Word: older
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sitting across the dining-room table from Dorothy Coppens, her vibrant 85-year-old mother, who had just been found to be suffering from macular degeneration, an incurable deterioration of the central portion of the retina that is the leading cause of blindness in people 60 and older. "Your face is just a brown smear," Coppens told her daughter. "I guess I'll never see your face again...
...major study measuring the media consumption of 3,000 kids, ages two to 18, released last week by the Kaiser Family Foundation, the typical American kid spends about 5 1/2 hours a day "consuming" media (computers and music, but mainly TV) at home. For kids eight and older, the time jumps to almost seven hours...
...largest concern is where they are watching television. Two-thirds of all kids eight and older have a television in their bedroom, says the Kaiser report. And a third of kids ages two to seven have TVs in their room. That's way too many kids spending way too much time alone in their bedroom with only Kermit the Frog and the offspring of Aaron Spelling to keep them company. So the first thing parents should do is take the TV out of a kid's room. Like computers, televisions should be where parents can at least tell if they...
...knows what causes macular degeneration. In 90% of the cases involving older people, the retina wears thin and abnormal deposits called drusen start to appear. This is the so-called dry form of the disease, in which vision deteriorates slowly, if at all. Still, it should be checked periodically since complications can occur...
...mostly about weed, "bitches" and guns, just as you'd expect. Still, some of the beats are fresh and involving, and Dre's collaborations with Eminem and Snoop Dogg have ferocity and wit. But you have to wonder: Can gangsta themes age gracefully? Will Dr. Dre 2041 find an older, wiser Dre boasting about the benefits of marijuana for glaucoma...