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Healthy Seniors -
   AOA Information for African American Elders
   Blacks a growing part of retirement migration south
   Exercise and Nutrition: The Real Fountains of Youth
   Health Tip: Playing Golf with Arthritis
   Implanted Defibrillators Found Cost-Effective
   Medicare: A Guide to Prescription Drug Coverage
   Medicare: Basic Information
   Medicare: Common Situations
   Medicare: Landscape of Local Plans State-by-State Breakdown
   Medicare: Things to Consider
   Older Americans Reluctant to Use Sleep Meds: Survey
4 Ways To Feel Sexy At Any Age

(BlackDoctor.org) -- As you grow older, it’s easy to lose that spark in the bedroom. Boredom, loss of adventurousness, physical ailments, and other problems can overcome even the healthiest of relationships over time, causing a loss of libido and creating emotional distance. But keeping intimacy alive can have profound effects on your life.

Research has shown that healthy people have better sex lives. Fit people enjoy sex more and have a lower chance of dealing with

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Drive Safely Into The Golden Years
(BlackDoctor.org) – Driver safety is an important and often sensitive issue for seniors. While good driving is a total-body experience, involving motor coordination as well as the senses, regular checkups is the key to staying safe behind the wheel. Stay safe on the road by taking care of your health and incorporating safe driving practices. The most important and positive action you can take is to decrease the driving risks associated with aging:

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‘Where Are My Glasses?!’ Finding Help For Aging Eyes

(BlackDoctor.org) -- When you’re getting older there are a few things you can fake. You can cover your gray hair with dye, you can whiten your teeth, and you can even camouflage your wrinkles with makeup. But your eyesight is a whole other story.

One of the truest signs of aging is discovering that you need to hold menus and newspapers at arm’s length in order to read them. This usually means that presbyopia has set in, a condition in which the lens of the eye loses its ability to

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Seven Surprising Benefits Of Aging

(BlackDoctor.org) -- Wine isn’t the only thing that gets better with age. Did you know that, in some ways, your body actually gets better with age? The changes aren’t dramatic and they certainly won’t turn back the hands of time, but it’s the small things in life that makes it great!

Here are some benefits you can look forward to as the number of candles on your birthday cake grows.

1. Fewer Colds and Other Viruses

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