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  • I look forward to wrinkles says Winona Ryder

    Winona Ryder is apparently looking forward to growing old and is eagerly awaiting the onset of wrinkles on her face. The actress, who made her film debut at the age of 15, was one of the hottest young stars in Hollywood during the 1980s and 90s. The 41-year-old insists that she is not distressed about holding on to her youth. She Britain's Radio Times that she loves getting older and she was ...

  • Suicide on the Rise in Middle Aged Adults www.privateofficer.com

    Now, more Americans die by suicide than in car accidents, reports the CDC. Traditionally, suicide prevention efforts have been focused mostly on youths and older adults, but recent evidence suggests that there have been substantial increases in suicide rates among middle-aged adults. The annual, age-adjusted suicide rate among persons aged 35-64 years increased 28.4%, from 13.7 per 100,000 ...

  • Aged care needs more beds funds Cosgrove

    AUSTRALIA needs 83,000 more aged care beds to care for the growing elderly population which is set to rise by three million, former defence chief general Peter Cosgrove ...

  • Musician shares talents with seniors in Ojai

    Dean Adams, director of the Ventura Jazz Orchestra, plays a song as part of the Friday night jazz hour for residents of Los Robles Care Center in Ojai. Adams is known as Trombone Dean. Dean Adams visits an Ojai skilled nursing and rehabilitation center twice a month to play big band-style songs on his trombone. Residents revel in the music of their youth. Adams enjoys the added practice and ...

  • Relatives turned away from aged care homes after complaining about standards

    Sydney 2000 Australia's peak aged care body says the sector is grossly underfunded, as concerns are raised over the handling of complaints at nursing homes.Family and friends say they are are being turned away from some facilities after complaining about the level of care.Eileen Pearce, from Sydney, was accused of interfering when she asked that her 98-year-old mother's food be cut ...


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Howling III: The Marsupials [DVD]

Howling III: The Marsupials [DVD]

Philippe Mora's Howling III: The Marsupials is a silly, semi-spoof of werewolf movies that has nothing to do with the first two entries in The Howling series aside from the title (not that The Howling and Howling II had much to do with each other, either). Set in Australia, it imagines a clan of marsupial werewolves living isolated and in relative peace in the far reac ... ...

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  • Teacher to students ‘We are not dying today’

    elementary school ? there was that dire first report that upwards of 75 students and faculty might be trapped, might be unaccounted for. luckily those dire numbers did not materialize, but sadly there is well been more than enough bad news to go around at ...

  • Mt. Pleasant health fair to feature information for seniors

    Senior citizens have many questions on health issues and concerns and sometimes no answers, so bringing together informational resources under one roof is a great way to get the needed information that they seek, according to Mt. Pleasant Senior Center ...

  • $41 million gifts fund aging center engineering school at DU

    The single-largest gift in University of Denver history - nearly $27 million from former chancellor and Board of Trustees chairman Daniel Ritchie - will help fund a new center for the study of aging as well as a school for engineering and computer science.Other donors contributing to the total gift of $41 million are Betty Knoebel, widow of Denver food-service pioneer Ferdinand "Fritz" ...

  • Attorney admits theft from elderly client

    Sydney Claire Kirkland, 57, pleaded guilty Monday to three felony charges -- embezzlement, grand theft and financial abuse of an elder -- on the day her trial was to start, Deputy District Attorney Sherry Thompson ...

  • Mediterranean Diet Offers Cognitive Boost To The Aging Brain

    called the Mediterranean diet a heart-healthy eating plan as it combines elements of Mediterranean-style cooking with a splash of flavorful olive oil. The diet has also has been credited with lowering cholesterol in men, even among those who don't lose weight. Now researchers have again shown that the Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts ...

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