Isn’t it odd that we ourselves want to live to be old, yet we don’t want to associate too much with other people who are already old? As for revering…
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senior health
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“There are many ways of getting strong; sometimes talking is the best way.” — André Agassi Since Freud practically invented the art (or science) of talk therapy single-handedly in the late…
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“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.” — Omar Khayyam We want it badly. Our parents want it for us — at least that’s what they said when…
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Until two months ago, 59-year-old Claire T. looked forward to an idyllic retirement. As a marketing executive for a large corporation for the last 25 years, she had saved and…
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“Sleep… chief nourisher in life’s feast” — Macbeth (2.2.46-51), William Shakespeare In her new novella Sleep Donation, celebrated writer Karen Russell paints the horrific picture of a society wracked by an epidemic…
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It is better to live rich than to die rich. — Samuel Johnson The comedian Jack Benny, known for his radio and TV persona as a cheapskate, occasionally performed a skit…
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A female friend recently lamented in her blog that she was having a hard time attracting male attention. The reason, she said, was that she was perceived as being beyond…
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My husband and I never considered divorce… murder sometimes, but never divorce. — Dr. Joyce Brothers Some years ago, I would routinely take walks with a fellow resident outside the apartment…
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Scientists at University of Rochester, Georgetown University, and the University of California Irvine, have developed a simple blood test that can predict the development of Alzheimer’s disease up to three years before…
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“I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware.” — Joan Rivers Behold, the mirror! Let’s re-phrase that! Behold yourself in the mirror! Because…