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What illness is going to kill you this year? This month? This week?

It happens

But if your doctor doesn't know--and most don't--what age-specific illnesses are most likely to strike you, how can you avoid them? After all, 44 million Americans visit the doctor for an annual physical but derived no benefit

NOW THERE IS A BETTER WAY

Dr Hayes details how you can avoid the specific illnesses that will kill you prematurely by using new official lists for the USA, UK...

Curated from over six decades of writing, the poems in What I Cannot Abandon by William Guest paint an inimitable portrait of the human experience. Contemplating both the mysteries and miracles of life, as well as the challenges of aging and mortality, Guest expertly assesses life's joys and sorrows with insight and tenderness. Through their reckoning with the world at large, these eclectic poems engage the wonder of the universe with buoyancy and pleasure, ultimately staring darkness in the face to learn that, yes, there are still plenty of reasons to rejoice.

Sue Petrovski has always been capable, thoughtful, and productive. After retiring from a long and successful career in education, she published two books, ran an antiques business, and volunteered in her community. When her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and until her death eight years later, Petrovski served as her primary caregiver. She even cared for her husband when he also succumbed to dementia.

However, when Petrovski's husband fell ill with sepsis at the age of 82, it threw everything into question. Would he survive? And if so, would she be able to care for him...

Everyone would like to age as heathfully as possible and now numerous studies confirm what many yoga preactitioners have known for a long time: yoga practice has a remarkable impact on physical and mental health--and spiritual well-being--as you grow older. Yoga for Healthy Aging is the most accessible and usable guide available on to how yoga can address concerns realted to strength, flexibility, balance, agility, cardiovascular health, brain health, and...

Sex post-50 can be the best ever but it requires a different skill-set -- more communication, longer foreplay, different positions, sexual toys and aids -- to stay hot and exciting. It also needs to accommodate the myriad of physical, emotional, and social changes that happen in late middle-age. Author Dr. Laurie Betito gives readers techniques for reconnecting with their partners, bringing experimentation in long-term sexual relationships, and tips on how to handle sex and dating post-50. The Sex Bible For People Over 50 addresses common physical and sexual issues that 50+...

Going Gray Beauty Guide
50 Gray8 Going Gray Stories

- THINKING ABOUT GOING GRAY?
- ALREADY HAVE GRAY HAIR?
- LOOKING FOR A FEW GRAY8 TIPS?
Well... you have come to the right place

Going Gray Beauty Guide is designed for women who:
- WANT TO GO GRAY
- ARE GOING GRAY
- OR... HAVE ALREADY GONE GRAY

Having gray hair is gray8, and is the NOW color in hair Having gray hair has nothing to do with age or looking old, and we are determined to change your old way of thinking In the past, gray...

Thanks to advances in health care, expectations for retired life have changed radically. There are no longer only two phases of life (childhood and adulthood)—there is a third vital phase called Olderhood. Once you are free from the burden of work, you can experience a new and fulfilling life-but only if you learn how to reinvent yourself and make a realistic plan regarding how you are going to spend your time.

The Third Journey explores the emotional, financial, physical, and psychological issues that arise in retirement. Authors William R. Storie and Robin W. Trimingham seek...

A step-by-step manual for adults who love and care for older adults

One afternoon, music therapist Christina Britton Conroy was taking nursing home residents to activities. She was thrilled when a sweet, disoriented lady joined her group. "Mary, it's so good to see you. Do you want to go to the Bible study or BINGO?" she asked.
Mary replied, "I want to go to Lithuania."

"An insightful, unique approach to helping people cope with the demands of dealing with the elderly. The writing is entertaining and insightful."
-- John J. Daly, M.D., NYC Police Surgeon,...

“Readers of the book Thresholds will experience what Glenna Cook calls ‘the good purpose,’ the intention of poems meaningfully conflicted between fierce moments and tender moments that compose a life. In all her wisdom and experience, she still struggles to answer questions about love, devotion, loneliness and ‘this grandeur of the universe.’ These carefully constructed poems share childhood pains and shames. Like any poet, Cook plays subordinate to language: ‘I’m sorry/about my words./I try to keep them in/behind their white picket fence,/but they...

Wisdom of the Aged. A humorous compendium of ill-conceived advice and misunderstood life-lessons that provide a plethora of affectionate elder abuse. Beautifully illustrated. A perfect birthday gift for anyone older than you. Remember, If you don't want to die, read this book. Maybe you'll change your mind.

It's not Game Over. It's Game On.

In these days when so much about a youthful world is glorified, along comes a courageous new book that shows how to flourish in midlife with yoga. Fearless After Fifty: How to Thrive with Grace, Grit and Yoga is written by two internationally-known yoga teachers, Desiree Rumbaugh and Michelle Marchildon, the Yogi Muse. These two women write with a candid, conversational tone that demystifies yoga and makes you want what they're having. Fearless After Fity has a forward by best-selling author Cyndi Lee and is...

Wisdom of the Aged. A humorous compendium of ill-conceived advice and misunderstood life-lessons that provide a plethora of affectionate elder abuse. Beautifully illustrated. A perfect birthday gift for anyone older than you. Remember, If you don't want to die, read this book. Maybe you'll change your mind.