My wife, youngest son, and I spent a wonderful weekend in Amsterdam this past winter as part of our three-month stay in Europe. I wrote about the experience, which was one of the highlights of our time in Europe. One of the things I I liked about Amsterdam, and the Netherlands in general, was its … Continue reading The Dutch Seem to Do Things the Right Way
I've written a few times about the loneliness epidemic that has become a major health issue not just in the U.S., but around the world: A Solution to the Isolation Epidemic? One Is the Loneliest Number ‘There I was, alone, with all these people around.’ Some Keys to Longevity Social isolation and loneliness have been associated … Continue reading Loneliness and Sleep Deprivation
A couple of years ago I wrote about how prevalent a fear of falling is among the elderly, since the consequences of a fall can be devastating. Data shows that about 40 percent of those aged 65 and older fall at least once a year; one in 40 of them ends up in the hospital, … Continue reading Teaching the Elderly How to Fall
This is the 11th in a collection of newspaper ads from United Technologies that appeared in the Wall Street Journal from the late 1970s through the early 1980s. Here is the original ad. Consider this: Since 1941, including World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, 519,264 Americans were killed in combat. Since 1941, 1,788,400 Americans were … Continue reading You Can Help with This Problem
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