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Exercise can't hold off the effects of aging, but it can improve an elderly person's chances of hanging onto an independent lifestyle, researchers said, citing a new study that brought both good and bad news. A treadmill test given to different age groups showed that as people aged, their aerobic capacity — the amount of oxygen consumed while exercising — declined at higher rates with each passing decade whether they exercised or not. The researchers knew the rate of decline would worsen with age, but they were surprised by the magnitude, said Dr. Jerome L. Fleg, a cardiologist who is...

Dear Friends, > > Well, folks, Tuesday is the day! The day that George W. gets taught a long > overdue lesson. The day that we, the MAJORITY -- the 52% who never elected > him -- get our chance to reclaim a bit of our former democracy (back when > ALL the votes used to be counted). > > What if, on Tuesday, all of us, regardless of our political stripe, and > just for the fun of it, decided to serve one big-ass eviction notice that > said, you have two years to remove yourself from the premises-and...