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Health & Prevention

Health and prevention are two topics on the minds of most aging adults.  Here we provide information and articles to help Seniors stay healthy and stay informed in the latest advances in healthcare.  To contact NCBAM or to sign up for the quarterly newsletter, click here.

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Posted by Paige Richardson in category Maintaining Well Being Priority #1: Prevention on October 11, 2011

Some times staying well means a visit to your doctor. Annual wellness visits help identify potential health issues and lets you take action when the condition is most treatable. Now Medicare covers these annual wellness visits. The benefit...read on

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Posted by Wendy Minton Edwards in category on October 09, 2011

A day or so ago I waited in line to pay for a few needed items in a local Wal-Mart. This particular store has a Subway in the front right corner of the store and they were baking bread about the time of my departure. I wasn’t hungry one bit,...read on

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Posted by Paige Richardson in category Maintaining Well Being Priority #1: Prevention on October 07, 2011

Across North Carolina, drug stores are advertising, “Flu shots available.” Some health departments offer drive-by flu clinics: drive in, stick your arm out the window, and get your flu shot. Of course doctors’ offices are also providing the...read on