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By Steve Lopez | Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — For some people, retirement is a long-awaited chance to sleep late, relax and celebrate the joys of life without pressure or deadlines. For others, it’s an opportunity to finally get to work. Within a span of a few days, I heard about two retirees who had long dreamed of
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By Judith Graham | KFF Health News (TNS) How many of us have wanted a reliable, evidence-based guide to aging that explains how our bodies and minds change as we grow older and how to adapt to those differences? Creating a work of this kind is challenging. For one thing, aging gradually alters people over decades, a long period shaped
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Metrocreative One need not look long or far to be reminded of the importance of saving for retirement. Indeed, it’s hard to go a single day without encountering roadside billboards, television and streaming service advertisements, and/or promotional emails touting the retirement planning services offered by an assortment of investment firms. If those adds seem ubiquitous, it’s for good reason, as
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Before he was Santa Claus, Russ Creel was the jolly old physical education teacher for 21 years in the Lauderdale County School System. Before that, he had worked with children in other capacities in Montgomery and other areas across the state. It was his career in education that inspired him to don the
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Steve Herring slips out of the jacket that barely conceals his bulging biceps and makes his way to a bench in the weight room at the University of North Alabama, where he’s served as strength and conditioning coach for the past six years. Herring, 62, is walking proof that heavy powerlifting isn’t reserved
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus The halls are decked. The den is decked. The kitchen, the bedrooms, the bathrooms — every nook and cranny of the Krieger house in Florence has gotten the Christmas lift. It’s a tradition that Joey Krieger said began with his father, Conrad, who loved the holiday as much as he does. “He probably
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By Chelsea Retherford | Living 50 Plus Jamie Lynch and Gil Self know they might seem a tad eccentric for the annual cross-country cycling trips they take. Some trips often stretch hundreds of miles in the summer heat, but the couple said it’s a hobby that keeps them meditative, physically active, and young. “It’s a mindset. You have to be
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