Leisure and Lifestyle
Yahoo News, March 3rd, 2010Spring is coming, and a young man's thoughts turn to...you know.
Apparently, old men's thoughts turn to the same subject. According to an
article to be published Wednesday in the
journal BMJ (British Medical Journal),
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The New York Times, March 1st, 2010“I’m 86 and have walked every day of my life. The public needs to wake
up and move.” “I’m 83 going on 84 years! I find that daily aerobics and walking
are fine. But these regimens neglect the rest of the body, and
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The New York Times, February 10th, 2010My father is a relentlessly upbeat guy. “Up and around!” he reports
when I call. “Keeping busy!” He tells me about his volunteer work, his
card game winnings, the (seated) yoga class he enrolled in at the
library.
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Shine, February 10th, 2010If you’re reading this,
there’s a good chance you’re going to live a long life—centenarians
(folks who make it into the triple digits) increased 51% from 1990
to 2000, which certainly bodes well for us younger folks. Advances
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USA Today, February 2nd, 2010Hi, Gladys, I'm 73 years young and I need
to make money to supplement my Social Security. I would like to try
selling the fire extinguishers that you talked about in your book. I
think I can sell them at flea markets and
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The New York Times, January 31st, 2009Jiang Ruming, a marketing manager, owns a van, but for many errands, he
hops on a futuristic-looking contraption that lets him weave rapidly
through Shanghai’s messy traffic. He rides an electric bicycle.Half a
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The New York Times, January 25th, 2009Older women who did an hour or two of strength training exercises each
week had improved cognitive function a year later, scoring higher on
tests of the brain processes responsible for planning and executing
tasks,
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KansasCity.com - January 17, 2010When Thomas Wilson, chairman and CEO of Allstate Insurance Co., scans the
economic horizon, he sees a landscape that requires adaptation: Real estate
remains in the dumps, car sales are sluggish, the unemployment rate
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US News & World Report - January 11, 2010As the oldest baby boomers enter their mid-60s this year, there will be plenty of retirement celebrations. Although you may not have much extra pocket change, it's still important to let coworkers know how
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The New York Times - January 7, 2010OCALA, Fla. — Ilse Telesmanich, 90, sprained her ankle hiking in South Africa last August. She tried to keep going on the three-week trip, she said, hobbled as she was.“I got very good at hopping on one foot the last
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The New York Times - January 1, 2010“I have something I want to talk to you about,” Jonelle Patrick’s father said partway through a visit to her home in San Francisco. He put a box on the kitchen table.Ms. Patrick wasn’t completely startled when he took
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The New York Times - January 6, 2010When the vast Consumer Electronics Show, underway this week in Las Vegas, adds an exhibition called Silvers Summit, devoted to new products for the aging and their caregivers, brace yourselves. American tech companies,
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The New York Times, December 14th, 2009Children aren’t the only ones whiling away hours on the Internet;
people of retirement age now spend even more time online than
youngsters.More Americans than ever across all demographic groups are looking
at
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Reuters, December 14th, 2009Americans may live significantly longer in the future than current
U.S. government projections, and that could mean sharply higher costs
than anticipated for Medicare and other programs, researchers reported
on Monday.
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The New York Times, December 14th, 2009Is it better to walk a human or to walk a dog?
New research from the University of Missouri has found that people
who walk dogs are more consistent about regular exercise and show more
improvement in fitness than
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