by Julia M. Klein
MARCH 9, 2010 TAGS:
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A new book explores theories on how to avoid aging. continue >
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RICHARD T. WHITCOMB, AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER, DIES AT 89 Discovering the "area rule" gave rise to Coke bottle shaped jets cruising faster than the speed of sound. continue >
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IMMORTALITY'S ALLURE Is aging an inevitability or is it a disease? A debate rages. continue >
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SAFE TO SAY Language indicates a shift in our thinking about sex, pain and death. continue >
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GIVING THE BAD NEWS Why doctors don't speak frankly about an impending death. continue >
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PHOTOS IN OBITUARIES TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. A new study in the journal Omega examined pictures that ran alongside obituaries in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 1967, 1977, 1987 and 1997. The researchers claim that based on the “age appropriateness” of the pictures Americans (or Ohioans) are less accepting of the appearance of old age in 1997 than they once were. continue >
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THE LOOMING DEATH OF NATURAL SILENCE How we're killing a national treasure. continue >
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DOES DEATH SELL? A forthcoming study suggests that it might. continue >
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