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Guide to Web Resources Resources: A guide to clearinghouses, federal agencies and support services. Electroland: Healthy Web Sites for Seniors Pamphlet: Staying Healthy After Age 50
Health Talk Transcript Health Talk: Abigail Trafford and her guest, Becca Levy, tackled the health issues of ageism.
In the News
Welcome to Assisted Living Land, Folks!: To Boost Customer Service, Some Assisted Living Trainees Are Getting Lessons From the Mouse (Post, Oct. 14, 2003)
The Two-Step Program: Might Dancing Delay Dementia? Experts Can't Say, but Enthusiasts Like the Beat (Post, Oct. 14, 2003)
A Digest of Recent News on Aging and Health (Post, Oct. 14, 2003)
Friends In Deed: When Young, They Agreed to Be There for Each Other. After 27 Years, the Pledge Came Due (Post, July 15, 2003)
Study Links Excess Weight To Likelihood of Alzheimer's: Risk Increases in Women Overweight at 70 (Post, July 15, 2003)
Insights Into Loss: Macular Degeneration Demands Harder View (Post, July 15, 2003)
The Easy-to-Wear Collections: Active Seniors Are Hard-pressed to Find Clothes That Accommodate Age and Disability but Are a Cut Above a Muumuu (Post, July 15, 2003)
On the Back Nine, Eyeing a New Target: For Many Older Golfers, the Game's All About Longtime Friends, Fresh Air and Familiar Routines (Post, April 22, 2003)
The Bitter End: The Stresses of Senior Life -- Illness, Reduced Mobility, Loss of Family and Friends -- Can Surface Conflicts Couples Have Avoided for Years (Post, April 22, 2003)
AGE LINES (Post, April 22, 2003)
For Seniors, Balance is Essential: Dizzy Spells Are Common and Treatable at 60-Plus -- But Not to Be Ignored (Post, Oct. 16, 2001)
Jumping Jack (Post, Oct. 16, 2001)
Ask the Excerpts: Questions and Answers on Assisted Living (Post, Oct. 16, 2001)
YOU & A: Slowing Vision Loss: Slowing Vision Loss (Post, Oct. 16, 2001)
Second Opinion: A Generation of Survivors (Post, Oct. 16, 2001)
Motion Detector: A Triathlon for the Rest of Us (Post, Oct. 16, 2001)
Medicare Minus Choice (Post, Oct. 16, 2001)
Studies: It Pays to Treat Seniors Right (Post, Oct. 16, 2001)
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