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The population of this country is growing older, but we don't really know how to treat older people. Researchers from Yale studied the health effects of negative perceptions of aging and found that the way we speak to older people is unbelievably important. According to the New York Times, the scientists found that when nurses used phrases like "good girl" or "how are we feeling?", patients were more aggressive and less cooperative. It turns out that people don't like being treated like infants. Makes sense, right? More »
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Did you see 82-year-old Cloris Leachman interact with the judges on Dancing With The Stars last night? How refreshing to see a woman be so brazen, bold, unpredictable and totally off script. And limber! Leachman was all over the place: First she had one leg on the desk; then she was on her knees. She prompted one judge to quip, "Mind your cleavage," and she sat in the lap of judge Carrie Ann Inaba. It seemed like she was going to just snap, "Fuck this shit!" at any moment. The producers must have been simultaneously delighted and terrified. America, don't vote this woman off: She knows the meaning of entertainment! Clip above. More »
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