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Submitted by Greg on March 26, 2007 - 9:07am.
The good news for people 35 - 55 is that your brain performance is holding steady. The bad news is what happens after your mid-50's. »more»
Submitted by Greg on July 13, 2006 - 3:43pm.
The Arizona Republic says dating much younger partners is no longer the sole province of middle-aged male dentists:
35 percent of women want to date younger men, and 34 percent are. Three percent of women date men 15 or more years younger, 5 percent date men 10 to 14 years younger, and 11 percent date men 5 to 9 years younger.
The article by Barbara Yost and Susan Felt says that part of the reason may be because now they can: »more»
Submitted by Greg on February 21, 2007 - 7:27pm.
Submitted by Wesley on March 21, 2007 - 10:36am.
You have entered middle age and made a commitment to eat healthier. You go out of your way and even pay extra to shop at a natural food store. You seek out healthy eating choices such as granola. All good? Not so say dietary experts. »more»
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Submitted by Greg on September 4, 2008 - 11:30am.
If you're ready to think over some big ideas about happiness and aging, here's a website that can get you started in twenty minutes. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on September 3, 2008 - 8:24am.
While certainly not a health risk, one of the more evident signs of aging is sagging eyelids. But until a recent UCLA study on the subject, it wasn't particularly clear why eyelids sagged with age. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on August 23, 2008 - 7:10pm.
If you are anything like me you have been besieged by emails purporting to be from CNN with various heading such as "CNN Alert" or "CNN News Alert". These are viruses and you should be aware of the threat they possess. »more»
Submitted by Greg on August 12, 2008 - 2:13pm.
A new Google tool shows that the world's most midlife crisis-ridden cities are in the Netherlands. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on August 10, 2008 - 1:47pm.
The conventional wisdom that the best way to cope after a traumatic or disturbing event is to talk about it may be wrong--at least for some people. How many times have you heard that the best course of action is to talk about it? But research is showing that there can be downsides to this approach. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times(7/28/08 print edition only): »more»
Submitted by Wesley on August 5, 2008 - 10:45pm.
Once the major tool in treating depression and other psychiatric illnesses, the use of psychotherapy fell from 44% to 29% over the 10-year period from 1996 to 2005. Meanwhile the use of antidepressants and other drugs became more widely used during the same period. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on August 5, 2008 - 3:43pm.
One attribute of increases in human longevity is that the length of time that seniors are expected to live past retirement has been increasing. Even though people are living longer (since 1940 men are now living on average five years longer), the age of customary retirement has been relatively fixed. »more»
Submitted by Greg on July 30, 2008 - 3:00pm.
Do you want to be Dave Dixon? At sixty, he's reached the goals he set for himself in 2000 »more»
Submitted by Wesley on July 23, 2008 - 10:38pm.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting of an experimental drug that in limited tests is doubling the survival rate of patients with the "aggressive" form of prostate cancer. The Times cited the British study that was published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology: »more»
Submitted by Wesley on July 20, 2008 - 7:49pm.
In the July 3rd online edition of Cell Metabolism (linked below), it was reported that scientists funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, have found that the compound resveratrol slows age-related deterioration and functional decline of mice on a standard diet, but does not increase longevity when started at middle age. »more»
Submitted by Ellen Besso on July 13, 2008 - 11:55am.
This article was prompted by a conversation I had with a woman seeking coaching earlier this week. She feels ready to move ahead in her life. However something serious is holding her back. She feels there’s lots of positive happening in her life and also is aware of quite a bit of anguish (as are many of us right now). »more»
Submitted by Ellen Besso on July 13, 2008 - 11:51am.
“If a woman understood that ‘what I create has nothing to do with what anybody else is creating’, then she wouldn’t be so afraid of what others are doing” Abraham »more»
Submitted by Ellen Besso on July 13, 2008 - 11:44am.
You know the expression ‘we’re creatures of habit’? It’s believed that change is difficult, perhaps even impossible, as we keep on with our old ways of operating in the world. But it’s important for many good reasons (such as changing what makes us miserable and staying young) to do new things. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on July 13, 2008 - 7:21am.
In the first study of its kind, using sophisticated methods to measure body composition, the nationally known commercial weight loss program, Weight Watchers, was compared to gym membership programs to find out which method wins in the game of good health. »more»
Submitted by Wesley on July 12, 2008 - 6:02pm.
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