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    Have Seniors seen the latest new car gadget?

    It is a vacuum cleaner in the back seat of minivans: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/03/26/honda-odyssey-vacuum-cleaner-honda-vac-new-york-auto-show/2022873/ Is that cool or what? Would have liked it when the kids were small....
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    My question is for the gay and lesbian seniors who have something to say?

    I'd like to ask, what were the "other" issues besides keeping a low profile, or staying in the closet, for fear of being ridiculed and exposed as gay? In the 1940's, 50's and 60's, which ever the decade, what were the challenges of keeping a relationship, if possible, and what was it like to...
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    Most Seniors Getting Poor Depression Care, According To National Survey

    John A. Hartford Foundation calls for better mental health care for older adults, supports team-based collaborative approach Large majorities of older Americans with depression, anxiety, or other mental health disorders are receiving treatment that does not meet evidence-based standards, and...
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    Seniors, can we stand a little turkey day humor?

    Well, maybe we can't, lol. I posted a question earlier with several linked cartoons, but someone reported it and had it deleted. Oh, well. It's been a long time since I had anything deleted so I really don't mind - but it took SO LONG to post it - all that work gone with the wind. Thanks for all...
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    Study Suggests That Many Seniors' Sleep Habits Are Similar To Those Of Young Adults

    More than half of all retired people aged 65 and over report sleeping at least 7.5 hours per night, and between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7:30 a.m., contrary to commonly held assumptions that most elderly go to bed early and have trouble sleeping through the night, according to a study by...
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    Novel Sensor Systems May Enable Seniors To Continue Living At Home

    University of Adelaide computer scientists are leading a project to develop novel sensor systems to help older people keep living independently and safely in their own homes. The researchers are adapting radio-frequency identification (RFID) and sensor technologies to automatically identify and...
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    Health Of Minority Seniors Boosted By Living In Ethnically Dense Neighborhoods

    An African-American or Mexican-American senior living in a community where many neighbors share their background is less likely to have cancer or heart disease than their counterpart in a more mixed neighborhood. Results of the new study by Kimberly Alvarez, a PhD student at Columbia...
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    seniors whats the best apps for iPad 3?

    hope someone knows, ill leave this open a week !!
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    Seniors, do dogs have a good sense of humor?

    http://www.gocomics.com/dogeatdoug/2012/08/03
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    Despite Survival Benefit, Thousands Of Seniors Lack Access To Lifesaving Kidney Trans

    Thousands more American senior citizens with kidney disease are good candidates for transplants and could get them if physicians would get past outdated medical biases and put them on transplant waiting lists, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers. The Hopkins investigators...
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    seniors, where can i find this dvd at?

    its called, in the best interest in the children, about a mentally ill mother who cant take care of her kids.
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    seniors, where can i find this dvd at?

    its called, in the best interest in the children, about a mentally ill mother who cant take care of her kids.
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    seniors, how do you stack a dish washer right?

    boy this is embarssing lol i love dishwashers, i hate to do dishes by hand but i put dishes in the dishwasher, which ever they go whats the correct way? plus do you have a dishwasher machine?
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    Thousands Of Seniors Hospitalized Due To Diabetes Drugs And Blood Thinners Annually,

    Diabetes drugs and blood thinners cause two-thirds of the 99,628 US senior hospitalizations each year because of drug adverse events, researchers from the CDC reported in NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine). The authors added that hundreds of millions of dollars could be saved if focus were...
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    Seniors, how long has Salvation Army paid people to ring bells in front of stores?

    No William, their supervisor told me today that they hired & paid them to do that now.
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    Sex A Significant Predictor Of Happiness Among Married Seniors

    The more often older married individuals engage in sexual activity, the more likely they are to be happy with both their lives and marriages, according to new research presented in Boston at The Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) 64th Annual Scientific Meeting. This finding is based on...
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    A Harder Old Age Faced By Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual And Transgender Seniors

    Aging and health issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender baby boomers have been largely ignored by services, policies and research. These seniors face higher rates of disability, physical and mental distress and a lack of access to services, according to the first study on aging and...
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    Low-Income Seniors More Likely To Develop Heart Failure

    The risk of heart failure appears to be higher among low-income seniors even those with a college education according to research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham presented during the 2011 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. "Lower education may not matter if a person is...
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    Seniors does this type of joke?

    offend you? The 'Perfect Password' A woman was helping her husband set up his computer, and at the appropriate point in the process, the computer advised him that he would now need to enter a password. Something he will use to log on. The husband was in a rather amorous mood and figured he...
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    Seniors, do you now live alone? If so, have your eating habits changed...

    ...since you started cooking for one? I was a slave in the kitchen at one time, having cooked meals on the table at specific times to suit others whether I wanted to eat then or those particular foods or not. I'm now alone for the first time in 44 years and friends think I'm neglecting myself...
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