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Kathy DeYoung has chosen to work past the normal retirement age and is in sales at the Coach store in Edina, Minn.

Workers reinventing instead of retiring

Last updated Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 7:46am

MINNEAPOLIS -- A former CEO enrolled in clown school. A corporate communications executive started a photography business. A high school science teacher became an outdoors guide. And a lifelong accountant wanted to work at Disneyworld.

"He loved the atmosphere, it was lighthearted, it wasn't counting numbers day after day," said career coach Linda Miller, who worked with all four. When she asked the accountant what sort of job he'd like at Disneyworld "he said, 'You know what? I really don't care.' "

Call it a second phase, an encore, a reinvention. Just don't call it retirement. More people are entering their mid-60s -- stuck, perhaps, with dismayingly skimpy savings accounts, but blessed with sound health and many years ahead of them -- and deciding that retirement doesn't top their agenda.

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Bridgette Berkeley takes care of a patient in the ICU at Ogden Regional Medical Center recently. She graduated in July and says she knows she’s lucky to have gotten a job in her field so quickly. One thing that helped was that hospital officials knew her work ethic, as she worked as a secretary and a nursing assistant at the hospital while in school. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Economy hides possible impending shortage of nurses

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 9:14am

SOUTH OGDEN — When Bridgette Berkeley goes to work as an intensive care unit nurse at Ogden Regional Medical Center, she feels fortunate.

A July nursing graduate from Stevens-Henager College, Berkeley said she’s bucking the trend to already have the job she wants such a short time after graduation.

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USU researchers recognized for work on dementia

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 23, 2012 - 10:44pm

LOGAN — Researchers at Utah State University who are part of the internationally recognized Cache County Study on Memory in Aging have been recognized by the Utah Alzheimer’s Association.

The group, involving researchers in USU’s Colleges of Education and Human Services, Agriculture and Science, received the ALEXA “A Lifetime of Exceptional Achievement” Award at a gala chaired by Lt. Gov. Greg Bell.

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Marking another year with tea and joy and a white stone

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 19, 2012 - 9:39pm

Lewis Carroll, the author of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," marked wonderful days in his diary “with a white stone” — an ancient Roman tradition — so let me say that Sunday, the final day of my 63rd year on the planet, is marked with a brilliant white stone indeed.

I got to spend it with my gracious and lovely granddaughter, Alice, who is almost 2.

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'Brotox' trending as men become less afraid to look good

Susan Thurston Tampa Bay Times

Last updated Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 2:21pm

They call it "Brotox" -- slang for Botox treatments for guys.

Evan Lo Balbo had never heard of the word until his girlfriend suggested they do something to fight the mean signs of aging on their faces.

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Challenging your brain with new and unexpected experiences -- sometimes referred to as "neurobics" -- can help keep it stronger into old age.

How to: Keep your aging mind young and lively

Alison Johnson Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)

Last updated Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 10:15am

Challenging your brain with new and unexpected experiences -- sometimes referred to as "neurobics" -- can help keep it stronger into old age.

"Breaking with routine, and using all your senses, is like having your brain cells lifting barbells," says Manning Rubin, co-author of the book "Keep Your Brain Alive".

Some basics:

* Make life your "gym." You don't need to use a computer or puzzle book or schedule a specific time to sharpen your brain. Instead, think of ways you can break your usual habits throughout the day.

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Some memory changes in aging brain are normal

Susan Reimer The Baltimore Sun

Last updated Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 8:41am

Dementia and its evil twin, Alzheimer's, may have moved ahead of cancer on the list of most feared diseases, especially among baby boomers, who have begun to believe it is their inescapable fate if they have the bad luck to live too long.

So we grasp at any news about aging, hoping that medical science has indeed found a way to preserve that most essential part of who we are -- our memories.

Do we protect our minds by doing The New York Times crossword puzzle or by doing aerobics? By eating more leafy greens, absorbing more vitamin D from sunshine or memorizing poetry?

"There is such a thing as normal memory change with age," said Dr. Susan Lehmann, who specializes in geriatric psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, "just as there are normal changes in vision." Our brain will not always work as fast, for example, and we won't be as good at multitasking. But these are all considered normal changes, according to Lehmann.

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Plastic surgery does make you look younger, study finds

Eryn Brown Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, February 21, 2012 - 4:37pm

It turns out plastic surgery really does make you look younger, one study has found -- on average, in the case of one Canadian doctor's patients, 7.2 years younger.

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Its a 'Prime Time' now for Jane Fonda

Jeannine Stein Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, September 4, 2011 - 9:19am

"PRIME TIME: LOVE, HEALTH, SEX, FITNESS, FRIENDSHIP, SPIRIT -- MAKING THE MOST OF ALL OF YOUR LIFE." By Jane Fonda. Random House. $27.

Celebrities love giving advice, whether it's hunky Mario Lopez telling us how to work out or zany Jenny McCarthy counseling us on autism. Judging from some of their book and video sales, apparently we like to listen.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Seniors participate in a class called Breakfast for the Brain at Autumn Glow Senior Center in Kaysville last year. New 2010 U.S. Census Bureau figures show that women still outlive men, but the gender gap is narrowing, which changes the social dynamics of the country.

Census: U.S. men narrowing the gender gap of old age

Hope Yen, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 9:28pm

WASHINGTON — Women still outlive men, but the gender gap among U.S. seniors is narrowing.

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Dr. Paul Bhella, pictured April 15, 2011, at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, has researched the effects of exercise on the human heart and found some interesting research relating to hearth health, exercise and aging.

Study incentive to get you exercising

Alex Branch, McClatchy Newspapers

Last updated Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 4:06am

If you're looking for motivation to start an exercise routine, Dr.

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HOW TO: Slow down the aging process of your arteries

Alison Johnson

Last updated Monday, October 18, 2010 - 10:20pm

The blood vessels that carry oxygen throughout your body get stiffer over time, which can put you at risk for heart attack, stroke, dementia and a wide range of other health problems.

But you can slow down how fast your arteries age, doctors say:

Eat less salt. Many people focus on fat and calories in foods, but too much salt may be the worst thing for your arteries.

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