Advertising Feature: This article is from a special section that was not produced by the newsroom. Medicare will pay for hospice care — the replacement of cure-seeking medical treatment for a terminal illness with comfort-based or palliative treatment — as soon as a physician gives a patient covered by the plan a prognosis of six months or less to live, if the patient requests. But that doesn’t mean people always know when to initiate hospice care, what questions to ask providers or what to expect. At By the Bay Health, a nonprofit affiliate of UCSF Health with offices in Larkspur, San Francis ..read more

Advertising Feature: This article is from a special section that was not produced by the newsroom. After more than four decades of preparing Chinese food on camera, for the long-running PBS TV show “Yan Can Cook” and newer culinary and philanthropic projects, chef Martin Yan has no plans to hang up his wok. “Why should I retire when I enjoy what I’m doing? I’m going to slow down, but I’m not going to retire,” said Yan, who received a lifetime achievement award from the James Beard Foundation earlier this year. “I’m 73 years old and eat well and have a good lifestyle, so I feel like I’m 45 year ..read more

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