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One Treatment for Midlife Crisis: Healthy Food?

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Here at LifeTwo we believe that 'midlife crisis' is often a normal depression that happens in midlife. So anything that reduces the risk of depression also reduces the risk of midlife crisis. »more»

Looking for Mr. Goodbar: Women, Internet Dangers and Addiction

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Wake- up America! »more»

Does Cognitive Decline Start in Early Adulthood?

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If you think you don't have to worry about your brain performance slipping until you are sixty, a new study says you may be off by four decades. »more»

Mid-Life Mindset: Change

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The number one topic that we discuss here is change and when it comes down to brass tacks...the one change that is predominant throughout discussions among men and women at Mid-life are: finding our Purpose in Life…this can be the problem or it is the answer! »more»

Searching for Answers; One Man's Prostate Cancer Leads to a Must-Read on What to do If/When it Happens to You

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After being diagnosed with prostate cancer six months ago, I asked myself all of the right questions. Will I die, and if so, when? How do I find out what I should do to treat the cancer? How do I take care of my family for when I am not here?

Very early in my research I talked to a doctor friend who had gone through prostate cancer. He spent weeks determining the options and the probabilities. His best words to me were to make my own decisions on this, don’t just take what any one person says as the correct thing to do. Every doctor and patient has their own favorite way to handle prostate cancer, and it may not be the right one for you. Study the statistics. »more»

Brain Boost: How Gingko Biloba Might Help After All

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Last year we asked "Will Taking Ginkgo Biloba Help My Memory?" and concluded: »more»

It's Not Urban Myth, It's Science: Midlife Really Is Unhappy

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People have long debated whether there's something about middle age that makes it a uniquely trying time, and now a pair of researchers say they can show that around the world, happiness bottoms out in midlife. »more»

In The Long Run, We're All Dead

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"When you don't have any money, the problem is food. When you have money, it's sex. When you have both, it's health. If everything is simply jake, then you're frightened of death." -- attributed to J.P. Donleavy

Midlife may be the time that you have "enough" money, food, sex, and health. And yet it's also the point in life at which, according to popular mythology, people become so concerned with their demise -- decades away though it may be -- that they launch off on dramatic new directions.

But is death really that fearsome? »more»

How Long Does A Midlife Crisis Last?

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The answer to this question is, unfortunately, "it depends." And it depends on what type of midlife crisis the person is experiencing -- or if it's even a midlife crisis at all. »more»

Experts: Middle Age is Depressing

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According to a comprehensive study of data from 80 countries, researchers at Britain's Warwick University and America's Dartmouth College have confirmed what people in their forties have known for years, middle age is indeed truly miserable. Researchers discovered that "for both men and women the probability of depression peaks around 44 years of age. »more»