Posted on 11/18/2011 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments
News RoundupsAccording to the most recent census bureau data, Americans are more likely to reach 90 than ever before—and by 2050, one in 10 Americans could reach that age … If only we could all age as gracefully as Carmen Dell’Orefice, the 80-year-old supermodel who’s still working the runways.
Posted on 09/1/2011 by Trish Vradenburg | Before I Forget | Comments
Personal HealthWould you like to live to 100? Take Dr. Perls’ test. www.livingto100.com. Simple and revealing; my results show that I am going to live until 101-years-old. Well, congrats to me. I am almost middle-aged again. My husband is going to live to 98. So we’ll have a big party to celebrate when I’m 93 and he’s 97. What to wear, what to wear? I bet I’ll have a dozen great grandchildren and I’ll know every name and every birthday and… …
Posted on 08/19/2011 by Tina Johnson-Marcel | The Takeaway | Comments
News RoundupsAging is for the birds. A growing number of people over 50 just refuse to let it happen. Sure, they’ll celebrate the milestone birthday, but they’ll do their best not to look their age. Or feel it. Or even act it. (See Ernestine Shepherd. You now have no excuse for not working out.)
Posted on 08/9/2011 by Tina Johnson-Marcel | The Takeaway | Comments
News RoundupsIs America ready for more “old” men? That’s the discussion that’s taking place in Room for Debate over on NYTimes.com. As the number of men over 65 has increased by 21 percent in the last decade “what are the implications – the benefits and the costs – of having more men around longer?” Women generally outlive men, so how would our lives change with more older men in the country? Will you have to support both parents instead of one? …
Posted on 08/4/2011 by Tina Johnson-Marcel | The Takeaway | Comments
News RoundupsAll about the genes. So yesterday, we celebrated aging well with Helen Mirren’s big win for sexiest body and Jim Presseler’s secrets to looking and feeling young at 62. And then the mother of all Debbie Downer news was released.
Posted on 08/3/2011 by Tina Johnson-Marcel | The Takeaway | Comments
News RoundupsHelen Mirren takes the crown again. The sexiest woman over 50 has a new title: Best body. According to an L.A. Fitness poll, the 66-year-old was named female celebrity with the best body – beating Elle “The Body” MacPherson, Jennifer Lopez, Kate Winslet and Pippa Middleton. But we already knew this.
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