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Topic: Trends

A Wing ... A Prayer... An Elder

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With millions of longer-lived men and women eager to pursue exciting adventures and physical feats, the global travel and leisure industry, long focused on youth, is racing to keep up. While family members worry about these extraordinary feats, some emergency medicine and rescue experts say that older people might in fact be safer (or at least no less safe) in adventurous, high-exertion activities than their younger counterparts. Read more...

Boomers Are Into Social Networking

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Topics: Computers, Trends
No need to be defensive about your online social networking expertise. A recent report from Forrester Research indicates that while it might be tempting to categorize all aging Americans as "techno-dinosaurs" and "Luddites", more than 60 percent of Boomers are avid consumers of social media like blogs, forums, podcasts and online videos... and enjoy taking part in polls, ranking favorites, and adding critiques of services or news stories. Facebook, anyone?