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A federal judge has ruled that adult children who turn 21 while waiting for family-sponsored green cards have to wait anew once they "age out" of their parents' applications.
Evelyn Santos began her quest for a green card nearly two decades ago, hoping someday she and her family could leave the Philippines and start a better life in the United States.
When Egypt's leader meets on Tuesday with President Barack Obama in Washington, U.S. officials may find themselves caught up in the country's No. 1 guessing game: How much longer can Hosni Mubarak go on?
The first time Thom Guthrie retired, after a long career as a teacher and school administrator, he was 60. The California man had undergone major heart surgery and thought he was ready to relax.
Anne Staats was 75 when she took a year off work to care for her ailing husband.
Eat less, live longer? It seems to work for monkeys: A 20-year study found cutting calories by almost a third slowed their aging and fended off death. This is not about a quick diet to shed a few pounds. Scientists have long known they could increase the lifespan of mice and more primitive creatures — worms, flies — with deep, long-term cuts from normal consumption.
The former wife of popular anti-wrinkle guru Dr. Nicholas Perricone cannot publicly discuss their relationship, Connecticut's highest court said Monday, ruling a confidentiality agreement she had signed when their marriage was on the rocks is still valid.
More than one-third of the trains, equipment and facilities of the nation's seven largest rail transit agencies are near the end of their useful life or past that point, the government said Thursday. Many have components that are defective or may be critically damaged.
China's rapidly aging population threatens the country's social and economic stability and could affect the prospects of other countries around the world, a U.S. study says.
If you dont' want to take over aging relatives personal finances altogether, family members can take steps to start helping:
Some signs to watch out for if you suspect your elderly relatives may have trouble handling their finances:
At first you might notice a pile of unopened mail. Your normally fastidious mother may be getting sloppy with her checkbook. Your elderly uncle may be behind on his electric bill.
At 102, Thelma Vette likes to whiz around her Littleton, Colo., retirement center in an electric wheelchair, bright red and outfitted with a joystick.
Brain scans of older people in a noisy lab machine give biological backing to the idea that distraction hampers memory with aging, researchers reported Wednesday.
Think achy joints are the main reason we slow down as we get older? Blame the brain, too: The part in charge of motion may start a gradual downhill slide at age 40. How fast you can throw a ball or run or swerve a steering wheel depends on how speedily brain cells fire off commands to muscles. Fast firing depends on good insulation for your brain's wiring.
After reading an msnbc.com story on the phenomenon of readers wrote in with their own experiences — the love stories of family and friends.
- By all accounts, Aurlo Bonney should have been the first to die.
At age 64, Evelyn Gardner of San Jose, Calif., began avoiding her neighbors because she could no longer hear what they said.
With the elderly making up the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population, police and caregivers will have to spend ever-increasing time and money in coming years to keep tabs on older Americans with Alzheimer’s disease, lawmakers and advocates for the elderly warn.
Edward M. Kennedy, Robert Byrd, Arlen Specter — fighters and history-makers all. Their battles with age and illness are the hallmarks of the nation's oldest-ever Senate and reminders of the fragility of power.
In our youth-obsessed culture, it might seem that wrinkles and gray hair are the biggest worries about growing old. But readers who took our online aging poll this week in response to our special series "Buying Time?" said they're far more concerned about less superficial matters.
Wrinkles have become optional. So have age spots, forehead furrows and baggy eyelids.
At 104 and counting, Sadie Kaplan has achieved the lifespan so many of us say we want, without ever popping a pill or lifting a finger to pursue longevity.
55 Tips to Instantly Make Your Brain Stronger and FasterYou know how important it is to boost your brain power. Increasingly, the world requires more smarts. If you can think fast, think well and remember things, you have an edge, whether it's in the job market or just staying on top of your game.
Want To Stay Strong Into Your Golden Years? Study Says: VolunteerA new study released by UCLA suggests that volunteering may prevent the onset of frailty among older adults, ScienceDaily reports.
10 surprising ways to live longerSurprising tips to take off a decade or more - and look and feel better than ever.
