News tagged with boomers
Hidden star power revealed: Astronomers find ancient galaxy cluster still producing stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Much like quiet, middle-aged baby boomers peacefully residing in some of the world's largest cities, families of some galaxies also have a hidden wild youth that they only now are revealing ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Social media users 50 and older are fastest-growing Web demographic
Awash in jargon -- "wall," "news feed," "tags," "defriend" -- social media can be intimidating for baby boomers and seniors who have spent most of their lives comfortably in an analog world.
Sep 24, 2010 |
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People entering their 60s may have more disabilities today than in prior generations
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous ...
Nov 12, 2009 |
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You don't call, you don't write: Connectivity in marine fish populations
Children of baby boomers aren't the only ones who have taken to setting up home far from where their parents live. A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents how larval ...
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Silver surfers: New social networking Web site Genkvetch geared to seniors
Facebook, shmacebook. Senior citizens want their own social networking sites.
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Can mental training games help prevent Alzheimer's?
Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products - exercises such as Brain Age, Mindfit and My Brain Trainer - which in 2007 generated ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Study: Young people not so 'green' after all
They have a reputation for being environmentally minded do-gooders. But an academic analysis of surveys spanning more than 40 years has found that today's young Americans are less interested in the environment ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Relationships more important than genetic ties when deciding who cares for aging family, study finds
America's elderly population will nearly double by 2050, according to a Pew Research report. As baby boomers enter retirement, concern exists as to who will care for them as they age. Traditionally, children have accepted ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2011 |
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Up-and-coming forests will remain important carbon sinks
(PhysOrg.com) -- The aging forests of the Upper Great Lakes could be considered the baby boomers of the region's ecosystem.
Aug 10, 2011 |
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Baby boomers fueling boom in knee, hip surgeries
(AP) -- We're becoming a nation of bum knees, worn-out hips and sore shoulders, and it's not just the Medicare set. Baby boomer bones and joints also are taking a pounding, spawning a boom in operations to fix them.
May 23, 2011 |
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Seniors' sex lives are up -- and so are STD cases
Across the nation, and especially in communities that attract a lot of older Americans, the free-love generation is continuing to enjoy an active - if not always healthy - sex life.
May 17, 2011 |
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'Baby-boomer’ study shows importance of childhood
Experiences in your childhood shape your health and wealth as an adult according to Britain’s longest-running baby-boomer research study, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), which celebrates its 65th birthday ...
Mar 02, 2011 |
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To thrive in old age, keep an open mind
Don't worry, be happy about getting older.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 28, 2010 |
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Poll: Boomers unhappiest over their own sex life
(AP) -- Baby boomers are the unhappiest age group when it comes to their sex life.
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Doctors brace for possible big Medicare pay cuts
(AP) -- Breast cancer surgeon Kathryn Wagner has posted a warning in her waiting room about a different sort of risk to patients' health: She'll stop taking new Medicare cases if Congress allows looming cuts ...
Nov 13, 2010 |
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