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Computers may be an everyday part of modern life, but millions of Americans still find them a challenge. For them, finding a new job can be especially difficult.
Passion between older women and younger men heated up screens in “The Graduate,” “Risky Business” and other films.
The first time Thom Guthrie retired, after a long career as a teacher and school administrator, he was 60. The California man had undergone major heart surgery and thought he was ready to relax.
Anne Staats was 75 when she took a year off work to care for her ailing husband.
At an age when many people start envisioning retirement, John Hanna was thinking about how he could keep on working.
New test results show what scientists have suspected — people in their 60's and older have signs of greater immunity to the new swine flu virus.
It was an unlikely pairing, the old man and the boy.
Like much of Cuba's work force, Alfredo Congas is going gray.
At 102, Thelma Vette likes to whiz around her Littleton, Colo., retirement center in an electric wheelchair, bright red and outfitted with a joystick.
As drivers get older, their driving skills decline. But getting the elderly — including aging parents and ourselves — is no easy task writes Harriet Baskas, author of msnbc.com's popular Well-Mannered Traveler column.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain isn't the only one citing the economic crisis as a reason to delay debate plans.
A 61-year-old Japanese woman gave birth to her own grandchild, using an egg donated by her daughter, a clinic said Thursday.
Is it harder for older workers to get back on their feet after they’ve been laid off?
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a major anti-age bias law protects federal employees who faced retaliation after complaining about discrimination.
Results from a large government experiment are dimming hopes that two common painkillers can prevent Alzheimer's disease or slow mental decline in older people.
It turns out the golden years really are golden. Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand-in-hand: Being social can help keep away the blues.
About 4.7 million Cingular Wireless subscribers with older phones will have to pay $5 extra each month as the company tries to prod them to get new handsets so it can devote its entire network to one type of signal.
Britain's oldest newly-weds have combined age of 181 Britain's oldest bridegroom has tied the knot aged 94 to his 87-year-old partner – a record-breaking marriage giving them a combined age of 181.
Straight, Single, and Sixty: The Truth About Dating After 55Body, soul, and priorities change after fifty-five. In a youth and information-saturated culture, however, very few fifty-five-plusers are going gently into the early bird special.
Since you met Floyd in page 5, today I'll introduce you to Carlin. He was one of my very favorite friends, both in and out of the park.
I've been trying to decide what to write about because I have been itching to write another story. There is so much hate around lately, it's a sad commentary of our life's worth. So, a happy story should be welcome!
Signals Show When Car Is About To Die Are you driving a used car and hoping it will be able to keep puttering along for at least one more year? You are not alone. So with cars getting older and older, it is getting more and more important to recognize problems with your car early on before it is too late.
Relationships - Life & Style Home - smh.com.auOlder Australians are getting more sex than researchers suspected, according to a survey showing about a third of men and women are doing it more than once a week.
White Americans no longer a majority by 2042White people will no longer make up a majority of Americans by 2042, according to new government projections. That's eight years sooner than previous estimates, made in 2004.
Aging Theory Debunked? It May Not Be Tissue Damage Buildup, Says Study"The take-home message is that ageing can be slowed and managed by manipulating signalling circuits within cells," said Marc Tatar, PhD, a professor of biology and medicine at Brown University who was not involved in the research.
Geezers Doing GoodThis is in response to a certain author who thinks all elderly people are worthless lazy pensioners who don't add anything to society. You know who you are.
70-Year-Olds Having Best Sex EverAs media attention focuses on issues like teenage pregnancy and rates of sexual activity among the young, a new Swedish study reinforces what many professionals in the area have long suspected -- sexual activity and satisfaction are on the rise among the elderly.
I have to agree with that quote because getting older for me is more important than dying early. I LOVE ageing, and must be the only woman on earth enjoying being 60. My latest pics are posted in a recent article.
The Widening Gap - Campaign Stops The phrase "generation gap" came into vogue in the 1960s as a way of describing the wide gulf in values, beliefs and lifestyles that emerged between baby boomers and their parents and grandparents.
(Part 1) Today is the last day of my 59th year. It is also the last day of my 50th decade and it feels a little strange. I cannot believe that 10 years have gone by so quickly.
No longer considered 'old age', people in these years are not biologically, sociologically or mentally like the stereotype of decrepit, senile old codgers. Rather, they are healthy, often well-educated, and the major consumers of leisure in our society.
Regular drinking is GOOD for the elderly, say scientists For those of mature years who have raised a few glasses over the festive period, here is a welcome tonic. It seems that regular moderate drinking is actually good for the elderly.
Many older women often worry about whether to dye their hair or not. But it shouldn't be any kind of issue. Dying one's hair is like any fashion statement: we go with what makes us comfortable. We do not have any angst about dying our hair in different shades when we are younger.
Sex, sexuality and the over-60s The comedian Rodney Dangerfield famously said: "I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table."
We're 16 from the back but nearer 61 from the frontIt's a phrase which has been coined - perhaps unkindly - to describe women who look slim and youthful from behind, but much older from the front. They are the 1661ers, so named because they look 16 from the back and closer to 61 when they turn round.
Can older people see the joke? And overall, older adults demonstrated lower performance on both tests of cognitive ability as well as tests of humour comprehension than did younger adults.
Confused older patients die sooneUnderstanding doctors' orders can be a matter of life or death for senior citizens: those who had trouble comprehending their physicians died sooner than their more savvy peers, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
LiveScience.com - Life is a Devil's Bargain: Cancer or AgingDeterioration of body and mind are the prices our bodies pay for protection against cancer as we grow older, new studies suggest.
SPACE.com -- Universe Might be Bigger and Older than ExpectedA project aiming to create an easier way to measure cosmic distances has instead turned up surprising evidence that our large and ancient universe might be even bigger and older than previously thought.
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