Mailbox brings good news, as well as bad
      Yesterday when I heard the mailman's truck pause at my mailbox, I recalled a former neighbor's definition of the difference between a pessimist and an optimist: the optimist expects good news or money in the mail, the pessimist expects bad news and bills, bills, bills.
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At 91, artist still enjoys work
BY BARBARA MCLEAN The Riverside (Calif.) Press- Enterprise
      MURRIETA, Calif. -- Florence Unkeless spends a lot of time on her computer creating greeting cards from her artwork in the popular graphics program Adobe Photoshop. At 91, the energetic artist sells her work to friends and neighbors, continuing with the craft she loves.
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Getting answers from the doctor
      The interactions seniors have with their doctors is the subject of three recent studies, with the focus on encouraging patients to ask more questions. In the studies, some patients were coached far in advance of the doctor visit about what questions to ask. This didn't result in much change durin...
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Sometimes, it's all so sensible
      You naturally can't see the defenders' cards when you're declarer, but in the majority of cases you're expected to win as many tricks as if you did see them. Some players call the ability to do this a sixth sense, but it's really nothing more than drawing logical conclusions from the clues at hand...
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Elderly must protect themselves from heat
BY MICHELE TASSIN-GOMEZ Administrator, The Villas at Gulf Breeze, Assisted Living Facility
      According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, an average of four hundred people die in the US each year from excessive heat. Usually these deaths involve the elderly. For all of us, it is important to prevent heat injury, but as with many things, the elderly are more susceptible because of chronic disease...
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Some seniors get trapped by gambling
By Matilda Charles Special to the News
      I asked a friend: "What do you know about seniors who gamble?" She chuckled and replied, "I know that for some of us, just getting out of bed in the morning is a gamble." Sure, sometimes gambling can be enjoyable if we go with a group to a casino for a weekend. Free meals, tokens and entertainme...
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