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Our Time: A lesson in dying a good death" 

IN THE PAST few years, Catherine was declining. She needed oxygen for her congestive heart failure. She took some medications. But she still bathed...

Mental health of elderly can suffer, author says 

Aging takes a lot out of people. There are the physical demands -- the aches and pains, the illnesses, the cost -- of passing 70-plus...

Our Time: What roles do we expect now for our girls? 

I'VE BEEN cleaning out "stuff" this summer -- one of those projects you promise yourself you'll do and then you put off again and again. Then when...

Our Time: Is marriage outdated notion for boomers? 

SO HERE'S the question: If you are 45-plus and married -- and something happened to that marriage (from death to divorce) -- would you consider...

Start planning now for your retirement 

Don't you love these lists of "to-do's" before you retire. Most of them are pretty shallow and self-serving. Like "make sure you have invested...

'Thrift Queen' offers up 

What if I told you making sidewalk chalk at home would improve your overall health -- particularly if you are a grandparent? Stirring together...

RE-INVENT YOURSELF! GIVES WOMEN WORKING SOLUTIONS TO MELTDOWN 

The women spilled through the door- way and into the meeting room, the crescendo of their conversation over- whelming the meeting organizers, who...

Planning meals can cut your grocery bill 

Here's something to chew on: It's easier for older people to save substantially on their grocery bills if they switch from boxed or prepared...

Tips to help Lower blood pressure 

By Jane Glenn Haas

The Orange County Register

ROBERT E. KOWALSKI was a medical journalist - someone who wrote about other...

PEDOMETERS HELP WOMAN MAKE LIVING FROM WALKING 

SANTA ANA, Calif. - Label Sue Parks a "walkaholic." She walks 10,000 steps a day - minimum - for all the right reasons: to clear her head,...