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Be grateful
Expressing thanks and being generous feels good, and while it's always been important at this time of year, this year it may be more so.
Tags: Thanksgiving, homeless
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Preventing COVID at Thanksgiving
COVID cases are surging. The CDC advises families to stay home for Thanksgiving. Here are answers to the most common questions families have.
Tags: coronavirus, coronavirus testing, Thanksgiving
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Understanding Dementia from the Inside
We know so much about what dementia looks like from the outside (in terms of behaviors). We are beginning to understand what it feels like from the inside--through the stories of Greg O'Brien, Tracey Lind and others.
Tags: dementia, Alzheimer's, podcast, This is Us
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How to dispose of Unused Medications
It's a good time to do a fall cleaning of your medicine cabinet. Here's what to do with old, unneeded or expired medicines.
Tags: medicine, pharmacy, hospitals, opioids
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The Best Rx for many chronic conditions? Exercise
From depression to anxiety, cognitive decline, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, to sleep issues, research tells us the best antidote is physical activity.
Tags: nature, aging, exercise, mental health, medicine, coronavirus
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Over 65? Get your flu shot!
COVID cases are rising and the flu season is nearly here. This year, it's more important than ever that adults over 65 get vaccinated.
Tags: flu, flu shot, coronavirus
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Does your Medicare plan cover 3D breast cancer screening?
3D breast cancer screening provides special benefits for women over 65. During Open Enrollment, it's a good time for women to see if their current Medicare plan covers this.
Tags: breast cancer, Medicare
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What Seniors Need to Know about Early Voting
Over one-quarter of registered voters in North Carolina have cast their ballots. For seniors who have not, here are details on how to do so while also minimizing exposure to COVID-19.
Tags: early voting, mail-in voting, coronavirus, face mask, 2020 elections, 2020 presidential election, absentee ballot, senior citizen
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Programs for Family Caregivers 2020-2021
The pandemic has been especially difficult on family caregivers with the cessation of many supportive programs. Over the next year, The Center for Volunteer Caregiving is offering new programming free of charge to family caregivers in Wake County.
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Free advice can save you hundreds during Medicare open enrollment period (Oct. 15 - Dec.7)
It's open enrollment for Medicare. From Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, the 64 million Americans enrolled in Medicare can change their Medicare plans without penalty and save some seniors hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Tags: Medicare, open enrollment, medicine, coronavirus
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Change the weather in your mind by getting outside
Gardening not only provides apt metaphors for the seasons of life, research is showing many additional physical and mental health benefits.
Tags: mental health, garden, outdoors, research, books, coronavirus
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National Aging in Place Week
Most people want to live in their home until they die, however few know how their needs will change as they age. This week is National Aging in Place week, with educational presentations on how to meet the most common needs people have.
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OpinionDRAUGHON DRAWS: Editorial Cartoons from CBC Opinion
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Local NewsNC plans free, phased rollout of COVID vaccines
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HolidayBest holiday lights displays in and around the Triangle
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Out and AboutWRAL Holiday Deals Directory
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BusinessToy safety group releases annual list of top 10 'worst' toys
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Holiday2020 WRAL Tower Lighting
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Go Ask MomPlay a life-size version of Candy Land in downtown Clayton
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Local NewsHere's what the latest NC mask rules mean
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