Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. “I’d get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise,” he said. He was cold even on warm days and looked pale with dark circles under his eyes.

His malady was not mysterious. As a retired nurse anesthetist, Sergott knew he had anemia, a deficiency of red blood cells. In his case, it was the consequence ...Read more

Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. “I’d get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise,” he said. He was cold even on warm days and looked pale with dark circles under his eyes.

His malady was not mysterious. As a retired nurse anesthetist, Sergott knew he had anemia, a deficiency of red blood cells. In his case, it was the consequence ...Read more

If you’re stressed about running out of money in retirement, you’re not alone.

More than half (57 percent) of American workers think they’re behind where they should be on their retirement savings, according to Bankrate’s Retirement Savings Survey. Fueling the stress about retirement income needs are worries about inflation, a weakening...Read more

Home from a 5-mile run one August day, Mark Kleinschmidt couldn't stop sweating. He blamed it on the heat. Then his chest felt tight.

He sat on his bed for a few minutes. Once the pain subsided, he headed for the shower.

The tightness returned while he was showering. He got out, only to drop to the bathroom floor. Somehow, he managed to get ...Read more

A loud ringing and bright light jolted Adam English awake. Then he felt the bizarre sensation of a zipper closing from ear to ear across his face.

English tried to call out, but he could only make sounds.

Then he tried getting out of bed. He fell, hitting his head on the iron bed frame.

His wife, Joanne Pera, was in the bathroom around the ...Read more

They gather several times a week in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket in Mar Vista, and no subject is off-limits. Not even the grim medical prognosis for 70-year-old David Mays, one of the founding members of the coffee klatch.

"It's one of our major topics of conversation," said Paul Morgan, 45, a klatch regular.

Mays is a cancer survivor...Read more

They gather several times a week in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket in Mar Vista, and no subject is off-limits. Not even the grim medical prognosis for 70-year-old David Mays, one of the founding members of the coffee klatch.

"It's one of our major topics of conversation," said Paul Morgan, 45, a klatch regular.

Mays is a cancer survivor...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Seymour Lemonick just accomplished something few 90-year-olds can dream of: staging his first art exhibition.

For the retired Philadelphia teacher and football coach — a sculptor and self-taught woodworker whose Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, home is a makeshift museum — it’s a pinch-me moment.

“This is beyond my wildest ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Seymour Lemonick just accomplished something few 90-year-olds can dream of: staging his first art exhibition.

For the retired Philadelphia teacher and football coach — a sculptor and self-taught woodworker whose Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, home is a makeshift museum — it’s a pinch-me moment.

“This is beyond my wildest ...Read more