Aging

Why is the fashion world obsessed with women's shoes that reach giddy heights? Learn about why the wrong shoes can impair your psychological adjustment. Arthritis is the number one chronic disease affecting older adults, particularly women. It is a painful and disabling condition but the right footwear can spare both your "sole" and your "soul." Take a quiz that will give you insight into how frequent these unhealthy behaviors are becoming. Learn about why proper footwear is important and gain some other tips to keep yourself healthy and productive. Read More

      This is why the old have such a deserved reputation as complainers. If we become preoccupied with our physical selves when we are young we are thought of as hypochondriacs. When we think (and speak) primarily of our aches when we are old, we are just bad company.

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A decade ago I asked a successful author friend of mine for advice on writing. I had tapped into a mother lode of theories that had me bursting with ideas. I never aimed to be a writer, but what else can you do with all of these things to say? After some desultory career years, I thrilled to have a clear focus. I could write! Read More

Okay, before I tell you how Desperate Housewives re-runs saved a mother and daughter let's trot out and then dispense with the usual canards and clichés about popular culture: Read More

Women are finally being looked at more accurately in cinema, though with some constraints...  Read More

As the baby boomer generation edges ever closer to their (our) last days like a pig through a snake, the controversy over assisted suicide will loom ever larger in public consciousness. Read More

Will my children or grandchildren, some hundreds of years from now, be lamenting, "Poor old pops. He died just a bit too soon, and missed out on all this"?

If you listen to the proselytizers of physical immortality, it seems like immortality is just around the corner.

It sounds as if only a little resveratrol here, a boost of telomerase there, a healthy dose of biological and technological engineering, and 22nd century, here we come.

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One impact of loneliness, or the fear of it, is that it can compel us to make poor relationship choices. In desperation to be with someone, we often choose the wrong people... At a deeper level, as in all questions of the spirit including love and meaning, we must at some point face ourselves, and being alone, although undesirable, provides that important opportunity.

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Betty White's most recent rise in the celebrity world shows us that no matter what your age, you can acheive your goals. Her story of a life well lived with grace and good humor has inspired young and old alike. Betty's image as a feisty, fresh, and possibly sexy older lady shows us that it's never too late to enjoy life's sensual pleasures. Read More