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We played fantasy football before it was cool – and we’re still going 33 years later
The 2026-27 National Football League season kicks off this week, and that means fantasy football players around the world have high hopes of winning their league. And it’s basically a scientific fact that half of all people who play fantasy football today wore diapers — or they weren’t even born — when our league started 33 years ago. We began as eight friends, living in and around Washington, D.C. We named our league the Washington Area Fantasy Football League (WAFFL),…
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What Is a Fashion Crime at 50+? And Do You Even Care?
Today is Labor Day — will you wear white after today? At some point after 2013 (about the time…
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Why so grumpy? Real reasons for irritability in older adults
Irritability is so often associated with aging that it’s spawned a familiar stereotype — the “grumpy old man.” From…
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Loneliness vs. being alone: The difference matters
Around all holidays, people tend to think about romance and who they are with if anyone. “I’m alone, but…
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Top 10 states where most young adults live with their parents
For millions of young adults, the transition into independent living is happening later and later. High housing costs, rising…
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How Do 65+ Americans Spend Their Day — Data says It’s Changed Drastically in 20 Years
As the Baby Boom generation ages into retirement, advances in longevity, the rise of aging in place, and lingering…
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Gray Divorce, Red Ink: The Hidden Costs of Divorce After 50
No one is the same person in their 20s as they are in their 50s. Raising children, various careers,…
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States with highest death rates from medical care complications
Medical errors are a serious threat to health systems worldwide. One recent study estimated that 400,000 hospitalized patients experience…
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Scientists study a 117-year-old woman to find clues to longevity
By now, scientists (and most people) understand that you may be able to stay healthy and potentially extend your…
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We played fantasy football before it was cool – and we’re still going 33 years later
The 2026-27 National Football League season kicks off this week, and that means fantasy football players around the world…
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