at least in terms of food — was a world to itself. Full Story »
With lots of smarts and long lives, parrots were once favored by Baby Boomers, but more of the former pets are now wild, passed from owner to owner or ignored altogether in cramped cages without the feathered mates they crave, rescuers said. Full Story »
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It's no secret many Americans are facing tough economic times and perhaps no segment more so than those aged 60 and older who are living on reduced or fixed incomes. The National Council on Aging and the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging wants to help connect those individuals with services to help reduce the costs for prescriptions, utilities, food and health care. Full Story »
At a time when high unemployment numbers constantly make the headlines, companies can be selective about whom they want to hire. Older workers generally don't make the top of lists of potential job candidates for a variety of reasons, some real and some imagined. But with 10,000 baby boomers reaching the age of 65 each day for the next twenty years, hiring companies would do well to re-evaluate this untapped pool of labor, especially once our economy finally gets back on track. Full Story »
The number of Americans getting nips and tucks rose in 2011 for the second straight year despite difficult economic times, a major US plastic surgeons' groups said on Thursday. Full Story »
After a weekend of wild winter weather around the country, it may still be too cold to break out our flirty new purchases just yet, but we can certainly get a taste of spring by brightening up our makeup. Full Story »
MONDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A small, new study finds that people who had facial plastic surgery looked an average of seven years younger than they did before the procedure. Full Story »
BOSTON (Reuters) - An initial set of personal papers from Jacqueline Kennedy's time as first lady were released on Monday, offering a glimpse into the inner workings of her office and major projects she undertook during the presidency of her husband John F. Kennedy. The historic records, released by the Kennedy presidential library, range from her efforts to restore the state rooms of the White House to notes detailing changes to the CBS script for her televised tour of the first family's home. ... Full Story »
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