26 Aug Retirement Planning Requires More Than Just Tallying Your Bills Gathering your monthly expenditures and creating a budget is a great way to start planning for retirement. However, as a USA Today article pointed out, don't forget about one-time unexpected expenses. The story profiled Mary Beth Barritt who planned diligently for retirement but was taken aback when a pipe broke in their basement requiring extensive work followed by a tree that needed removing which required large landscaping bills. Experts recommend adding a surplus into the budget to cover
Gathering your monthly expenditures and creating a budget is a great way to start planning for retirement. However, as a USA Today article pointed out, don't forget about one-time unexpected expenses. The story profiled Mary Beth Barritt who planned diligently for retirement but was taken aback when a pipe broke in their basement requiring extensive work followed by a tree that needed removing which required large landscaping bills. Experts recommend adding a surplus into the budget to cover
25 Aug Losing Your Memory? Brain Pill Supplements Don't Work One in four Americans age 50 and older take a supplement for brain health but an expert report from the AARP Global Council on Brain Health found they had no positive impact on brain health or memory. They also found significant concerns about misleading claims from the companies selling them. Americans are spending a massive $3 billion a year on these pills, a complete waste of money. https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-2019/report-brain-supplements-ineffective.html
One in four Americans age 50 and older take a supplement for brain health but an expert report from the AARP Global Council on Brain Health found they had no positive impact on brain health or memory. They also found significant concerns about misleading claims from the companies selling them. Americans are spending a massive $3 billion a year on these pills, a complete waste of money. https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-2019/report-brain-supplements-ineffective.html
24 Aug Treat Pre-Cancer Spots Aggressively As we age, signs of being in the sun will present themselves as precancerous lesions, also known as actinic keratosis. These are scaly, sandpapery dry spots that are unaffected by moisturizer and show up on sun-exposed places such as your scalp, face, ears, neck, hands or forearms. Dermatologist Meera Sivendran tells AARP The Magazine that there is a 1 in 10 chance of them turning into a nonmelanoma skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma so it's best to aggressively go after them. Your
As we age, signs of being in the sun will present themselves as precancerous lesions, also known as actinic keratosis. These are scaly, sandpapery dry spots that are unaffected by moisturizer and show up on sun-exposed places such as your scalp, face, ears, neck, hands or forearms. Dermatologist Meera Sivendran tells AARP The Magazine that there is a 1 in 10 chance of them turning into a nonmelanoma skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma so it's best to aggressively go after them. Your
