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March 21, 2013 Subscribe · Forward At What Age Can Someone Really Be Called Elderly? NPR had a recent story about a 71-year-old midwife. It was an interesting story, but its point -- about how the woman couldn't retire because she lacked anyone to take over her business -- was quickly overshadowed by the headline that appeared on the NPR website: "For Elderly Midwife, Delivering Babies Never Gets Old." NPR later amended it to "For Midwife, 71, Delivering Babies Never Gets Old" after the subject (and I suspect a few zillion others) complained about the use of the word "elderly." (To be honest, I'm not sure the play on the word "old" emanates brilliance either.) But the dust-up raised a good question: When is someone considered elderly? Continue reading... The Surprising Key To Long Life Help With Stress For The 50-Plus Set Why I'm Suddenly Very Serious About Sleeping More The Reinvention That Made This PTA Mom Rich 6 Ways To Date Like A Grown-Up How I Said Goodbye To Valerie Harper At What Age Can Someone Really Be Called Elderly? Why This Woman Says 'There Is No Age' At 90 Why This Woman Says 'There Is No Age' At 90 Older Fathers More Likely To Have Autistic Grandchildren What Really Went On Behind The Scenes Of 'The Godfather' GROWN AND FLOWN Relaunching Your Career You used to be so confident, successful in your career, juggling life responsibilities and bringing home a paycheck. But then came a career break, an extended period of time where, for family or other reasons, you left the full-time workforce. Continue reading... ROBERT REICH Selling the Store: Why Democrats Shouldn't Put Social Security and Medicare on the Table We are the richest nation in the history of the world -- richer now than we've ever been. But an increasing share of that wealth is held by a smaller and smaller share of the population, who have, in effect, bribed legislators to reduce their taxes and provide loopholes so they pay even less. Continue reading... DR. DOUGLAS FIELDS Low T (Testosterone): Where's the Beef? It is important to get the scientific facts right when it comes to futzing with the body's hormones. Eye of newt and whatever else goes into love potions may be useless but harmless. That's not necessarily so when forcing powerful sex hormones into the body. Continue reading... DONNA HIGHFILL How Baby Boomers Can Survive Zombie Attacks Luckily, the Internet is filled with zombie survival guides. I have written my own version to accommodate both the person dealing with the zombiism as well as those impacted by him or her. Here are my tips. Continue reading... MALENE DAVIS Innovations in Advanced Illness Care You may have heard the word "hospice" in the news a lot lately. This isn't a surprise as we watch America's frail elderly population surge to unprecedented levels. Naturally, our country is talking about advanced illness care more audibly than ever before. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.