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5 days ago | states.aarp.org | Evan Jones

Jaws, Saturday Night Fever, Titanic and Toy Story. Those are just four of the many memorable movies and musical favorites that two retired Virginia Commonwealth University professors incorporated into brain health programs delivered to audiences in northern and southwest Virginia. The presentations — created especially for these events — were among the many efforts from AARP Virginia throughout June which is designated as Brain Awareness Month.

3 weeks ago | states.aarp.org | Pam Dube

Every day, millions of Americans lose their hard-earned money to identity theft and other types of scams. Last year alone, 16.7 million people from communities across the nation lost $17 billion to identity fraud alone. That’s one person victimized every two seconds!

3 weeks ago | states.aarp.org

In May, the Iowa Legislature passed a bill to regulate cryptocurrency kiosks, including limiting customer transactions to $1,000 a day.

3 weeks ago | states.aarp.org | Katherine Shaver

Jane Dean panicked as soon as the caller said someone was seeking payment from her bank and trying to buy a laptop using one of four Amazon accounts supposedly in her name — although she says she doesn’t even have an Amazon account. Dean was initially suspicious, but she was struck that the caller knew the name of her local bank and provided the correct phone number for its fraud department before supposedly transferring her to it.

3 weeks ago | states.aarp.org | Julie Rasicot

Yoga instructor and wellness coach Diane Butera had always kept herself physically fit, but it took a cancer battle for her to realize the importance of preparing her mind as well as her body to handle health challenges. Diagnosed with ovarian cancer at age 53, Butera — now 68 — says that dealing with chemotherapy, the loss of her hair and “just being hit really hard with a big health challenge” made her ask, “What do I need to prepare?”Part of the answer, she says, is mindfulness.