Seniors embrace Internet use despite fears
At a Senate Aging Committee hearing seniors express enthusiasm for e mail and Internet features. Ernst, 66, notes initial fear fades as older adults learn to navigate online tools. Mary Furlong and Mickey Gordon highlight benefits for health info, social connection, and independence, urging continued support for senior access.
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Washington
Herbert M. Ernst
Ernst
Senate
Mary Furlong
Senior Net
Nielsen Media Research
CommerceNet
United States
Canada
Mickey Gordon
Jewish Council For the Aging
Rockville
It Isn't Over Until It's Over The Aging Sex Question
Fort Lauderdale lecture by Lana Schulman, 56, argues older adults remain sexual and can enjoy sex as much as in youth. She discusses brain as main sex organ, therapies like injections and Viagra, and cautions about medical risks and hormone effects.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Lana Schulman
India
Caribbean
Ms. Schulman
Museum of Discovery and Science
Joycelyn Elders
Lonnie Epstein
Epstein
Lasting memories of Preston Idaho class of ’39 reunion hopes
A former student recalls the dwindling turnout for the 60th graduation anniversary of the Preston Idaho class of 1939. He reflects on aging classmates, some lost to life and war, and recalls friends from their seventh grade days who shared Sundays of pinochle and cinema listening to Eddie Cantor and Jack Benny.
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Preston
Idaho
Eddie Cantor
Jack Benny
Okinawa
Recalling a cadre of Mormon friends from childhood and college
Calder Pickett, professor emeritus of journalism at Kansas University, reflects on a group of six Mormon companions from his youth. He recalls schooling, war service, careers from a Coast Guard member to a Navy doctor and a lawyer, and long friendships stretching to reunions and travels, with one friend’s wife dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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Carson City
Nev
Coast Guard
Colorado Springs
Utah State
University of Utah
Navy
KU Medical Center
Salt Lake City
Utah
San Francisco
Yosemite
Alaska
Maritime Provinces
Lou Gehrig
Preston
Pals
California
Logan
Four Feathers
University of Idaho
Paul Revere
Hamlet
Boise
Idaho
Calder Pickett
Kansas University
Journal-World
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Craig D. Spierle
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Wash
Jumblenswer
Zinnia
Lawrence
Lawrence Memorial Park
Women's Transitional Care Service, Inc
WTICS
Memorial Park
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