Columnists

A Simple Formula For Caregiving

Issue 43.12

We are sometimes perplexed as to what to do when we are faced with the responsibility of caring for a sick or ill relative or friend. This is especially true when that person has a terminal illness. Our mind and heart are flooded with anxious thoughts like: What can I do? How can […]

Concerning Corticosteroids And Meningitis

Issue 43.12

If you have access to the internet or a television, chances are good that you’ve heard about the meningitis outbreak caused by tainted batches of corticosteroid injections. I want to assure the patients of Desert Pain Specialists and inform our community that we do not, nor have we ever used Methylprednisolone (the long […]

Easy Tips To Keep Your Home Safe While You Are Away

Issue 43.12

The Senior Sampler welcomes Orville Lucus of American Family Insurance to its team of columnists. This is his first article.

The thought of someone breaking into your house is one of the scariest prospects a homeowner can face. After all, your home is not only your most valuable asset containing some of […]

Genealogy Corner… My Source Box

Issue 43.12

FamilySearch www.familysearch.org now provides a feature called My Source Box. This Source Box serves as a place to capture a record source and preserve it. Your source box contains the sources that you want to attach to your ancestors. It is easy to add sources to your source box if you find the […]

Issues For The Elderly… My Parent Died With A Trust…Now What Do I Do?

Issue 43.12

Many people are familiar with Trusts. In recent years, a Trust has become a popular Will substitute. Many people have decided to use a Trust as opposed to a Will in doing their Estate Planning. The primary purpose is to avoid probate and maintain privacy at the time of one’s death.

However, many […]

Looking Back… Change And Opposition

Issue 43.12

Change is a constant principle in all our lives, although we fight it. Why can’t things stay as they are? we sometimes ask. That’s not the nature of life for anyone. Each day can bring new experiences and challenges to stimulate our growth as an individual. Although we would prefer for life to […]

Personal Stories Of WWII… An Unusual Blood Drive

Issue 43.12

My crew number was 5383 and I was in Robert Parnell’s crew, and we were part of the 351st Bomb Group. During World War 2 the Eighth Air Force was the thrust of the air war against Hitler’s Germany and was made up of about 36 bomber groups plus fighter groups. Each group […]

The Social Security Column… Questions & Answers

Issue 43.12

RETIREMENT

Question:

I’m retired and the only income I have is from an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). Are my IRA withdrawals considered “earnings”? Could they reduce my monthly Social Security benefits?

Answer:

No. We count only the wages you earn from a job or your net profit if you’re self-employed. Non-work income […]

The Truth About “Teeth-In-A-Day”

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For decades replacing missing teeth with dental implants all in a single day has been routine for prosthodontic specialists, but recently big corporation marketing campaigns have popularized this approach and called it “Teeth-In-A-Day”. So, can you really go from hopeless teeth or no teeth to permanent implant teeth all in one day? Amazingly, […]

Ear Candling: Good Or Bad?

Issue 42.12

Ear candling. I have had a lot of people ask me if this procedure actually works to remove wax from the ear canals. Ear candling is also called coning. The premise is that by putting a burning, cone-shaped candle in your ear that it will create negative pressure that will then pull out […]