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08/19/09--11:08: Baby Boomers Still Mad for the Reefer, Man (chan 1797098)

Some Americans haven't let go of one part of the 1960s: getting high on illicit drugs. The percentage of Americans age 50-59 who reported use of illicit drugs within a year nearly doubled from 2002-2007, from 5.1% to 9.4%, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported...




11/30/09--09:29: Arthritis Trips Up Middle-Age Fitness Buffs (chan 1797098)

A new study shows that lots of exercise isn’t always good for you—at least not if you want to avoid arthritis. Following more than 200 people aged 45 to 55, the study found that the most ardent exercisers—those who worked out several hours a week—were the most...




03/12/10--03:21: Older Women's Memory Better Than Men's (chan 1797098)

A middle-aged woman may have a better memory than a middle-aged man, a new study suggests. UK researchers asked men and women aged 50 to remember 10 words and to recall them two minutes and five minutes later. Women scored 5% higher than men, on average, in the first test...




07/08/10--12:47: As Women Near 40, Sex Drive Revs Up (chan 1797098)

The closer women get to 40, the stronger their sex drive, according to a new study from the University of Texas. Researchers surveyed 900 women about their sex lives, breaking them into three groups: the women at prime fertility (age 19-26), women with declining fertility (age 27-45), and those who...




10/05/10--02:41: Among Baby Boomers, Suicides Rise (chan 1797098)

The Summer of Love is long gone for Baby Boomers, who now appear to be experiencing a Season of Suicides. "So many expected to be in better health and to be better off than they are," said Julie Phillips, lead author of a new study examining changes in suicide rates....




10/23/10--16:00: What's So Wrong With Older Women Having Long Hair? (chan 1797098)

Dominique Browning's mother hates her hair. Another friend told her it chips away at her professional credibility. What's so wrong with it? It's long. And not "being a couple of weeks late to the hairdresser long." Long. And it's turning gray, to boot, because Browning is 55. "No one seems...




04/18/11--16:10: We're Most Miserable in Middle Age (chan 1797098)

We’ve learned that the world’s happiest person is 69 , and that we may be happiest in old age ; now a study suggests that we’re at our most miserable in middle age. Indeed, life satisfaction is “U-shaped,” the Telegraph reports: happiness can start to decline in our late 20s and doesn’t...




04/19/11--12:11: STDs Soar Among Seniors (chan 1797098)

Maybe it’s longer lives; maybe it’s Viagra. Either way, STDs are soaring among seniors—and climbing faster among older adults than within the population as a whole. Reportings of syphilis and chlamydia among those 55 and older jumped 43% between 2005 and 2009, the Orlando Sentinel finds in a study...




01/06/12--11:23: Mental Decline Can Start at 45 (chan 1797098)

A comprehensive new study has depressing news for people in their 40s: Memory loss and a general decline in brain function can start much earlier than thought, say about age 45, report Reuters and USA Today . The study of 7,000 office workers in Britain refutes the generally held notion...