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Aging and the Elderly

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Mark Twain's Advice to Little Girls

    Mark Twain, who would have turned 176 this past Wednesday, was famous for writing books about boys and their adventures. But in his other life as Samuel Clemens, he had an older sister. Which may explain why he wrote Advice to Little Girls in 1865, which includes this nugget of wisdom: Later on, Cl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Marijuana Can't Stay Out of the Food News

    Wikimedia CommonsMarijuana can't stay out of food news. ​ There aren't many rules regarding marijuana consumption, except for those laws that make it illegal. In the past week, though, marijuana keeps appearing in food news. And it's not just pot brownies giving people the munchies. Well, in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Newsflash: Cure for Fatness in the Elderly Discovered!

    And get on the damn Wii Fit.​And...it's diet and exercise. What a shock, right?Researchers at Washington University published their findings in the March 31 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. They placed 100 obese seniors between the ages of 65 and 85 into four groups: one on a reduced- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Comment of the Day: Dogs Can Sniff Out Cookie-Hating Idiots

    Today's comment of the day comes in response to John H. Tucker's report about the city of Hazelwood barring local Girl Scouts from selling cookies out of their driveway.As Tucker reported, Hazelwood claimed the cookie sales were causing neighborhood dogs to bark -- which triggered this insightful co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2011

    Do KU Jayhawks Outclass Mizzou -- Literally?

    Is there a sequel here?​On Monday night we learned that Missouri is no match for Kansas on the basketball court after the Jayhawks blew out the visiting Tigers by a score of 103 to 86. On Tuesday we learned via the Wall Street Journal that maybe KU also outshines Mizzou in the classroom. That's be ... More >>

  • Music

    December 9, 2010

    Celia's Yuletide Xpress Holiday Sing-Along

    3 p.m. Sunday, December 12. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Avenue.

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    HIV: A New Challenge For Aging Adults

    Grandma didn't see this video​Evolving drug cocktails and treatment modes have changed HIV from a certain death sentence into a long-term health care challenge. Here in Missouri, about half of the people living with the disease are older than 45."We're seeing, for the first time, this actively agi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Aging LGBT Folks Get Federal Boost

    ​Yesterday, the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging launched with a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It's the first group of its kind: a federally funded/administered assistance-and-advocacy support network for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans as they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    St. Louis' "Best Kept Secret" to Play New Year's Eve. For Free. In a Retirement Community.

    Did you know that rock and soul crooner Vince Martin is one of St. Louis best-kept secrets? Frankly, neither did we. But who are we to argue he's not -- especially when Orchid Terrace Retirement Community declares him that in a press release sent today to Daily RFT? (Yes, we respect our elders here! ... More >>

  • Music

    September 9, 2009

    Dear and the Headlights

    8 p.m. Tuesday, September 15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2008

    Ask a Cougar Nominees, Round 2

    8 p.m. Tuesday, September 15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • News

    August 6, 2008

    Cougars defend their lairs

    8 p.m. Tuesday, September 15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • Calendar

    September 6, 2006

    Did You Hear a Trolley?

    8 p.m. Tuesday, September 15. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

  • News

    May 4, 2005

    Letters

    Week of May 4, 2005

  • Music

    September 24, 2003

    Best Bluegrass Band

    Cumberland Gap

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    What Is It You Don't Get?

    Week of June 4, 2003

  • News

    October 6, 1999

    FLOTSAM & JETSAM

    The wit and wisdom of Cardinal broadcaster Mike Shannon; the boys on the bus at the Post

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