Seniors

Senior Moments

Better Prospects for Alzheimer’s, Diabetes Patients?

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Dr. Todd H. Goldberg, Special Sections Feature

Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes are two of the most familiar and feared diseases mainly affecting seniors — and justifiably so, as they are the fifth and sixth leading causes of death, respectively, in this country. But advances in research and treatment are making both conditions more manageable and the outlook more hopeful. Alzheimer’s disease, a well- known cause of memory...

The Good Life

The Second Time Around

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Elyse Glickman, Special Sections Feature

First comes love. Then comes re-marriage. However, somewhere in between, the revitalized lovebirds have to figure out a delicate way to tell their respective children about their intentions and its possible effects on the entire family’s future. Though Macy’s wedding registry cannot provide all of the essentials for a combined household, Scott Browning, psychologist and professor of psychology at Chestnut...

The Good Life

Text and the City

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Rachel Vigoda, Special Sections Feature

Relax, technophobes. That computer you’re shying away from doesn’t have a self-destruct button. So go ahead and start hitting keys. “That’s the initial huge hump they have to get over,” says computer consultant Beth White. “Every time I say, ‘No, there isn’t one button you can push that will kill your computer.’ ” White, who owns computer-training company Access-Ability, has...

The Good Life

There’s Gold in Them Thar ‘Ears’

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M.J. Fine, Special Secetions Feature

If you’re of a certain generation, you might have caught Kal Rudman breaking hits on the radio or predicting the next big thing on The Merv Griffin Show, just two of the many roles he’s played over the years, both in front of a microphone and behind the scenes. But if you haven’t had the pleasure of getting to know...

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Senior Program Seeks to Fill the Stiffel Gap

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Bryan Schwartzman

It was just a few days before Tisha B'Av, the traditional fast day that commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, as well as other Jewish tragedies. Rabbi Jeff Sultar told a group of seniors who are adjusting to the recent closing of the Stiffel Senior Center in South Philadelphia that the occasion is also about...