Listen Up! When Hearing Loss Affects More Than Hearing, You Can Use Your Voice to Boost Your Brain 7 reasons why your ears are critical for preserving brain function and what you can do about them: Maintain Hearing Health By Jean-Pierre Granier The ear and the auditory system consist of an amazing number of nerves […]
Senior Love: Senior Dating- Connect with Tech Let’s face it – technology plays a much larger role in our lives than many of us ever could have imagined. It provides countless improvements in entertainment, health, medicine, safety, and even dating. More About Senior Dating With love and connection top-of-mind in February, Bask conducted a survey […]
Valentine’s Day Advice For Boomers From The “Pros” “10 Marriage Tips from Four Couples & 200 Years of Marriage” It’s often said, “Experience is the best teacher.” While US Dept. of Labor statistics show that 87% of baby boomers have gained their own relationship experiences by marrying at least once by age 46, there’s […]
What determines chemistry between two people? By William B. Miller, Jr. M.D. Who has not said, “They have good chemistry together?” Where do we find love? We hear it so often that it seems trite. Typically, we direct that remark towards a couple that looks mismatched to our judgment. We ask ourselves, “What do they […]
Spending time in close contact with others often means risking catching germs and getting sick. But being sociable may also help transmit ‘good’ microbes, finds a multi-institutional study of gut microbiomes in chimpanzees. Researchers monitored changes in the gut microbes and social behavior of wild chimpanzees over eight years in Gombe National Park, Tanzania. They […]
CVS Health Corp. on Thursday announced four new clinical affiliations with healthcare systems located across the country. Under the agreement, CVS pharmacists can provide physicians at the participating systems with data on a patient’s prescription history. Nurse practitioners at MinuteClinic, the retail clinic division of CVS, will be able to electronically share information from visits […]
Arthritis, back pain, obesity and digestive disorders: How to handle some of the common health ailments that plague our middle years The Challenge: At 334 pounds, Marnita had unhealthy habits that put her among the 40 percent of boomers who are classified as obese, raising her risk of heart disease and hypertension. Her action plan: […]
Arlington, VA – In his final State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress to strengthen Social Security and Medicare for all Americans. The National Council on Aging (NCOA), the nation’s leading advocate for older adults, offers five ways Congress can further support seniors this year. “Older Americans deserve the support of their […]
In our age of overabundant social media hype and marketing, reticence about self-promotion can hinder some artists from getting their due. Such is the case for Robin Bright, who prefers to let his work speak for itself. His exquisitely crafted work tends to converse with us in quiet and subtle ways anyway. It’s been many […]
A weekend getaway for like-minded women over 50 (ish) who see life as an adventure waiting to be made. At the gathering, you will meet movers & shakers, make new friends, take workshops, take hikes, start the day with yoga, savor delicious food & wine, dive deep into inspiring conversations and be the focus of […]
How Modern Technology Shapes Our Relationships
I wanted to reach out to you regarding an fascinating new book that I think may be of interest, as it focuses on family and mature life. In The Stuff of Family Life (May 15, 2017; ISBN: 978-1-4422-5479-4; Hardcover $34.00; 224 pages; Rowman & Littlefield), Sociology Professor Michelle Janning offers a timely look at how modern society and technology shapes our relationships […]
Your Age Is Whatever You Want It To Be
“Age is not important unless you’re a cheese.” – Helen Hayes It seems that age is the new “whatever you want it to be.” Fifty is the new 40, or is it 30? Lately, every time I hear someone’s age, it’s one number followed by a lower one. When it comes to our age, how we […]
Capturing Family History on Social Media
Adapted from The Essential Social Media Marketing Handbook: A New Roadmap for Maximizing Your Brand, Influence and Credibility (Career Press) by Gail Z. Martin. Martin owns DreamSpinner Communications and consults with professionals and businesses in the U.S. and Canada on strategic social media. Social media is a huge game-changer for people researching their family history–and it’s […]
A weekend getaway for like-minded women over 50 (ish) who see life as an adventure waiting to be made. At the gathering, you will meet movers & shakers, make new friends, take workshops, take hikes, start the day with yoga, savor delicious food & wine, dive deep into inspiring conversations and be the focus of […]
How Modern Technology Shapes Our Relationships
I wanted to reach out to you regarding an fascinating new book that I think may be of interest, as it focuses on family and mature life. In The Stuff of Family Life (May 15, 2017; ISBN: 978-1-4422-5479-4; Hardcover $34.00; 224 pages; Rowman & Littlefield), Sociology Professor Michelle Janning offers a timely look at how modern society and technology shapes our relationships […]
Your Age Is Whatever You Want It To Be
“Age is not important unless you’re a cheese.” – Helen Hayes It seems that age is the new “whatever you want it to be.” Fifty is the new 40, or is it 30? Lately, every time I hear someone’s age, it’s one number followed by a lower one. When it comes to our age, how we […]
