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Submitted by Wesley on January 6, 2008 - 10:10am.
In a lengthy and detailed article, the Los Angeles Times has summarized the state of the war on Alzheimer's disease. It's not pretty and can be summed up in one sentence, "Scientists still aren't sure what causes the disease or how to cure it." »more»
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Submitted by Lisa on January 5, 2010 - 9:29am.
At midlife, some of us find ourselves in a crisis due in part to the feeling that we're living as we will when we're old--we do the same old things every day, looking at that same old face across the table, talking about the same old things, being annoyed in the same old way, and seeing our opportunities diminish slowly as our health problems increase. It's terrifying. »more»
Submitted by amatchmadein7 on August 2, 2009 - 10:45pm.
Who’s who? Why not show them the real you? »more»
Submitted by Wesley on May 11, 2009 - 9:50am.
HBO's "The Alzheimer's Project", made in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health and NIH's National Institute on Aging, can be described as an extended public-service announcement with an inescapable message: This scourge can no longer be ignored. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on April 6, 2009 - 8:55am.
Our local Giant supermarket has introduced hand scanners so that you can just walk up and down the aisles, collecting your groceries, while scanning them and bagging them right in your cart. Checkout involves downloading the inventory from the hand scanner into a self-serve checkout station. It's pretty cool. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on February 22, 2009 - 9:17pm.
You have competency. That's not enough. You have experience. So do a lot of other people. You have long-term loyalty. That's not relevant. You have a family, a mortgage, car payments, expenses, tuition. It's not even a consideration. You're over fifty; it's too late to start over for crying out loud! Nobody's listening. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on February 16, 2009 - 8:07am.
You see all those fancy letters after my name? »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on February 9, 2009 - 9:45am.
Last Friday, I had an unsettling experience. I've been spending the past few months scouring the web, looking for places where men leave — and find — wisdom-droppings. You know what I mean by 'wisdom-droppings' don't you? »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on February 3, 2009 - 3:32pm.
I've been away . . . yes I have. But all that's behind me now, and this month is shaping up to be a transitional one. I'm needing to take my business from a disappointing conclusion with the end of 2008 into something even more dynamic and transformational as we move more deeply into 2009. Things are changing, aren't they? »more»
Submitted by Wesley on January 23, 2009 - 12:55pm.
One of the unexpected attributes of the current grandbaby boom is what baby boomers want their grandchildren to call them. Despite having children who now have children, today's boomers don't see themselves as old--and they certainly don't want to be stereotyped as such. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on January 23, 2009 - 8:23am.
Here's a double spoiler for you, first for the 1983 movie, War Games, then for this article: as the computer, Joshua, comments at the end of this picture: "A strange game. The only winning move is not to play." It works as well for global thermonuclear war as it does for the age-old conflict between estrogen and testosterone. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on January 18, 2009 - 11:09am.
Despite being taken by millions of Americans, the popular herbal supplement ginkgo biloba to improve brain health, does not appear to help postpone dementia. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on January 16, 2009 - 8:17am.
Wow! It's been a long time (almost a week) since I've been able to write about all things midlife! »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on December 30, 2008 - 8:07am.
Once more, the Grim Reaper is coming up the pathway to visit the old year, 2008. The economic forces that were put in motion over the last ten years have finally tipped the scales, particularly over the last six months. Huge corporations are dropping like flies or are begging to be propped up by the very people most hurt by their business decisions (us). »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on December 24, 2008 - 8:52am.
And all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. There's not a person in our Western culture alive today who wasn't brought up hearing or reading Clement Clark Moore's poem from 1823, "A Visit from Saint Nicholas." Regardless of your religious beliefs and traditions, the spirit of warmth and generosity of the season can't help but touch all but the most broken of hearts. »more»
Submitted by hlesbrown on December 19, 2008 - 9:53am.
I think that one of the biggest differences between the way women approach the midlife transition and the way men do derives from the very strong tendency that men have toward avoidance of significant midlife issues. »more»
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