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Strength training is crucial after menopause. How to make the most of your workouts
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (577+ words) When Sarah Baldassaro turned 50, she took stock of her health and began working with a fitness coach on strength training, a type of exercise that's crucial for women in midlife. "Now I would say I'm stronger overall than I ever…...
VR headsets are 'hope machines' inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (759+ words) I went to Thailand, man!" Smith recalled with a grin, describing the first time he strapped on a VR device and was transported to the lush landscapes and bustling markets of Southeast Asia. A Los Angeles-based nonprofit is bringing the…...
3 Big Changes for Retirement Planning this year
1+ week, 14+ hour ago (491+ words) For retirement savers and retirees, the new year brings more than the usual inflation adjustments to retirement contributions. The retirement legislation known as Secure 2.0 will also continue to phase in, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will have impacts…...
When cancer shows up: Community has surrounded my family in the best of ways
1+ week, 4+ day ago (310+ words) Some of you may remember that I had surgery last month. The plan was simple: a hysterectomy for relief from the awful monthly periods I'd been dealing with for years. What none of us expected was that during surgery, doctors…...
Health care in the Miami Valley: What made the news in 2025
2+ week, 1+ day ago (876+ words) Health care is often an unavoidable aspect of people's lives, and with it being one of the biggest industries in the region, it was no different for those living and working in the Miami Valley. From a major cyberattack at…...
Out with the old: With 2026 nigh, here's some wide-ranging intel on managing transitions
2+ week, 1+ day ago (910+ words) And for something a little different, we gave each interviewee a chance to ask a question of one of the others. So let's talk endings and beginnings. Transitions are professional organizer Laura Olivares' working life. As co-founder of Silver Solutions,…...
How nutritional needs change with age
2+ week, 5+ day ago (330+ words) The human body undergoes an assortment of changes over the course of a lifetime. Some of those changes are visible to the naked eye, but many more are not. The body's changing needs in regard to nutrition is one alteration…...
What Iâm leaving behind in 2025: Comparison, aiming for perfection, control and mom guilt
2+ week, 5+ day ago (531+ words) Every December, I feel this invisible checklist running through my head. The list is full of the emotional and mental baggage that somehow accumulates over the year. The stress I carried, the guilt I swallowed, the tiny frustrations that I…...
Deadline approaching for property tax savings program for seniors
2+ week, 6+ day ago (379+ words) The deadline to apply for the Homestead Exemption, which provides older Ohioans or those who have disabilities with property tax relief, is Dec. 31. Thousands of homeowners in southwest Ohio are receiving the Homestead Exemption, which takes the form of a…...
Crews dig into Pennsylvania nursing home rubble to see if a gas leak caused deadly blast
2+ week, 6+ day ago (562+ words) The Tuesday afternoon blast sent 20 others to hospitals, including one person in critical condition. The rest of the employees and 120 residents were accounted for after hours of searching the wreckage, said Police Chief Charles Winik of Bristol Township. Survivors were…...