Retire Smart: Long-Term Care Insurance Market Shows Signs of Trouble

 By Mark Miller

Tribune Media Services
 
Harry Margolis is an elder law attorney who regularly helps clients plan for possible risk that they’ll need long-term care. He’s helped many select a long-term care insurance policy, but these days he’s ambivalent about how to counsel them.

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Interpersonal EDGE: Does Gray Hair Ruin Career?

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services

Q. I recently attended an unemployment workshop, and the teacher told us that if we had any gray in our hair we should run out and color it. Doesn’t this advice amount to supporting age discrimination in the workplace?
 

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The Time is Right…But are you Ready?

By Robert C. Robinson III, MD
 
Sexual performance is a topic of increasing popularity these days.  From ads of “natural male enhancement” to prescription medications, everyone seems to have an opinion or claims to be an expert on the topic. What makes this even more confusing is the number of terms tossed around when addressing this issue.  

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Retire Smart: Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Rides to the Rescue of Investors Paying High Fees

By Mark Miller
Tribune Media Services

Most investment advisors measure their success by a yardstick called assets under management-the amount clients have entrusted them to invest. Mitch Tuchman is more interested in the dollars he’s been able to bring “out of management.”
 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Is Job Loyalty for Better or Worse?

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services

Q. I have worked for my company for 10 years, and the manager I loved just retired. The guy that took his place is a jerk! I feel disloyal, because even though my company has been good to me, I’m flirting heavily with the idea of leaving. Should I stay or should I go?
 

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Urban Housecall: Seven Tips for Your Visit to the Doctor

By Aydrian L. Thomas, M.D.

These days, a visit to your doctor can be a harrowing experience.  With time constraints on the part of both the patient and the provider, issues with insurance coverage, prior authorizations and the like, getting the care you desire can be a challenge.  What follows are some ways to make the most of your visit to the doctor.
 

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Urban Housecall

TNCP welcomes Dr. Karla L. Robinson who is a board-certified, licensed family physician.  A native of Chicago, Illinois, Dr. Robinson completed her undergraduate studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.

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Healthy Eating Tips for a Busy Lifestyle

Get in the habit if eating lots of greens like spinach, kale and bok-choy.

By Katrina Bertol

www.Naturally Savvy.com
 
With deadlines to meet, after work cocktails, frequent dining out, late nights and early mornings it’s easy to forget how simple it is to take control of your health.
The following tips from www.NaturallySavvy.com will outline some simple ways to enhance your everyday health, boost your metabolism, maintain a healthy weight, increase brain function and start feeling powerful from the inside out:

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My Answer – 9-22

Q: I’ve always been fascinated by angels, and I have lots of angel figurines around the house to protect me. But I admit I don’t know much about them. When did God create the angels? Or have they always existed? How much influence do they have over our lives? – Mrs. D.P.
 

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Interpersonal EDGE: Management Strategies for Generation Tech Obsessed

By Dr. Daneen Skube
Tribune Media Services

Q. I supervise a number of younger workers. They seem to have grown an appendage for texting on their cell phones and have the attention span of a gnat. How do I motivate them to focus on their jobs?
 

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