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The Faster You Walk, the Longer You'll Live, Study Finds

Good news for speed walkers: The speed of one's stride may be correlated to that individual's longevity, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. After gathering data on more than 34,000 senior citizens who participated in nine separate studies, researchers at the University...

Are Older Voters Blocking Social Policy Changes?

ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (Nov. 18) -- As the baby boomers who gave us the term "generation gap" turn 65, a new divide is opening between young and old over everything from health care to gay rights to the right to get high. Republicans and Democrats alike insist it's time to stop piling debt onto future generations, yet...

Fallen Elders: A Button Can Save Their Lives

(Sept. 23) -- When Ron Campbell, a volunteer with Delaware's New Castle County police, saw a red alert on the computerized dialing system early this month, he knew there might be a problem. A 76-year-old woman, living alone in Bellefonte, had failed to answer repeated phone calls. Campbell contacted a neighbor, who...

Cities Getting More Elder-Friendly; Suburbs Too

(Sept. 18) -- They're going to build a new playground in a Manhattan park -- a playground for old people. As Jessica Lappin, chairwoman of the City Council's Aging Committee, told AOL News, the playground is expected to have chess tables, gentle exercise equipment and plenty of shaded benches where frail elders can relax...

Jamie Moyer Might Pitch Until He's 50

With the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies getting together for a few games over the weekend, members of the media asked Pirates manager John Russell for his opinion on the game's oldest player, Jamie Moyer. After all, Russell was Moyer's catcher with the Texas Rangers back in 1990, so he knows a little...