you haven’t noticed.

Reason being I was involved in a play called “The Madness of Hercules”–an updated version of the Roman tragedy by Seneca, performed by the wildly innovative company Not Man Apart. If you’ve never seen these guys, and you get the chance to–take it.

I played one of three chorus-type characters who sort of storytell and support the action with crazy, evocative physical movement. Extremely athletic stuff that I was even a little unsure that I could handle at first, given my nagging knee injury and my generally aging self (I turned 40 on May 9th).

The funny thing was, I needn’t have worried.

Full article…

Mar 18

BREMEN, Ind. — Otis Bowen, former governor of Indiana and secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was presented the 2012 Ryan White Distinguished Leadership Award by the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention at Indiana University’s School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

The award, presented by RCAP senior director William L. Yarber, recognizes Bowen’s contributions to efforts in the 1980s to raise public awareness about AIDS, at a time when little was known about the disease, and when fear and discrimination, as experienced by Ryan White, were rife.

Full article…

Tags: Award, Distinguished Leadership, Distinguished Leadership Award, Leadership Award

Mar 14

Your psychological health can affect your weight. Feelings of anxiety, stress, sadness, worry and depression can impact your relationship with food. Overeating, choosing unhealthy foods and engaging in excessive nighttime eating are often linked to psychological reasons.

If you often find yourself eating even when youre not hungry, you may be reacting to an underlying emotion. The stresses of life can sometimes be overwhelming. Meeting unreasonable demands at work, working through conflicts in personal relationships, dealing with health issues and taking care of aging parents are just some of the stressors that people are faced with on a daily basis.

Full article…

Tags: Psychological Health, Weight

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