ANN ARBOR, MI AND BOSTON, MA– The Glenn Foundation for Medical Research has announced the recipients of its 2019 Breakthroughs in Gerontology (BIG) Awards as Ursula Jakob, PhD, of the University of Michigan and Norbert Perrimon, PhD, of Harvard Medical School. Administered by the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), the two-year BIG award provides…
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Are you divorced? Do you have children? Don’t you remember the last time you were on a date or were looking forward to meeting a man you like? Do you feel, to say the least of it, not very good? It is inevitable and thrilling, but we will tell you what steps to make, if…
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Mama Cax, an advocate of people with disabilities and a rising model who helped disrupt the fashion industry’s standard of beauty by not shying away from displaying her prosthetic leg on the runway and in fashion campaigns, died on Dec. 16 at Royal London Hospital. She was 30. Her agency, Jag Models, confirmed her death.…
DetailsA new study finds a correlation between a sense of meaning and physical and mental well-being as we grow older. Share on PinterestFinding meaning in one’s life can help people stay healthy in later years. The older people get, the more their lives might change. For example, their friends and relatives may reach the ends…
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CULVER CITY, Calif. — A speeding Ford Fiesta passed the Sony Pictures gate and swerved into a parking lot across the street. It was 1:07 p.m. Was this finally him? Frannie and Irwin don’t like to wait. A young man in a tight sweater tumbled out of the car. Clutching a black binder overflowing with…
DetailsA new, long-term study finds that midlife obesity raises the risk of dementia in women. However, calorie intake and physical inactivity do not. Share on PinterestObesity in midlife may raise a woman’s risk of dementia later on, new research suggests. Sarah Floud, Ph.D., of the Nuffield Department of Population Health at the University of Oxford…
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Samantha Hindel Meyer and Edward John McGarrigle were married Dec. 21 at Maritime Parc, an events space in Jersey City, N.J. Brian Pramberger, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, led a ceremony incorporating Jewish traditions. Mrs. McGarrigle, 31, is an associate media director at 360i, a digital…
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Deborah Anne Gist and Ronnie Dale Jobe are to be married Dec. 22 at their home in Tulsa, Okla. The Rev. Courtney Richards, a Disciples of Christ minister, is to officiate, with the Rev. Mark R. Wood, an Episcopal priest, to take part. Dr. Gist, 53, is the superintendent of the Tulsa Public Schools. She…
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Diane Shuyan Hu and Alexander Joseph William Sappington were married Dec. 20 at Villa Serenita, a rental home in St. Thomas, in the United States Virgin Islands. Michael Motylinski, who received an online ordination through the Wanderlust Bay Ministries, officiated. The couple met at Princeton, from which each graduated, the bride cum laude and the…
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The holidays are here, and so is the season for marriage proposals. The peak time for many couples to become engaged is typically from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day. Of the 10 most popular days to propose, six take place during the holidays, with Christmas Day the most favored of all, according to WeddingWire. Holiday engagements,…
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