ASCOG Aging Advocate January 18, 2013

Good morning!  It's Friday!

On this date, in 1977, scientists discovered this bacterium as the cause of a mysterious pneumonia outbreak at the convention of the American Legion in Philadelphia in 1976. What is the name of this disease?

CNN Money examines the high cost of raising the Medicare age while CEOs representing a third of the US stock market, count the savings.  This Kaiser Family Foundation study shows what savings and costs we might expect if the U.S. raises the Medicare eligibility age to 67.

New research shows that your ability to sit and rise from the floor has a direct correlation to your mortality.  (Check out yesterday's Advocate for a video on how to sit in the floor and rise again safely.)

AARP shares seven flu-fighting tips for family caregivers.

Former Senator John Breaux discusses the importance of saving the Medicare hospice benefit.

A California couple are found guilty of elder abuse in a civil case and are ordered to give up their home and pay $30,000.

If you are over 40 you are probably not as tall as you used to be, here's why.

New research suggests that aging brains can make us more prone to scams.

ASCOG offices will be closed on Monday, January 21, in celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.