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Your Skin in Your 60s

It entirely possible to have beautiful skin throughout your life! As you move into your sixties, you have to deal with skin issues that started in earlier decades plus new problems that can crop up. Skin issues you may encounter as you move into your sixties: Dryness. Your skin has a hard time retaining moisture and natural oil production slows down. Dullness. Cell turnover continues to slow — a process that started in your forties. Dark spots. Between the lack of oil, the loss of collagen and elastin, and the dryness, dark spots can really start to stand out. Bone … Continue reading →

This Week in History – 1967

I am a little late this week with my pop culture history blog, but let’s see what happened during the week of April 8th, 1967. The 39th annual Academy Awards ceremony was held this week. Who were the big winners? Well, A Man for All Seasons, which starred Paul Scofield (who just died on March 18, 2008), took home Best Picture. Liz Taylor’s performance in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? won her a second Oscar. Walter Matthau won Best Supporting Actor for The Fortune Cookie and Sandy Dennis won Best Supporting Actress for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. If you … Continue reading →

“Papa” Denny Doherty Dead at Age 66

I was really saddened when I read this news item. Denny Doherty of the Mamas and the Papas passed away today at the age of 66. His sister Frances said he died after a short illness. The Mamas and the Papas came unto the music scene in 1966 when I was only 3. Of course, the band disbanded in 1968, so I cannot even say for sure if I remember them from that period of time or not. I did, however, grow up loving their music. They had many hits including “California Dreamin’,” “Monday, Monday,” “I Saw Her Again Last … Continue reading →

Tests For Your Sixties (and Beyond!)

Life isn’t over at sixty. These regular tests will help keep you feeling your best through your sixties and beyond! Stick with the basics from your twenties, thirties, and forties: Watch your blood pressure. Get it checked every year. Watch your weight. Muscle is replaced with fat AND your metabolism starts to slow down as you age. Watch your cholesterol. High cholesterol is a major cause for heart attack and stroke. Watch the blood sugar. A fasting blood sugar test is recommended every three years to help catch diabetes early. Yearly eye exams. Eye disease like glaucoma and macular degeneration … Continue reading →