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The over-50 crowd relearns the ‘facts of life’

While HIV can pose health problems at any age, there is additional risk of having the virus as an older person. People 50 and older have less vigorous immune systems, and studies report that a majority of older adults have at least one or more chronic, age-related condition such as diabetes, arthritis or heart disease

A doctor’s visit

A visit with Dr. Eugene Gettelman, who celebrates his 100th birthday on June 17, shows how much medicine has gained and lost in the last half century

Double dating with Dad

Joe Morris looks pretty good for a 79-year-old widower, his son Bob says in a new memoir. Despite the fact that Joe needs a hip replacement — not to mention a dry cleaner for his yellow cardigan — he has \”smooth, tawny skin, silky silvery hair,\” is \”fully conversant with the idea of happiness, especially his own,\” and, although it\’s only been a few months since his wife of 50 years died, he\’s about to start dating — much to Bob\’s consternation

Student on track to become first black female rabbi

Alysa Stanton-Ogulnick isn\’t particularly interested in being a standard-bearer.

She\’s proud to be black, proud to be a woman and proud to be a 45-year-old single mother who raised her adopted child on her own.

For Israeli ex-pats, the homeland is calling

Merav and Roy Lobel are going back to Israel. Since the birth of their baby boy, now eight months old, they have longed to be with their families. Each time they\’ve hung up the phone after a call to Israel, they\’ve felt as if part of their heart was still there.

Israel and I: The first 60 years

By ship and plane, I\’ve traveled to Israel 15 times over the last 60 years and, looking back, my relationship to the Jewish state has a certain Zelig-like quality.

Researchers stop biological clock during chemo

Girls as young as 14 who are exposed to chemotherapy for treating breast cancer, Hodgkin\’s disease, and other non-malignant diseases such as lupus, put their reproductive system at risk. The chemotherapy can trigger premature menopause and leave women infertile.

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