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        <title>Geriatrics</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[Researchers find 10 best technologies for older drivers]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-fi-mo-autos-hartford-10-technologies-mature-drivers-20121030,0,4301000.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-30 08:48:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Move over teens, old people need their technology too.

With plenty of attention being paid by safety groups, government agencies and automakers to curbing distracted driving by teens while bringing to autos the technologies that appeal to youths, it's...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[David A. Peterson dies at 75; directed USC school of gerontology]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-me-david-peterson-20121018,0,3766502.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-10-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[David A. Peterson, a pioneer in the field of gerontology education and a longtime professor and director of USC's Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, has died. He was 75.

Peterson died Oct. 4 of advanced Parkinson's disease at a nursing facility in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[As India's old ways change, senior-care homes are on the rise]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-fg-india-elderly-20120515,0,2958166.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2012-05-15 05:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[TRIVANDRUM, India &mdash; R. Padmanathan Nair sits on a plastic chair in the entryway of the Heritage senior home talking about the fellow residents who treat him like family, which is helpful seeing as his own rarely visits.

His wife tried to abscond...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Even the most common medications pose threats]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-hew-pharm-side-effects-full30-2009nov30,0,5594816.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2009-11-30 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Some drugs are so common that consumers -- at their peril -- don't think twice about them. But each drug, whether prescription or over-the-counter, poses risks. To highlight these risks, we offer up a few details on five of the most-prescribed...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[To soothe the body]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-inflammation17,0,366756.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2009-08-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you want to live longer -- avoid heart disease, Alzheimer's disease and cancer -- then pick and choose your foods with care to quiet down parts of your immune system.

That's the principle promoted by the founders and followers of anti-inflammatory...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dealing with depression in seniors]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-hm-relative-20100417,0,3002937.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2010-04-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[After my mom died, I temporarily moved back in with my 81-year-old dad. My parents had been married more than 50 years; the last five had been difficult. Mom had a host of serious problems, including dementia. Taking care of her had left my father with...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stay moving, not still]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-exercise13-2009jul13,0,6271762.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2009-07-13 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[You may have heard the advice "If you exercise, you'll live longer." The good news -- or the bad news, if you hate doing anything more active than downloading iTunes -- is that it's true.

Research backs this up. A 2007 study in the Journal of the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[How to stay healthy during old age: Keep moving]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-growing-older18-2010jan18,0,7928699.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2010-01-18 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you're an older adult wondering what you should be doing to stay healthy, the most important answer is staying active.

"Physical activity is more powerful than any medication a senior can take," says Dr. Cheryl Phillips, a San Francisco physician...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Sleep problems and age: Not necessarily bedmates, say sleep docs]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-growing-older18-2010jan18,0,7928699.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2009-11-17 21:32:30</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[If you're an older adult wondering what you should be doing to stay healthy, the most important answer is staying active.

"Physical activity is more powerful than any medication a senior can take," says Dr. Cheryl Phillips, a San Francisco physician...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Build your brawn -- for better looks, better living]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-strength16-2006oct16,0,1207107.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2006-10-16 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[THE role models are all around us: 60-year-old Sylvester Stallone looking trim and muscular, 65-year-old singer Aaron Neville sporting bulging biceps, and a robust Harrison Ford, 64. What do they have that other men their age don't?

Maybe a good...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Senior is denied rental car overseas]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-tr-spot4may04,0,1350719.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2008-05-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Question: My wife and I try to make one major trip abroad a year. This year we thought we would go to Northern Ireland in September, but every auto rental agency I've contacted has a maximum age for a car rental. I happen to be 82. Is there any way I...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Older adults' sexual desires don't have to fade]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.latimes.com/topic/la-he-mating17-2008nov17,0,1862463.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2008-11-17 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Far be it from us to pick nits with billionaire Warren Buffett in these bleak economic times, but perhaps he knows more about finance than he does about sex. "It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever,"...]]></description>
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