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SXSW 2013: 5 Life Lessons from South by Southwest

Posted on 03/18/2013 by | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Bulletin Today | Entertainment | Technology | Travel | Your LifeThe music, film and interactive gathering called South by Southwest (SXSW or just South by to its friends) has just wrapped up in Texas. The artist once again known as Prince was there, along with 2,200 young bands; so was the “inventor” of the Internet, Al Gore. Bill Gates and Stevie Nicks were in the house. If something was new or cool, like 3D printing or Google Glass, it was there, too. Everyone was talking about “storytelling” — and the …

Living Longer Than Ever: Is That a Good Thing?

Posted on 03/14/2013 by | Personal Health and Well-being | Comments

Bulletin Today | Personal HealthCHICAGO — The good news: We’re living longer than ever. The bad news: We’re living longer than ever. In an oversimplified way, that was the message from Laura Carstensen, Ph.D., director of Stanford University’s Center on Longevity, in her remarks to this year’s Aging in America Conference here, sponsored by the American Society on Aging. Carstensen, a well-known researcher who delights in debunking stereotypes of older adults, had less of the expected  “older is better” happy talk, and more of …

The Wealthier You Are, the Longer You’re Likely to Live

Posted on 03/12/2013 by | Money and Work | Comments

Bulletin Today | Money & SavingsThe more money you have, the longer you just might live. What’s more, there seems to be a widening gap between the life expectancy of Americans at the upper end of the income spectrum and those at the lower end, according to research from the University of Washington and published by the Washington Post. While life expectancy has risen for the nation — it was  78.5 years in 2009 — research shows that this progress has eluded lower-wage earners. To illustrate that point, the …

Watch: Geriatric Sea Otter Stays Fit By Shooting Hoops

Posted on 02/21/2013 by | News | Comments

Bulletin TodayMeet Eddie, a 15-year-old sea otter at the Oregon Zoo. At 15 he’s considered a geriatric in otter years, but he isn’t letting his age — and his arthritis — get in the way of having lots of fun, as you can easily see from watching him shoot hoops in his aquatic basketball court. Eddie’s signature move? “The slam dunk,” says Jenny DeGroot, the zoo’s lead sea otter keeper. “Eddie almost never misses,” DeGroot adds. “And if he does miss, he …

Meet the Nation’s ‘Longest Married’ Couple (80 Years!)

Posted on 02/7/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | Home & Family | RelationshipsThe Associated Press FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — John and Ann Betar weren’t supposed to get married. Her father had arranged for her to wed another man, but she and John fled Bridgeport and eloped in New York. That was more than 80 years ago. The couple is still happily hitched, a fact that has led to their naming as the “longest married couple” in the United States for 2013 by Worldwide Marriage Encounter, a Christian marriage group based in San …

People Worldwide Living Longer, But Sicker, Study Finds

Posted on 12/13/2012 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin TodayBy Maria Cheng, Medical Writer, The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying. But increasingly, people are grappling with the diseases and disabilities of modern life, according to the most expansive global look so far at life expectancy and the biggest health threats. The last comprehensive study was in 1990 and the top health problem then was the death of children under 5 — more than 10 million …

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