Time Goes By

Short Blogging Hiatus

Regarding Friday's post, it made me laugh to read the notes from some of you volunteering to answer my irritating email. Thank you – for the fun and the offer. I would take you up on it except that copyright... Read More...

Published Mon, Jan 10 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

THE TGB GERIATRICIAN: Balance and Avoiding Falls

The TGB Geriatrician is Dr. Bill Thomas (bio), a world-renowned geriatrician, author, blogger (ChangingAging) and creator of the Eden Alternative. Most recently, he has partnered with the Picker Institute, a leading foundation for health care reform that...

Published Fri, Jan 14 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

Health Care Reform Schedule and Medicare

If email messages I've been getting is an indication, some people are confused about the process of the health care reform in Congress. A couple of them seemed to think that the bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee last... Read More...

Published Mon, Oct 19 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 18 January 2014

JIMMY FALLON AND THE BOSS Whether Bridgegate will become New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's Watergate is yet to be seen but for all the media overkill about it in the past week, this was the best. Bruce Spingsteen and Jimmy... Read More...

Published Sat, Jan 18 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER NEWS: 11 November 2009

Several items of interest to elders today, and let's start with the holiday – it is Veterans' Day, the time we set aside to honor the men and women who put their lives at risk in combat for the rest... Read More...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2009 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Some Early Blues Women

You never know who you're going to meet on the internet and I came to know Peter Tibbles (bio here) via email over the past couple of years. His extensive knowledge of most genres of music and his excellent taste... Read More...

Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 2:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Senior Moments: A Feature, Not a Bug

It is “common knowledge” that turns up every day in print, online, in movies and TV shows: old people are all incompetent, can't learn anything new, don't care about sex, are depressed and senile. Of course, none of that is... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 22 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Terrible Billionaire Effect

What Citizens United hath wrought: The media, the pundits and the Republicans themselves say they expect a billion dollars to be spent to elect Mitt Romney president. Think of it: a billion dollars and what sane people could do with... Read More...

Published Mon, Jun 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 1 March 2014

REST IN PEACE, ALICE HERZ-SOMMER At the top of last Saturday's Interesting Stuff, I told you about Alice Herz-Sommer, the 110-year-old musician and oldest Holocaust survivor. The next day, Sunday, she died in a hospital in London after having been...

Published Sat, Mar 01 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Cataract Miracle

I don't think it is an overstatement to say that cataract surgery is a modern medical miracle. That said, there is some archaeological evidence that as far back as ancient Rome, surgery may have been performed to treat cataracts. Yeah,... Read More...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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Short Blogging Hiatus

THE TGB GERIATRICIAN: Balance and Avoiding Falls

Health Care Reform Schedule and Medicare

INTERESTING STUFF – 18 January 2014

ELDER NEWS: 11 November 2009

ELDER MUSIC: Some Early Blues Women

Senior Moments: A Feature, Not a Bug

The Terrible Billionaire Effect

INTERESTING STUFF – 1 March 2014

Cataract Miracle

GAY AND GRAY: BlackedOUT History

ELDER MUSIC: Roots of the Stones

ELDER POETRY INTERLUDE: Getting Old by Jack Gilbert

President Obama and Social Security

What is Your Retirement Housing Preference?