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'I Trusted them Fully': Man, 92, says own Children Took his Millions
Pete Stoopnikoff, 92, says two of his adult children pressured him to hand over property and accounts worth more than $4 million, leaving him reluctant to even drive his car because he can’t afford the gas.
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Europe's oldest person celebrates 116th birthday in Italy
Emma Morano, Europe’s oldest person and the second-oldest in the world, marked her 116th birthday by offering to sing her favourite song for visiting well-wishers, Italian media reported. Morano, one of only two women alive certified to have been born in the 19th century, reached the milestone on Sunday in her one-bedroom flat in Verbania, a small town in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy.
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What will happen when I'm too old to push? (buttons, that is)
Glitzy gadgets begin to lose their appeal
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An Ex-Cop’s Remorse
An investigator who probes wrongful convictions now doubts a case of his own. By Stephanie Clifford,
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Dramatic decline in dementia seen among older adults in the US
The percent of older US adults with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, declined from 11.6 percent in 2000 to 8.8 percent in 2012, a decrease of nearly a quarter, scientists reported on Monday. Why it matters: It had been thought that the baby boomers’ march toward old age would triple the number of Alzheimer’s patients by 2050. These new numbers not only portend a lesser burden on the health care system (and families) but also suggest that something has changed over the generations — and identifying that change could drive down dementia rates even further.
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The World’s Greatest Living Animator And The Masterpiece He May Never Finish
Yuri Norstein’s four-decade quest to finish ‘The Overcoat.’ By Brian Phillips.
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The Headless Hitchhiker of St. Leonard’s Forest
“We live in a cult of the upgrade right now. There’s always something around the corner that will make whatever you think is cool right now feel obsolete” – Colin Trevorrow
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The Blood of the Young Might Really Be an Anti-Aging Elixir, Researchers Say
“Young Blood for Old Brains” lecture summarizes efforts to use the blood of young people to cure neurological diseases in the elderly. By Becky Ferreira.
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Robert Silverberg: The Philip Roth of the science fiction world
In ‘Traveler of Worlds,’ Silverberg talks about his long, prolific career. By Michael Derda.
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Old bonobos need reading glasses too
Bonobos observed in the wild exhibit signs of long-sightedness similar to humans. A study released today in Current Biology has found that bonobos’ eyesight becomes significantly reduced when they reach around 40 years of age. We talk to the study’s lead author, Heungjin Ryu, to find out why his discovery is a sign that we have even more in common with our primate relatives than we previously thought.
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The Other Sister: Returning Home to Care for an Autistic Sibling
As many as 700,000 adults in the U.S. with a disability like autism live with parents or another family member who is 60 or older. What happens when those caregivers are gone? One sibling confronts her past and likely future. By Ciara O’Rourke.
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Japan’s Disposable Workers: Dumping Ground
Kamagasaki, Osaka, Japan used to be a thriving day laborer’s town. Today, it is home to approximately 25,000 unemployed and elderly men, many of whom are also homeless.Alcoholism, poverty, suicide, Tuberculosis and, most of all, loneliness prevail here. These men don’t have family ties. They live and die as social outcasts from the mainstream “salaryman” culture. (May 19, 2014)
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Dogs are too amazing to let go, but sometimes it happens and they will forgive you
R.I.P. Hannah.
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Canadian Nurse Charged with Eight Murders
A 49-year-old nursing home worker in Ontario is charged with eight counts of first-degree murder spanning several years.
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The Last Days of Dave Mirra
As many speculate what may have led to Mirra’s death, friends say that he struggled with being an aging athlete who no longer dominated his competition. By Matt Higgins. (Feb. 17, 2016)
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Contrast Study
When Leslie Kendall Dye's mother woke up after a massive brain bleed, she wasn't the same mother.
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I was stranded in the wilderness for nine days
I had lost so much weight that I looked like walking skeleton. I was ready to give up. By Ann Rodgers. (Aug. 12, 2016)
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Double Solitude
Now and then, especially at night, solitude loses its soft power and loneliness takes over. I am grateful when solitude returns. By Donald Hall.
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The Arrow of Time? It’s All in Our Heads
Time doesn’t just exist “out there” ticking away from past to future, but rather is an emergent property that depends on the observer. By Robert Lanza.
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What’s the Longest Humans Can Live? 115 Years, New Study Says
The study, in Nature, suggests that humans “will never get older than 115.” But critics think we can grow much older.
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