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Cruise Lines Use Technology to Add the Personal Touch The companies are adding apps to speed boarding and wearable medallions that serve as passenger IDs, charge cards and location beacons. Read More…

How to Increase Your Chances of Having a Long, Healthy Life The big factors in life expectancy: whether people smoke, what and how much they eat, and whether they abuse alcohol or drugs. Read More…

Using Tai Chi to Build Strength Tai chi moves can be easily learned and executed by people of all ages and states of health, even elderly people in wheelchairs. Read More…

From Ride Share to Rickshaw: Wedding-Shopping Adventures in India Champagne and cake? Try chai and samosas: A bride-to-be returns to India to shop for her wedding in a bumpy, smog-filled trip, in-laws in tow. Read More…

Want to Leave a Legacy? Be a Mentor How to make a positive impact that would keep you alive in the memories and lives of others. Read More…

Should You Have Knee Replacement Surgery? Some experts question whether the surgery is being done too often or too soon on patients who have not adequately explored less invasive approaches. Read More…

When the Benefits of Statins Outweigh the Risks Knowing the odds of side effects and making sure to get periodic checkups that would pick up an adverse reaction, I chose to focus on the drugs’ potential benefits. Read More…

The Risks to Babies of Older Fathers Most women know that reproductive risks to themselves and their babies rise as they get older, but few men realize that their advancing years may also confer a risk. Read More…