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By Metro News People are living longer, a reality that can be traced to a number of factors, including advancements in medicine and greater dissemination of information regarding preventive health care. According to data from the United Nations Population Division, the average life expectancy in the United States is 81.65 for women and 76.61 for men. Canada has even higher
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Each time Belinda Lokey dons a red hat, she’s reminded that she is part of a sisterhood that has supported her for more than two decades. “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being a Red Hatter,” Lokey said. “It is a sisterhood. It’s having somewhere to go and do things with friends, and it’s been really
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus When Mickey and Linda Haddock purchased their first Class A motorhome, the Florence couple had already done an extensive amount of traveling around the country — mostly from their van and mostly with their pets, Lola and Loulou, a tortoiseshell cat and a Pomeranian. Months following Mickey’s retirement from city government in 2016,
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Curtis Griffith retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1993, but the Marine Corps League — a congressionally chartered veterans’ organization for marines — remains an integral part of his life 30 years later. “Marines like Marines,” Griffith answered when asked about what drives him to stay so involved with his detachment in
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Students taking Algebra 2, precalculus or finite math may struggle to find ways to apply those equations to life’s everyday problems. Lori White, who teaches all three courses at Rogers High School in Green Hill, strives to help her students grasp the bigger picture. “When they can see a purpose for it, math
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The benefits of spending time in the great outdoors are significant. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spending time outdoors may improve mental health and help to reduce stress, and the vitamin D the body absorbs while outside can have a positive effect on blood cells and the immune system. Those 50 and older can benefit from
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Travel was once a key component of the picture working professionals created of their ideal retirements. While the COVID-19 pandemic put many retirement travel plans on hold in recent years, jetting off to distant locales is once again on retirees’ radars. A 2022 survey from AARP found that individuals 50 and over were poised to not only get back on
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