13 June 2010
More Baby Boomers joining motorcycle clubs, for fun and to help various causes By Mary Beth Roach The Baby Boomer generation is revving up the sport of motorcycling. Whether they call it a sport or a hobby, all biking enthusiasts would call motorcycling fun. Often referred to Baby Boomer Bikers, they are the fastest-growing segment of America’s 6 [...]
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13 June 2010
Monthly Meetings at North Medical Address Health Issues Panel discusses women’s health, sleep problems, other health issues affecting Baby Boomers The Women’s Place, a part of the North Medical, P.C. (NMPC) family of practices, held a public health and wellness seminar to address women’s health—especially during and after menopause. The seminar, free and open to the public, [...]
Posted in 55+ Columns, Health Watch0 Comments
13 June 2010
Why Settle for Ordinary? By Jim Sollecito When I was a boy, I could have any flavor ice cream I wanted as long as it had the words chocolate, vanilla or strawberry in the title. Since we had five kids in our family, all of us with different tastes, my parents bought Neapolitan, and everyone was somewhat satisfied. To [...]
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13 June 2010
A beautiful resort town along Lake Ontario with many attractions, including music concerts, comedy club, arts, history and good food By Sandra Scott Today picturesque Sackets Harbor is a serene town that hugs the shore of Lake Ontario, which belies its tumultuous past. Following the outbreak of the War of 1812 between the United States and Great [...]
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13 June 2010
Keeping the weight off is still a seven-day-a-week chore Ten years and counting since I lost 85 pounds. My life-long struggle with weight began with yet another declaration of war on the fat me. Aug. 1, 1999, started like most other days in my life. I got up, ate a hearty breakfast and lunch. That afternoon, I [...]
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13 June 2010
Almost everyone has to deal with depression—if not personally, at least with a family member, friend, or acquaintance. It is a serious, and sometimes deadly, biological disease that will strike an estimated 33 to 35 million American adults at sometime in their life. Depression is often a genetic disorder that runs in families, as it did [...]
Posted in 55+ Columns, Golden Years0 Comments
13 June 2010
100,000 beats daily — and getting it right almost every time Can you imagine doing the same thing over and over again, 100,000 times each day for decades? And getting it right almost every time? That’s what the human heart does. Your heart beats regularly several billion times over a normal lifespan in order to pump [...]
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13 June 2010
In the fall I wrote a column about the necessity of preparing to live on your own. We talked about the importance of partners teaching each other the nuts and bolts of daily survival, from keeping up with insurance payments to doing the laundry. I said I wouldn’t even discuss the emotional part of survival [...]
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