Posted on 01/4/2012 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments
News RoundupsIn their younger days, boomers oft-accused the older generations of having a bad attitude toward sex. Try telling that now to the 80-year-old women who are more sexually satisfied than their 55-year-old counterparts.
Posted on 10/14/2011 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments
News RoundupsA large new study finds women in their 50s, 60s and even 70s are still having sex, satisfied with their sex lives and, if anything, want it a little more often, please. And several members of Congress are suggesting phasing out fragile $1 bills—prone to tearing, fading and generally wearing out—and replacing them with coins, which last much longer.
Posted on 09/30/2011 by Elizabeth Brown | Brooklyn, NY | Comments
News RoundupsAn Australian study finds ‘humor therapy’ decreases agitation in nursing home dementia patients as well as antipsychotic medicines … Middle-aged women who engage in moderate-intensity exercise more likely to enjoy and stick with it then intense exercisers.
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? …
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