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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign is courting voters who may have been born before suffrage, hoping they might feel an emotional bond with the candidate.
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Thousands of elderly Americans on fixed incomes face a bitter winter, with declines expected in fuel assistance.
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Researchers who followed the health of older people for almost a decade found that those who walked more quickly were less likely to die.
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Heartbreak can happen at 80, but probably without the rage against the dying of the light.
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The out-of-pocket cost of caring for an aging parent or spouse averages about $5,500 a year, a sum that is more than double previous estimates.
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Instead of spending money on computer games or puzzles to improve your brain's health, invest in a gym membership.
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Instead of spending money on computer games or puzzles to improve your brain's health, invest in a gym membership.
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With one of the world's most rapidly aging societies, Japan is confronting a sharp increase in older prisoners.
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In one of the world's most rapidly aging societies, Japanese 65 and over are the fastest-growing group of criminals.
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The nation's fleet of commercial planes is aging as carriers put off buying more comfortable and fuel-efficient jets.
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Elderly gay people in assisted-living centers and nursing homes increasingly report being mistreated.
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Bologne, Balderdash & Bull Crap! True old folks loose their inhibitions but they also begin to understand what is important and what isn't.
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Technology entrepreneurs are starting a host of new social networking sites aimed at baby boomers.
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Private investors in nursing homes have cut expenses and staff, sometimes below minimum requirements.
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The Medicare drug program is off to a reasonably good start, but any tendency to consider the job done is to be avoided.
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Most Americans remain sexually active into their 60s, and nearly half continue to have sex regularly into their early 70s, researchers say.
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Sometimes, when there's no cure, it's best to just go with the flow as a loved one becomes more confused.
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Groups want to make neighborhoods comfortable places for elderly people not interested in assisted living.
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Fixing the health care system may require a difficult conversation.
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Fixing the health care system may require a difficult conversation.
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Virtually every large drug maker is working to develop Alzheimer's drugs, seeking to improve treatment and possibly snare a big financial payoff.
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Large companies are selling vast databases of personal information to thieves, despite evidence their services are used for fraud.
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Improper hard-sell tactics have persuaded Medicare recipients to sign up for private health plans that cost the government, officials say.
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When my life fell apart, I started taking an antidepressant — then got off it on my own.
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At issue is a Labor Department rule that minimum-wage and overtime laws do not cover home care aides.