According to NewsCore, the former eye doctor who discovered the wrinkle-reducing properties of Botox missed out on a fortune after she and her dermatologist husband failed to patent the anti-ageing procedure they discovered in Canada. Dr. Jean Carruthers’ eureka moment came in 1987 when she spotted that the injections she used to stop eye spasms […]
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According to The Morning Sentinel, it’s easy to learn, fun, and extremely popular, say those who play pickleball. Say what? Yes, pickleball. You might call it a cross between badminton, pingpong and tennis. It’s played with a net, paddles and a ball with holes in it, similar to a Wiffle ball. The game, while developed
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Procter & Gamble has launched a household tips website for the growing number of American men who have become homemakers in a tough job market according to a Reuters report. The site, Manofthehouse.com, went live this month and offers the kind of advice on child-rearing, cleaning and cooking more often found in women’s magazines. The
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After years of working for an airline, 60 year-old Linda Nagamine used $2,000 that had been earmarked to buy a ring to start Honolulu-based EZ Living Connection. And the company just had its first product–a keychain-like device that attaches to a woman’s purse strap and puts an end to the days of searching for keys–featured
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According to a report at MediaPost, after investing two years and millions of dollars, AARP unveiled what it is calling “the Internet for grown-ups.” That’s according to Kyle Lewis, AARP’s VP of media sales and business development, who said the online overhaul was critical to meeting the growing digital demands of the 50+ crowd. We’re
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KansasCity.com recently interviewed mompreneur and author Mary Beth Izard about her book titled, BoomerPreneurs. She offers advice to baby boomers that would like to start their own businesses. A lot of people have lost their jobs. How hard is it for someone who was always an employee to become an entrepreneur? I think for the
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After toiling for three decades in finance, it wouldn’t be surprising if 65-year-old Patrick Althizer kicked back and lived off his savings and Social Security. But with a spirit not ready for sedentary retirement – as well as college costs for two daughters – he veered off to a new career path: leading shutterbugs through
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The Detroit News: Jake Sigal isn’t old enough to remember the days of holding a microphone and cassette recorder next to a radio so he could take his latest favorite songs on the go. But that hasn’t stopped the 28-year-old Ferndale entrepreneur from inventing a 21st-century way to digitally do the same thing and try
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Remember what it was like to navigate an MP3 player for the very first time? Now imagine that challenge multiplied by the hurdles of old age: arthritic fingers, weak vision, the works. CNNMoney asks, in the age of so-called digital democracy, with technology leveling many playing fields, why should the elderly be left out? Enter
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More Middle Boomers — those 52 to 58 years old — expect to work about five years beyond their planned retirement date, thanks to the recession, according to a new study of that segment of 29 million people, reports WalletPop. The “MetLife Study of Boomers in the Middle” showed 54% saying they were behind in
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