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Do you become sleepy earlier?

Do you wake up earlier in the morning?

Do you sleep fewer hours than you did when you were younger?

Do you feel as if your sleep isn’t deep?

“One of the joys of a really good book is that you're so into the world of the book, you forget what you're looking at is words on a page.”

—Rick Yancey

Comedians have been making jokes about older people and technology for quite a while, not realizing that adults age 55 and older are the fastest-growing group on Facebook. Technology use by older adults has skyrocketed in the past few years and is expected to increase.

Any exercise will help beat depression. By increasing circulation and breathing, you provide more stimulus to the brain. A study in the Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience indicated that exercise can improve major depressive disorder by helping new neurons grow in the brain.

Love—or at least marriage—offers a host of benefits, including fewer doctor’s visits; shorter hospital stays; less depression, anxiety, and substance abuse; lower blood pressure; faster healing; better pain control and stress management; and a longer life.

“Winter blues” is a term that can refer to the fall/winter form of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), worsening symptoms of clinical depression, or a mild form of depression that tends to occur in winter.

New Hampshire is known for many things other than snow. It’s the first state in the Union to host a primary in the presidential election cycle. It’s known as the Granite State. Another nickname is the "Switzerland of America" for its mountains. The state motto is “Live Free or Die” from a toast written by New Hampshire Revolutionary War hero General John Stark.

Abraham Lincoln is widely credited as saying, “It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” And although he never said it, it’s become an aphorism.

There are few advantages to growing older in the United States, but one of the few is taking advantage of tax breaks that favor seniors and retirees.

Many self-help books focus on how your emotions can affect your environment and your body. Emotions can affect your perception and your health.

Very few, however, describe how your environment affects your emotional health. We all have had personal experience with this effect. For some people, waiting in the dentist’s waiting room can cause such anxiety that they develop a headache or nausea. Anyone who has had a hospital stay has experienced feeling ill from the noise, glare of lights, and constant visits.