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Aging Well

Healthy Us: Advice from trusted sources

BoomAthens - October 28, 2020 0

Time for a flu shot October is the ideal month to get your flu shot so that it will last through the upcoming flu season...

19-News

UGA professor uses art to persuade

BoomAthens - October 28, 2020 0

Amitabh Verma, associate professor in the University of Georgia College of Environment and Design, recently turned his talents to creating pandemic posters. Instead of...

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Healthy Us Winter 2020

BoomAthens - January 25, 2020 0

Research: Healthy aging in couples The UGA Dept. of Kinesiology is recruiting adults between 60 and 80 with their romantic partners to participate in a...

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Healthy Us Fall 2019

BoomAthens - October 20, 2019 0

Time to get your flu shot The flu is already starting to show up in emergency rooms and hospitals throughout Georgia so now is the...

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Healthy Us Summer 2019

BoomAthens - July 30, 2019 0

Piedmont Athens hospital offers new procedure for carotid artery disease Over 30% of strokes in the United States each year are caused by untreated carotid...

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Healthy Us Spring 2019

BoomAthens - April 19, 2019 0

FDA proposes new changes to mammography regulations The US Federal Drug Administration recently proposed the first new rules on mammography in 20 years. If approved,...

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New dry mouth treatment, New drugs to treat sexual health in women, The critical test doctors never order, Turn off the TV!, Heart attacks have beginnings, Heart attacks have beginnings, Check your inflammation levels.

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Divorce’s impact on the sex lives of older women

Kate Morrissey Stahl - October 27, 2018 0

As the population ages, many people are reaching older age having gone through one or more divorces. That’s particularly true for the generation known...

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Healthy Us

BoomAthens - October 27, 2018 0

Boomers should get tested for Hepatitis C. All U.S. baby boomers should get a one-time test for the Hepatitis C virus, according to the Centers...

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New guidelines for bone density testing may discourage men

BoomAthens - August 10, 2018 0

Newly updated guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services task force suggests all women 65 and older undergo bone density screening, a brief, noninvasive, safe...

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Summer grilling may raise blood pressure risk

BoomAthens - August 10, 2018 0

Many people switch from stove to grill in the warmer months, but Harvard Health Publishing reports a new study that links regular consumption of...

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A tipping point for developing high blood pressure

BoomAthens - August 10, 2018 0

While conventional wisdom suggests blood pressure rises gradually as we age, that’s not true for everyone, according to new research in JAMA Cardiology. However,...

Boomer Life

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Betsy Bean - June 15, 2016 0

While many boomers are downsizing their living space or are planning to do so, Tom and Beth Allen have enlarged theirs. In fact, they...

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Boomer Life

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Theresa Rice - March 21, 2017 1

Boomer boys took shop and auto mechanics in junior and senior high. We young ladies studied Home Economics. We were introduced to kitchens and...

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Boomer Life

Uber and Lyft

Saleen Martin - January 19, 2017 2

The money can be very good; the hassles mostly minor, and the hours totally flexible, say some of the boomers driving locally for the...

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Memoir

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

Doris Y. Kadish - June 15, 2016 0

I retired from the UGA departments of romance languages and women's studies in 2011 after a lifetime of studying and teaching. And for all...

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Boomer Life

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

Betsy Bean - November 11, 2016 0

Teresa Howard, 59, and her husband, Dallas, 63, are anxious to sell their 4,200 sq.f. house in Lawrenceville to move closer to their daughter...

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Health

Healthy Us Fall 2019

Healthy Us Summer 2019

Healthy Us Spring 2019

Healthy Us

Divorce’s impact on the sex lives of older women

Healthy Us

New guidelines for bone density testing may discourage men

Summer grilling may raise blood pressure risk

A tipping point for developing high blood pressure

Moving Their “Retirement” Home – All 300,000 Pounds.

Home Ec Revisited: More Than Cooking and Sewing

Uber and Lyft

Genealogical Surprises! Love Letters Reveal a Mother I Never Knew

The Acquisitive Generation Begins to Downsize

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