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Just about every day I scan the major internet news services to keep abreast of trends in anti aging research, product launches and the like. Probably no era in recorded history has ever witnessed so much seeming promise for extending the life span. Entrepreneurs world-wide are falling all over themselves to clinch a large slice of an exploding anti aging marketing bonanza. Of course, I can’t help but notice, as well, that much of the focus falls on anti aging medicine. Continue Reading »

I recently came across one of the most enlightened yet radical approaches I’ve seen to date in addressing issues of age discrimination in the work force. It’s a proposal that did not originate in the minds any of the brighter policy makers in the United States, but from a recent speech given by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of the island nation of Singapore. Continue Reading »

It’s an unfortunate fact that age discrimination in the U.S. work place remains rampant despite clear legal protections in place since 1967. In my opinion it’s high time for employers to shed all notions of bias against older workers.

Current population trends demonstrate that the U.S. workforce will continue to shrink. Older people today are generally healthier and more vigorous than their earlier counterparts. They’re eager and willing to work and continue contributing to society. As the following article states, age does not matter. Continue Reading »

The ensuing explosion of an aging baby boomer population has not become an issue in the current presidential sweepstakes. In one of the recent CNN/YouTube debates, the question of how the growing costs posed by legions of aging boomers should be dealt with was broached with Presidential candidate Bill Richardson. He responded that “The best solution is a bipartisan effort to fix it”. Continue Reading »

It’s being reported in the news that the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) has completed a study suggesting that not enough research has been conducted to prove the effectiveness of over the counter anti aging products. On the other hand, popularity of anti wrinkle creams, and the like, continues to grow at an unabated pace. No doubt, a frantic need among baby boomers to emulate youth fuels this inexorable trend. Continue Reading »