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    Jul 7, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Dr. Robert N. Butler dies at 83; Pulitzer Prize-winning pioneer in the study of aging

    Dr. Robert N. Butler, a gerontologist who pioneered the study of aging, founded the National Institute on Aging and the first department of geriatrics at a U.S. medical school and received the Pulitzer Prize for his seminal book on healthy aging, died Sunday at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He was 83 and had leukemia.
    Dr. Robert N. Butler, a gerontologist who pioneered the study of aging, founded the National Institute on Aging and the first department of geriatrics at a U.S. medical school and received the Pulitzer Prize for his seminal book on healthy aging, died...

    Tags: New York, Journalism, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Health Organizations, Hospitals and Clinics

    2. Sep 16, 2009 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Lessons on Life Span From Centenarians

    Nothing in gerontology comes close to fulfilling the promise of a dramatically extended life span -- despite bold claims to the contrary.
    Special to Tribune Newspapers
    Nothing in gerontology comes close to fulfilling the promise of a dramatically extended life span -- despite bold claims to the contrary. "I have little doubt that gerontologists will eventually find a way to avoid, or more likely, delay, the...

    Tags: Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, Science and Technology, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School

    3. Nov 25, 2009 |Story| Health Portal

  3. Brrrracing for Cold Weather

    When the temperature drops around the holidays, older adults run a high risk of health problems related to the cold-including hypothermia, frostbite, falls in ice and snow, and injuries. So it's important that they, and those who care for them, take certain precautions this time of year.
    Content courtesy of the American Geriatrics Society
    When the temperature drops around the holidays, older adults run a high risk of health problems related to the cold-including hypothermia, frostbite, falls in ice and snow, and injuries. So it's important that they, and those who care for them, take...

    Tags: Weather, Home and Garden Products, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Home Products, Weather Reports

    4. Jan 11, 2010 |Story| Tribune Media Services
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    Tags: Family, Hospitals and Clinics, Government, Children, Medical Services

    5. Jan 13, 2010 |Story| Health Portal

  5. Closing the Longevity Gap

    Americans are living longer than ever, according to the latest life expectancy statistics. But American men still aren't living as long as American women. The average life expectancy for men in the US is now roughly 75 years. For women, it's more than 80.
    Content courtesy of The Foundation for Health in Aging
    Americans are living longer than ever, according to the latest life expectancy statistics. But American men still aren't living as long as American women. The average life expectancy for men in the US is now roughly 75 years. For women, it's more than 80....

    Tags: Vaccines, Healthcare Provider, Physical Conditions, Diseases and Illnesses, Vitamin Therapy

    6. Sep 25, 2009 |Story| Tribune Media Services
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    Tags: Harvard University, Osteoporosis, Hospitals and Clinics, High Blood Pressure, Boston

    7. Oct 7, 2009 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  7. Working it at 87

    Here's proof life doesn't have to stop after you reach a certain age.
    KIAH
    Here's proof life doesn't have to stop after you reach a certain age. It was a birthday party fit for a queen, or should I say a superhero? Inside the office at Health and Fitness Sports Magazine there were dozens of pictures of Dell Marcum - well, it...

    Tags: Government, Newspaper and Magazine, Drugs and Medicines, Public Employees, Health

    8. Oct 16, 2006 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Build your brawn -- for better looks, better living

    THE role models are all around us: 60-year-old Sylvester Stallone looking trim and muscular, 65-year-old singer Aaron Neville sporting bulging biceps, and a robust Harrison Ford, 64. What do they have that other men their age don't?
    Los Angeles Times
    THE role models are all around us: 60-year-old Sylvester Stallone looking trim and muscular, 65-year-old singer Aaron Neville sporting bulging biceps, and a robust Harrison Ford, 64. What do they have that other men their age don't? Maybe a good...

    Tags: Los Angeles Times, Education, Muscle, Birmingham , Sylvester Stallone

    9. May 4, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Senior is denied rental car overseas

    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    Question: My wife and I try to make one major trip abroad a year. This year we thought we would go to Northern Ireland in September, but every auto rental agency I've contacted has a maximum age for a car rental. I happen to be 82. Is there any way I...

    Tags: Trips and Vacations, Companies and Corporations, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Safety at School, Travel

    10. Nov 17, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Older adults' sexual desires don't have to fade

    Far be it from us to pick nits with billionaire Warren Buffett in these bleak economic times, but perhaps he knows more about finance than he does about sex. "It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever," Buffett, worth $62 billion at age 78, told Bloomberg News recently. "Otherwise it's a little like saving sex for your old age."
    Far be it from us to pick nits with billionaire Warren Buffett in these bleak economic times, but perhaps he knows more about finance than he does about sex. "It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever,"...

    Tags: Warren Buffett, Hospitals and Clinics, Physical Conditions, Health and Safety at School, Demographics

    11. Oct 15, 2007 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. In life, genes will only get you so far

    Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
    BILL Walker's mother lived to 101, his Uncle Rufus to 102. "I rather expected to live a long life," says the 89-year-old Long Beach resident. "I think it gave me a different view of aging, compared to some friends who had family members die in their 50s...

    Tags: Family, Physical Conditions, Stanford University, Crimes, Aging

    12. Aug 16, 2006 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. REV. MYLES SHEEHAN: Physician has a higher calling

    Tending to patients or teaching medical students at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Rev. Myles Sheehan sometimes wears his Roman collar along with his white physician's lab coat.
    Tribune staff reporter
    Tending to patients or teaching medical students at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Rev. Myles Sheehan sometimes wears his Roman collar along with his white physician's lab coat. More often, he leaves the collar at home, saying it's...

    Tags: Francis George, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics, Bladder, Ethics

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