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Maybe baby-boomer women should deal with hot flashes the way my generation did: put up and shut up. MARY L. STEWART Norwalk, Ohio...
...housing market's foundation is solid. On the supply side, the inventory of houses for sale is lean and buildable lots in desirable neighborhoods are scarce. On the demand side, an increase in immigration, the coming of age of baby-boomer children, and affordable-loan programs for low-income families are fueling the market for starter homes. Boomers are in their prime earning years and are eager to move up to larger digs or acquire a vacation home. And best of all, interest rates are low. "We've looked at the bubble question, and we've concluded that...
...might mean you have to sell the vacation home or go back to work or try to start a business." There are lots of services healthy retirees can offer, such as helping those who aren't so healthy by doing chores or working as a handyman or gardener. "Baby-boomer children would be happy to pay someone to shop for their parents or check on them regularly," she notes. Other options are working in day-care centers and substituting in schools. For boomers concerned that Mom and Dad's elder care is a looming time bomb, she says, this...
...quintessential baby boomer, Stone has held a wide variety of jobs—but all along the way he’s been the behind-the-scenes man, the guy with the boss’s ear and also the man with a plan to help the people...
These new lunch-hour face-lifts will not get rid of deep wrinkles. But they typically eliminate about half the fine wrinkles that make many boomer men and women look older than they feel. Both Cool Touch and IPL require three to five monthly treatments, at $250 to $550 apiece. For Biederman, who was originally treated by Weiss three years ago, this is a maintenance visit that she makes once or twice a year to keep her fibroblasts producing collagen. She has also had IPL treatments to get rid of spider veins and age spots, but she has never considered...