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Baby boomers are a critical constituency for the national parks, but they are also a graying one.

It was supposed to be younger people who were driving the restaurant business these days while baby boomers slinked back to their kitchens, but it has not worked out that way.

If you end up with an attack of gout, prepare yourself for a round of blame the victim.

No other generation pays as much income tax to the federal government as baby boomers, but generosity may not be the real explanation.

The slow pace of the game that some younger viewers find off- putting may be the very thing that keeps older fans hooked.

Many baby boomers who start dating again later in life find that sex is readily available. But so are some diseases.

If baby boomers are so fit, how come they’re so unfit?

The first generation to exercise is getting an unwanted message from its knees: slow down. The problem may be your genes.

You watch plenty of TV, and you’ve got money to spend, but ever since you passed 49, advertisers are just not that into you.

People who spend a lot of time lamenting their aging bodies may have a problem that can lead to depression and eating disorders.

High school seems so long ago, at least until you look in the mirror and see an old friend popping up on your forehead.

When researchers tried to calculate carbon dioxide emissions by age group in the United States, baby boomers scored worst.

Women start with millions of eggs, which disappear with increasing frequency as menopause approaches.

Frequent urination for people as they get older may be attributed to a number of reasons including normal changes in the body.

Baby boomers have plenty of complaints about the big things in life, but on the little irritants many find themselves becoming surprisingly accepting.

So far, baby boomers give less on average than their seniors, though they may be volunteering more time.

The normal aging process, disease and gravity team up to chip away at a person’s stature, starting at about age 40.

Baby boomers must be doing something right, at least when they get behind the wheel of car. Ask any insurance company.

That may not be your father’s Oldsmobile out in the driveway, but that sure looks like his nose and ears in the mirror. Where did that hair come from?

If food does not seem to taste as good as it used to, the problem may be that you are losing your sense of smell as you get older.

Hearing loss is common among baby boomers — but not as common as it was for their parents at a similar age.

A few cocktails go longer than they used to as people get older.

Physiological changes or medical problems can make people more sensitive to cold as they age.

You’re going around minding your business, then comes the letter saying: “Hey! You just turned 50.” As if you didn’t know.

Baby boomers get injured fairly often as they continue to pursue the sports of their youth, and when they do, it can take longer to recover.

The aging process does not make poor sleep a foregone conclusion.

Baby boomers are likely to retire later than the people who came before them, but some of the reasons really are positive.

Maturation and mortality may be driving a generation of iconoclasts, or self-styled ones, to embrace religion again.

The idea of hair “going gray” is a bit of a misnomer, as the only thing going anywhere is a pigment called melanin.

Generalizing about memory problems and other cognitive slowdowns is risky, but by middle age, the brain has probably begun to change, and in some ways not for the better.

People with presbyopia find that it is harder and harder to make out objects that are close to them.