Leisure and Lifestyle
Science Daily, November 1st, 2009A new study in the journal Sleep shows that retirement is
followed by a sharp decrease in the prevalence of sleep disturbances.
Findings suggest that this general improvement in sleep is likely to
result from the removal
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The New York Times, October 19th, 2009Many people view retirement as a time to stop working. But new
research shows that people who take on full- or part-time jobs after
retirement have better health.
The finding is based on data collected from 12,189
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Reuters, September 16th, 2009As the baby boom generation moves throughretirement, the number of people affected by Alzheimer's is likely to wellexceed 11 million by 2040. In recognition of World Alzheimer's Day,Retirement Living TV (RLTV), the only network
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The New York Times, September 12th, 2009ROWLAND FELLOWS still owns two oil lamps from the summer cottage in the
village of Five Islands, Me., where his family vacationed in the late
1930’s.Mr. Fellows, 84, converted those lamps to electricity for use
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The Wall Street Journal, September 2nd, 2009During Sunday's Chicago Triathlon, I kept my heart rate low, cut my
pace at every hint of muscular or cardiovascular pain and crossed the
finish line about half an hour behind my personal record in that race.
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Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, August 31st, 2009The lore on whether older Americans move is mixed. On the one hand,
the stereotype of retirement is that people flock to a warm climate
such as Florida or Arizona. On the
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The New York Times, August 18th, 2009In his apartment outside Philadelphia, Frank Levine pulled a list of
prescription medications from his refrigerator, his hands shaking
slightly. There was metformin HCl and glipizide for his diabetes; lisinopril
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CBS News, May 17th, 2009John Bauer was a high school teacher in Michigan before retiring to
Asheville, and getting a part-time job as a tour guide at the Biltmore
Estate.
"Why do I wanna keep on teaching when I can retire financially and I can try
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The New York Times - April 20, 2009
In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight illness and depression, speed recovery, slow aging
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Chron Business News - March 9, 2009
Many people entering retirement envision a life of fun and relaxation, but the opposite can be true. Without the social contacts that come from reporting to an office everyday, some retirees feel isolated. Others feel
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Dallas News - March 8, 2009
If you are in your 50s or early 60s, you're in the Peril Period. And the Worst-of-All-Possible-Worlds appears to be happening. Everything – home value, 401(k) and job – is going down the drain just as you're getting really
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The New York Times - January 13, 2009
At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, I stepped onto an ordinary-looking white bathroom scale. The scale sent a signal via Bluetooth to a control box, which read my weight aloud.
It was my
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The New York Times - December 12, 2008
Harvard kicked off a small but ambitious experiment this week that it hopes will become a new “third stage” of university education. For the student-fellows in the program, most in their 50s and early 60s, the goal
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The New York Times - December 9, 2008
JACKSON, Tenn. — Before Sunday’s basketball game, Coach Yogi Woods gathered the junior varsity at Lambuth University. Watch out for 73 on the other team, he said. He did not mean the player’s number. He meant his
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Yahoo News - October 16, 2008
LONDON – Millvina Dean was only 2 months old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the doomed Titanic. Now 96, the last survivor of the tragic sinking is selling mementos of the disaster to help
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