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AARP : Bulletin Details How to Reverse Bad Health Habits Picked Up During the Pandemic 05/03/2021 | 11:35am EDT Send by mail : Message : Required fields WASHINGTON, May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- After some 15 months of too much worrying, sitting, eating and staying up late, returning to a healthy lifestyle won't be easy for millions of Americans in the coming months; new habits have been formed that are difficult to break. To help, AARP talked with dozen health experts to get their guidance on ways to replace bad habits with better ones. They provided 60 detailed actions you can choose from to...

It’s springtime. Wedding plans finalized? College-bound high school seniors applying for loans? Spring cleaning and home improvement are priorities? Considering long-postponed vacations? While appearing to be unrelated, criminals see these ordinary rites of spring as opportunities to profit from human behavior. One approach to discussing spring scams is to examine each scam in detail. Such a comprehensive approach is not very practical. Instead, much can be learned by focusing on some general motivations that can expose us to victimization: camaraderie, emotion, empathy, obedience, oppor...

AARP fraud network helps avoid gift card scams Keith Srakocic/AP FILE- In this Jan. 31, 2018, file photo, an assortment of credit cards and rewards cards are shown in Zelienople, Pa. Rewards-earning credit cards can help you save on these expenses — but you can also combine those rewards with other money-saving strategies to help you hang on to even more of your cash. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) and last updated 2021-04-08 05:56:38-04 AARP is helping people protect themselves from scams with its Fraud Watch Network. According to AARP, scammers like to use gift cards because they're ...

Impostor scams have been circulating for years, and criminals are constantly “tweaking” their methods to add greater credibility to the scams. Recent federal and state agency reports note an increase in text messaging and email. Most frequent in this new bombardment is the attempt to take advantage of fears related to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the increase in attempts comes this new twist involving the use of forged or spoofed credentials to convey authenticity. The basic scam goes something like this. You receive an “official” notice by text message or email from a gove...

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- For a year, our country has been embroiled in not one but three crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic meltdown and one of the most fraught political transitions in our history. But as signs grow that we are moving past the worst of all three, it's the perfect time to assess what we've learned since March 2020 and how to best move forward. In this month's cover story,  AARP Bulletin spoke to doctors, economists, business leaders, policy makers, and authors around the country about lessons learned and paths f...