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For both men and women, confidence in their physical appearance is lower in middle age than in young adulthood, yet gets higher during their senior years. African Americans and Hispanics more confident about physical appearance, at all age groups, then Whites and Asians. For more information on this survey including survey method visit Gallup. #studies #people

Are you looking for a housemate, but not a 'mate'? I read this article on how some older Americans are sharing a home, and the cost to maintain it, with others in the same situation. There is even a service that helps connect housemates. July 11, New York Times #retirement

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Visible bra straps. Girls making the first move. Living together or having a child out of marriage. Keeping your maiden name. Asking a lady's age. Phone calls after 9pm. Girls wearing pants. Having tatoos. Being anything other than heterosexual. #entertainment

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There are some interesting findings from the The U.S. Census Bureau report using 2010 data. A few Post 50 highlights below, as well as graphs that show much more. The average 65-year-old woman can expect to live another 20.3 years (to roughly age 85) and the average 65-year-old man is forecasted to live another 17.7 years (to about age 83). The percentage of people 65 and older killed by heart disease dropped dramatically from 2000 (from 33 percent to 26.5 percent), but the

The latest in diagnosing Alzheimers in its earlier stages. July 8, 2014. Scientists believe one of the reasons drug trials for Alzheimer's disease yield poor results is because drugs are given too late in the development of the disease, which is notoriously difficult to diagnose early. Now a new study (led by King's College London in the UK and the British company Proteome Sciences) suggests this might be about to change - the researchers identified a group of 10 proteins in