Family Matters: The Money Squeeze
Can You Pay For Yourself, Your Kids, Your Parents?
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Family Matters: The Money Squeeze
Multigenerational households face difficult financial decisions surrounding elder care, paying for college and retirement.
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Task Force: End Routine PSA Tests For Prostate Cancer()
May 21, 2012 The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says the testing doesn't save enough lives to justify the risk of unnecessary surgery and radiation. But one testing supporter says, "If all PSA screening were to stop, there would be thousands of men who would unnecessarily suffer and die from prostate cancer."
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CDC Tells Baby Boomers To Get Tested For Hepatitis C()
May 18, 2012 More than 2 million baby boomers in the U.S. are thought to be infected with hepatitis C. But most don't know it. So the federal government is proposing they get blood test for the virus. The current guidelines call for a test only when someone is known to be at risk.
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FDA Delays Sunscreen Label Redo ()
May 16, 2012 Almost a year ago, the Food and Drug Administration proposed a slew of new rules to make the labels of sunscreens more helpful and realistic. To avert summer shortages, the agency has delayed implementation until December for most companies.
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Cost Of Cancer Pills Can Be Hard For Medicare Patients To Swallow()
May 15, 2012 How some insurers pay for treatments means that cancer pills can wind up costing a patient more than an IV. Some states have passed laws to make sure that patients don't have to pay more to take pills. But those laws don't apply to Medicare.
Family Matters: The Money Squeeze
Paying For College: More Tough Decisions ()
May 15, 2012 From your late 40s through early 60s, you're supposed to squirrel away cash to cope with health care costs in your old age. But for millions of Americans, middle age also is the time when children are seeking help with higher-education bills, and elderly parents may be needing assistance with daily care.
Family Matters: The Money Squeeze
Part 5: Caring For Grandparent Matures A Young Man()
May 15, 2012 Nicholas McDonald grew up tempted by drugs and under pressure to hit the streets. Lacking male role models, he says he always saw his mom as "the apple of my eye." She tried to protect him growing up. Now, the 24-year-old is doing his best to return the favor, helping provide for his multigenerational family.
