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Once a year, three girlfriends from across the country and I meet in an interesting location for several days.    We’ve known each other for decades and range in age from our late 60s to early 70s. We’re a mixture of married, divorced, widowed and remarried women. Our children and…

You may love your spouse and be smitten with your grandchildren, but for many of us, there’s nothing quite like the unconditional love we receive from our family pet. And that love may be even more precious once you realize the physical and emotional health benefits derived from pet ownership. …

Anyone who’s ever taken a tumble knows the feeling: losing your balance or missing a step and in the blink of an eye, you’re down on the ground, with potentially devastating results. Each year, three million emergency room visits are attributable to falls, with over 800,000 hospitalizations and 28,000 deaths…

If you think you’re in the market for a hip replacement, don’t worry, you’re not alone. It’s estimated that approximately 500,000 hip replacement surgeries are performed each year. That’s a lot of surgery and it represents a lot of expense, especially for the Medicare-insured population.    There have been recent…

It’s fall and for some of us, that means one major thing: fashion season, when the latest trends sashay down the runway and we’re shown what will be in the stores (or online) next spring. One surprising and positive trend? It seems that more older women are walking the runway…

So, you’ve done your retirement financial planning and you’ve even figured out where it makes the most sense to live during those “golden years.” As you contemplate getting the gold watch and walking out of the workplace, have you also given thought as to what you’re actually going to do,…