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Stretching

One of the ways in which menopause changes your body is that your bone density decreases to some extent. Almost all postmenopausal women have a condition called osteopenia that can be detected with a simple X-ray test called a Dexa-Scan. The good news, though, is that osteopenia only slightly increases your risk of fractures. And the even better news is that osteoporosis, the more advanced form of bone loss that makes you prone to broken bones and a "Dowager's hump," is not inevitable as you age. Even if osteoporosis runs in your family, there is plenty you can do to make sure your bones stay as strong as possible.

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According to the Mayo Clinic, three key factors affect your bone health throughout your life:

• Whether you get adequate amounts of calcium
• Whether you get adequate amounts of vitamin D
• Whether you exercise regularly

Boardwalk Empire

Well, it is au revoir to "Boardwalk Empire," not, as I once feared , adieu. The novelistic series set in Atlantic City during Prohibition will be back for another season. So Sunday night's finale was an end to what has happened the past weeks and a teaser for what lies ahead.

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I confess I have become a "Boardwalk Empire" fan, though I usually watch the show on a HBO rerun and not on Sunday nights when it was first shown. That's because I am also a fan of "The Good Wife," though this season "TGW" seems less good than in the past. Maybe it's because the tension of whether Will and Alicia will ever do it is gone. They have, in case you don't watch, been doing it, though Alicia finally, and a bit belatedly, got a case of the guilts last week. And this season the show seems a lot more about Cary, a smart assistant D.A., and Kalinda, a bisexual investigator, who are not uninteresting but

Mature Woman

Grudges have a way of digging in and sticking like Velcro. It might feel good at first, but that soon sours. Grudges can not only make us feel emotionallybitter and resentful, but can also affect our physical health. Studies show this kind of seething anger increases heart rate, elevates blood pressure, and can make us flat-out depressed. The good news? There are ways to release a grudge. The first step is to simply see you're holding onto a grudge and then acknowledging it. From there, take the following steps:

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Don't forgive until you are really ready. You don't want to be sweeping your feelings under a rug of hidden resentment.

Ask for an apology. Although it's not a good idea to focus on righting the wrong by getting an apology, it's certainly okay to ask for one.

Talk to someone. If you believe someone has done you wrong, discuss it with a trusted friend and get her

It's no secret to any of us that with age comes health problems; some more common and more serious than others. But if you're wondering which ones are the most likely conditions to be diagnosed, here they are:

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Couple

Sometimes when you finally meet someone on a first date, the level of anticipation can be so overwhelming that you trip yourself up. It's easy to see how this can happen, because first dates - at any age - are traumatic. You're spending hours with a person you either don't know very well, know at all, have known forever but not romantically, even someone you never laid eyes on except in a photograph until this very moment. And then there's you to consider. What should you wear? How's your hair? And is he going to be boring?

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The biggest mistake most women make about a first date is to assume that it's going to "turn into anything." Unfortunately it takes so much out of us to even consider going on a date, most of us can't be bothered unless we anticipate the relationship has the potential to "go somewhere." Where exactly this going somewhere might be varies from woman to woman.

Michelle Pfeiffer

She's 53 and happily married to 55-year-old television producer/writer David E. Kelley, but that doesn't stop Michelle Pfeiffer from getting a bit of a thrill when she romances a much-younger man on the big screen.

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"I'm the envy of every girl across the planet, I think," Pfeiffer said with a giggle during a press conference for her new romantic comedy "New Year's Eve." "Oh, yeah, I got a kiss in there with Zac Efron!"

In the star-packed film, Pfeiffer plays a self-described "kind of invisible" dark-haired woman who ends up meeting her younger man on New Year's Eve, a story that unspools intertwined with others featuring Halle Berry, Hilary Swank, Robert De Niro, Lea Michele, Ashton Kutcher, Alyssa Milano, Common, Jessica Biel, Jon Bon Jovi, Katherine Heigl and a host of others. But it is the May-December relationship between the 24-year-old Efron and Pfeiffer that is at the

Whether they're actors, politicians or entrepreneurs, these guys are some of the most sought-after boomer bachelors on the market. Here's who they are, and what's so special about them.

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We've all heard about the breakup of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, not to mention Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. But have faith! These couples are making the older woman/younger man thing work very well for them. Here they are:

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