7 Adult Trikes, From Tame To Game For Anything

by Boomer Babe

How about a trike ride? An adult trike ride. Trikes provide a more relaxing ride than bikes, and if you get a recumbent trike, it's less stressful on your joints and your back than a bike. Either way, the trike's the trip right now.

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Does Your Bed Need A Lift? Try The Mattress Genie!

by Boomer Babe

The Mattress Genie Bed Lift System by Contour looks like a winner at less than 10 percent the cost of an adjustable bed frame... and a lot less than the cost to have an adjustable frame fixed!

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10 Cool Gadgets To Assist People With Arthritis & Hand Pain

by Boomer Babe

Arthritis, or any hand pain, can be very limiting. The muscles and joints in the hand and wrist are very small and precision-oriented, and pain can impair performance on things we do every day, like closing a jewelry catch or fastening buttons on your shirt. Assistive gadgets have less of a stigma than they used to, and they're actually getting cooler as more people are using them... because they're just smarter. Here are 10 new really cool and "handy" gadgets that just make routine movements less taxing on our hands. They even make great gifts!

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Is He Hot Or Not? 10 Valentine And Anti-Valentine Gifts For Men That Express How You Really Feel

by Boomer Babe

I don't think women should over-express their love on Valentine's Day; that's for men to do. Besides, how many women are with the men "of their dreams" on this holiday? You may be dating (or married to) a dude you're just not that crazy about. Maybe there's a guy around you'd like to receive your true thoughts after he broke up with you. From Valentine gift number 10 to Anti-Valentine gift number 1, these 10 unusual gifts are sure to express your true feelings.

5 Percent Of Boomers Are Still Getting High - At Least Once A Year

by Boomer Babe

The substance abuse division (SAMHSA) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) learned some interesting information about how boomers get high these days. The department is fixing to get more funding, I guess, because it reports that in our (even) later years, we're going to need added substance abuse treatment services. Us?

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Love To Read Or Watch TV In Bed? Then Check Out These Back And Knee Pillows

by Boomer Babe

Unless you have a very hard mattress and want to sit stick-straight up while you're trying to read your novel or watch Desperate Housewives, you may find yourself gradually slipping further and further down your spine until you're actually sitting on your neck.

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5 Hot Beauty Gadgets For Women Over 40

by Boomer Babe

... If money and time were no problem (and when are they not problems?), we would get professional treatments to keep looking our best.... But thanks to technology we can use modified professional gadgets at home. These five beauty gadgets are my picks for function and reliability. They make dynamite gifts.

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Experimental Drug Kills Breast Cancer Stem Cells In Early Trials

by Boomer Babe

A new breast cancer drug, developed by Merck & Co, has passed Phase 1 trials with flying colors. The experimental drug, MK-0752, was developed to kill breast cancer stem cells that are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation.

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Down The Pike: Immune Response Triggers For HIV And Prostate Cancer

by Boomer Babe

Attempts to trick human immune systems into fighting HIV and prostate cancer cells have had little success, mainly because the these cells keep managing to elude recognition as "bad" cells. But a new study, conducted by researchers at Yale University, may change that direction in the not-too-distant future.

Prescription Ice Cream To ReCharge Your Appetite After Chemotherapy

by Boomer Babe

A tasty, easy-to-digest food product that young and old adore, that would help limit the ravaging effects of chemotherapy on the stomach and intestines, is crying to be developed. But just what might that food be?