New Year's Day: Real Life at Eighty-TwoMy daughter saw the fire truck lights flashing and told my wife. My wife looked and then told me: "Something's wrong at Bobby's." I grabbed by light jacket and rushed out into the thirty degree weather, across the street toward our neighbor's house.
How to Train the Aging BrainWhile it's tempting to focus on the flaws in older brains, that inducement overlooks how capable they've become. Over the past several years, scientists have looked deeper into how brains age and confirmed that they continue to develop through and beyond middle age.
My God, Obama has really aged!Click for picture. Scary what less than a year in the office can do!
At-home technology monitors seniors for safetyAt-home technology now can monitor senior citizens' movements, track their vital statistics and remind them to take medications. The devices allow older people to remain in their homes with more oversight from loved ones or medical specialists.
Swim-proof hearing aids to be put to the testThey're not your grandpa's hearing aids. New technology ranges from completely invisible hearing aids - they sit deep in the ear canal for months at a time - to a new waterproof device that aims to withstand at least three swims a week.
At 94, she's the hot new thing in paintingUnder a skylight in her tin-ceilinged loft near Union Square in Manhattan, the abstract painter Carmen Herrera, 94, nursed a flute of Champagne last week, sitting regally in the wheelchair she resents. After six decades of very private painting, Ms.
For elderly in rural areas, hard times get harderLINGLE, Wyo. — Norma Clark, 80, slipped on the ice out by the horse corral one afternoon and broke her hip in four places.
Why Humans Outlive ApesThe difference, explains USC Davis School of Gerontology Professor Caleb Finch, is that as humans evolved genes that enabled them to better adjust to levels of infection and inflammation and to the high cholesterol levels of their meat rich diets. But... these evolutionary gene …
Chromosome Research Suggests How Exercise Fights Aging and CancerA new study published in the journal Circulation has found that strenuous long-term exercise, such as endurance running, may fight the aging process through its effects on chromosomes.
Abuse survivors become trailblazers - thestar.comThey reach out for help, only to end up homeless, stigmatized and more miserable than ever. Older women who decide to leave an abusive relationship don't fit anywhere into Ontario's social service system.
Fred Branfman on "The Making of an Elder Culture"Could the demographics and economics of a giant aging baby-boom generation unleash long-repressed pools of youthful idealism to produce a new "elder culture"? Could boomer seniors finally realize the failed hopes of their youth for a socially just, environmentally sane, nonma …
Depression in LTC Often Goes UntreatedOlder adults living in LTC are at risk for depression for a number of reasons. Factors include medication side effects, untreated or undertreated pain, and/or medical conditions, such as cardiovascular disease or stroke, which often go hand-in-hand with depression.
Elderly deafness gene discovered by scientistsThe findings will help doctors better understand the nature of age-related decline in hearing and may lead to new therapies to prevent or treat the condition. The gene is a protein called Bak that makes hair cells in the inner ear self-destruct as people grow older.
Charismatic Kindness Only recently the Joy of Giving Week saw people from all walks of life act with kindness in their own capacity giving time, money and service to others. And this many said was for themselves.
Stars . Then and now. (46 pictures) But it is interesting anyway. Even if you have seen these pictures hundtreds of times already. So one more time. Young celebreties and their older copies :)
"Death Panels" Return: House Bill Has Potential Physician-Assisted Suicide LoopholeThe provisions on advanced-planning directives labeled "death panels" by concerned observers have re-emerged in the final version of the US House of Representatives health-care reform bill.
What makes us age and get old?From the moment of birth, we begin the battle against death -- against the inevitable. Statistics say that a newborn child can expect to live an average of 76 years. But averages may not be what they use to be.
For those of you that don't get this, you will, your day is coming . . . Recently, I was diagnosed with : A.A.A.D.D. - Age Activated Attention Deficit Disorder This is how it manifests:
Twin study reveals secrets to looking younger Sun, smoking, alcohol and stress can all add years to your face
Internet alters older brains in just one weekAdults with little Internet experience show changes in their brain activity after just one week online, a new study finds.
Men end up happier than women later in lifeLess able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life, even though they start out happier, a new survey of Americans suggests.
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