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By Julie Deardorff | Tribune reporter Despite its reputation, aging doesn't have to be a miserable process. Though some factors -- our parents and the genes we inherit from them -- may be out of our control, we can greatly influence how we enter the golden years by doing simple things, aging experts say. As it is, Americans are living longer than ever -- the average man can expect to survive 75.2 years. Women have a life expectancy of 80.4. But if you want to make it to 100 -- or even 120 -- you have to want to live that long. "Having a positive attitude toward aging is often overlooked," said Erdman Palmore, 79, a professor emeritus of medical sociology at the Duke University Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development. Because of ageism, Palmore said, "many elders fear aging, deny it, and behave in stereotypical... [read full story]
You need to login to subscribe. Posted on: 19:42:38, 27-Nov-2009 Subject: I'm FIT but unflexable lol I had a fitness assessment today and it made me smile more than i thought it would, i was actually quite supprised by the...
Nov 28, 2009 (LBO) - From boutiques of hand-made designer wear and runway shows to aspiring design students learning to cut, pattern and drape, Sri Lanka’s fashion industry has begun to come of age. As recently as a decade or...
Punch.” Picking up where “Twilight” left off (with no recap to speak, presumably because those who saw the first one know it by heart and those who didn’t probably wouldn’t be turning out in droves this time around), “New Moon”...
Ken Robinson Associates, the food industry hygiene and safety training video producer, has launched a new training system which helps companies to streamline off-the-shelf training video clips with their own custom systems and...
