Don't let aches and pains slow you down

We all know the feeling that comes with the first great day of spring. When the sun is shining, the air smells sweet and fresh and the temperatures are warm, we all feel the urge to get outside and throw off the confinement of the winter months. Even if you're living with pain, it's essential to heed the call of the outdoors and be active. There are plenty of ways to mitigate pain issues and avoid further injury.

An active life begins with healthy joints

The new year often means resolutions like being healthier or exercising more often. What many people don't know is that our joints are the critical part of the body that allows us to be active and do the activities we most enjoy.

A retirement home that helps pay for itself

With today's record low real estate prices and attractive mortgage rates, now may be a good time to think about investing in a second home that ultimately can be used as your permanent residence upon retirement. By taking a "buy-and-rent" approach before you're ready to retire, your new home will actually have partly paid for itself by the time you're ready to move into it.

When an irregular heartbeat should send you to the doctor

You may chalk up that flutter in your chest to too much rich food, or think that your heart occasionally skips a beat in response to stress at work. For most people, such irregularities are harmless. But if your irregular heart rhythms are combined with a diagnosis of heart failure, they can be serious -- and ignoring them may make your condition worse.

Need help paying for that hearing aid? Here's how to get it

"No one should go without a needed hearing aid because of an inability to pay," says Dr. Sergei Kochkin, executive director of the Better Hearing Institute (BHI). Here's advice on how you can get assistance paying for a hearing aid.