Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

Super-healthy over-50s are putting younger generations to shame
Andrew Levy
Daily Mail
April 13, 2007

Overview: Levy reports on the health of baby boomers. Specifically, he writes, “Baby boomers are eating more sensibly than their children or grandchildren and are more careful about the amount of alcohol they consume, according to a survey. They are also far more careful to avoid additives in foods than the younger generation. These attitudes mean today's over-50s are happier with their body shape than those in their 30s. They are also more likely to have achieved the perfect balance between work and play, suffering less stress as a result.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=448246&in_page_id=1770

Author offers hope for second half of life; Gail Sheehy says there’s plenty to be excited about
Cindy Larson
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
April 12, 2007

Overview: Larson discusses Gail Sheey’s latest book, Sex and the Seasoned Woman: Pursuing the Passionate Life. Larson shares that Sheehy’s book, “was written after interviewing women in their 40s to their 90s from all over the country about sex, dating, divorce, remarriage, spiritual growth and how they’re finding ways to live the second half of their lives more passionately. Her conclusion, which should be as encouraging to husbands as to wives, is that women can experience increased vitality in their love lives after 50.”

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/entertainment/17066938.htm

Job market's hottest commodity is older workers as boomer generation moves toward retirement
Jay Bryan
Montreal Gazette
April 12, 2007

Overview: This article focuses on older workers and the job force in Canada. Bryan reports, “The latest job numbers show that employment of men and women over 55 shot up by 6.6 per cent in the past year, more than three times as fast as among younger workers.”

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=ab72a368-5e96-4531-8c5f-04e9ea5a12c5