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Aging Well

Keep going and going and going

Ramsey Nix - 0
For most of us, freedom and mobility are inextricably linked, and baby boomers have always shown that they will accept nothing short of freedom....
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Health

Healthy Us – January 2018

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Medicare Part B price increase Are you expecting a raise in your Social Security check? Not so fast. Chances are high that Medicare will eat...
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Health

Body Rolling and Other Tips for Joint Care

Liz Conroy - 1
Several years ago, I was diagnosed with osteoarthritis, and then I had knee surgery in 2013. My doctor had little advice to offer except...
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Aging Well

Keep Moving Without a Car

Ramsey Nix - 0
The fact is that most people outlive their ability to drive. Therefore, maintaining mobility also requires you to assess the environment in which you...
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Health

Healthy Us – Fall 2017

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Free Hearing Screenings The UGA Speech & Hearing Clinic is offering free screenings on Friday, Nov. 3. State-of-the-art services are provided by graduate students under...
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Health

Keep Moving

Ramsey Nix - 0
On a bright morning in May, a little white Corvette with the license tag “OLDLDYZ” sped down Prince Avenue. It raced right past a...
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Health

Healthy Us – Summer 2017

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Heart Attacks Have Beginnings Heart attacks have early signs and symptoms that when recognized can be treated before any damage to the heart can occur....
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Aging Well

First Person: Embrace the Belly

Debi Garrett - 0
So let's face it...aging isn't for the faint of heart. Some of you may be experiencing some of what I'm about to talk about,...
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Health

Healthy Us

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More smoking-related lung disease than previously thought Two major new studies are showing that current and former smokers have serious, often unrecognized, lung abnormalities, according...
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Boomers Write

A Lonely Heart

Janet Martin - 0
I’d been telling myself for months that I should go down to Florida to visit her. But between working and graduate school, a free...
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Memoir

So you want to publish your memoirs

Bowen Craig - 0
Publishing a book used to be so much simpler, and so much harder. While the 21st century has democratized the process of publishing— it’s...
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Boomer Life

Bloom Where Planted

Tracy Coley - 0
OLLI @UGA remains strong during pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Athens in March, the University of Georgia’s closure of in-person classes, lectures and activities...
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Opinion

Just a Thought

Betsy Bean - 0
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson Knowing what to...
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FYI

FYI: Need to Know, Good to Know, Fun to Do!

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Need to Know Dementia Friends Georgia In Georgia, 140,000 people are living with dementia and continue to be vital members of their communities, shopping, dining, working...
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Humor

I need a new bra

Dan Akins - 1
Caregiving for his 80-year-old mother challenged one writer’s ingenuity when she told him “I Need A Bra.” Enjoy two new submissions to the Boomers Write section.
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Memoir

Letters from Vietnam, 1967

Myrna Adams West - 6
Small flakes of snow prickled against my face and hands and left little wet splotches on the stationery on my lap.  It was 1967,...
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