#How 100-year-old weightlifter Edith Murway-Traina stays young

#How 100-year-old weightlifter Edith Murway-Traina stays young

“#How 100-year-old weightlifter Edith Murway-Traina stays young” She keeps raising the bar. Edith Murway-Traina — who celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday — is now recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest competitive female powerlifter. “I’m kind of annoying,” the wisecracking Tampa-based great-great-grandmother told The Post. “Tell me I can’t do something, and I…

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#Letters to the Editor — July 27, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — July 27, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — July 27, 2021” The Issue: The DOJ’s decision not to pursue a civil-rights probe into Gov. Cuomo’s nursing-home order. The decision to drop a probe into the nursing-home deaths that occurred under Gov. Cuo­mo’s direction is another example of the two-tiered judicial system in this country that is tearing our…

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#Assisted suicide poses a grave threat to the elderly and disabled

#Assisted suicide poses a grave threat to the elderly and disabled

“#Assisted suicide poses a grave threat to the elderly and disabled” You can start with seemingly ironclad safeguards, such as “six months to live” or “hopeless and unbearable suffering” — but soon enough, legalizing physician-assisted suicide opens the door to killing children who are too young to consent, victims of sexual abuse and even those who are simply…

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#Meet Grace, the healthcare robot COVID-19 created

#Meet Grace, the healthcare robot COVID-19 created

“#Meet Grace, the healthcare robot COVID-19 created” The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dressed in a blue nurse’s uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair and…

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#Can virtual reality help seniors? Study hopes to find out

#Can virtual reality help seniors? Study hopes to find out

“#Can virtual reality help seniors? Study hopes to find out” POMPANO BEACH, Fla.— Terry Colli and three other residents of the John Knox Village senior community got a trip via computer to the International Space Station in the kickoff to a Stanford University study on whether virtual reality can improve the emotional well-being of older…

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#Oldest woman in US wants pandemic restrictions to end

#Oldest woman in US wants pandemic restrictions to end

“#Oldest woman in US wants pandemic restrictions to end” America’s oldest person wants the same thing as everyone else — for the pandemic to end. Thelma Sutcliffe, 114, of Omaha, became the oldest person in the US when 116-year-old Hester Ford died on April 17, according to the Gerontology Research Group. Sutcliffe is currently living…

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