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Retiring Later? Join the Club

Posted on 05/17/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & Savings | WorkThe brutal economic downturn that began in 2008 and the subsequent sluggish recovery has thrown a cold splash of reality on many Americans’ dreams of a comfortable, stress-free retirement. So it’s probably not much of a surprise that Americans are now retiring at an older age than they did just a few years ago, and that most of us expect to keep working to age 65 or older. The big surprise, though, according to Gallup’s newly released annual economic and …

Salt Shake-Up: Low-Salt Push May Be Unhealthy

Posted on 05/17/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthFor years we’ve been told to slash our sodium consumption to protect against strokes, heart attacks and high blood pressure. But now an influential committee says there’s no scientific evidence that a very low-salt diet cuts the risk of heart disease. In fact, the new Institute of Medicine report says that cutting sodium to 1,500 milligrams (mg) daily — the current government recommendation for older adults (ages 51 and up), African Americans and those with diabetes, high blood pressure and …

What Women of America Really Wanted for Mother’s Day

Posted on 05/16/2013 by | Best of Everything After 50 | Comments

Home & Family | Work | Your LifeMother’s Day is big business. Over $18 billion was spent in the U.S. in 2012 (an increase of 8% over 2011) on Mother’s Day celebrations including flowers, candy, meals, and other gifts. Based on industry forecasts, this year the total was probably higher. Every mother I know loves the special recognition, me included. I appreciate that my husband and daughters let me sleep in a little longer, bring coffee and newspapers to my bed when I finally decide to open …

How Alligators Could Keep You Out of the Dentist’s Chair

Posted on 05/16/2013 by | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthYou’ve heard of royal families having “an heir and a spare” in waiting to become the next king. Well, the same is true of alligator teeth: Behind every tooth is a replacement tooth, just in case, as well as the material needed to keep more teeth coming — as many as 50 times throughout the scary reptile’s life. Why should we care, other than to know that if an alligator breaks his tooth while eating us, another will grow back? …

Is Grief a Mental Illness?

Posted on 05/16/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | health care | Personal HealthBy Lindsey Tanner, Medical Writer, The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — In the new psychiatric manual of mental disorders, grief soon after a loved one’s death can be considered major depression. Extreme childhood temper tantrums get a fancy name. And certain “senior moments” are called “mild neurocognitive disorder.” Those changes are just some of the reasons prominent critics say the American Psychiatric Association is out of control, turning common human problems into mental illnesses in a trend they say will …

James Tolbert: The Man Who Integrated the TV Industry

Posted on 05/16/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | LegacyToday, if you watch television, you’ll see plenty of African-American actors playing major roles — from LL Cool J, who portrays a hunky Navy cop on the hit crime series NCIS: Los Angeles, to Kerry Washington, who plays political power-broker Olivia Pope on ABC’s just-renewed series Scandal. But it wasn’t always like that. In fact, when entertainment lawyer James Tolbert, who died on April 22 at age 86 in Santa Monica, started working to break the network color line in the early …

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