for the jr. boomer department...
If you're around 45 and feeling low, you've got lots of cohorts around the globe. So says Scientific American in one of its 60 Second Science podcasts, reporting on a study in the journal Science and Medicine. People from Bangalore or Boston all say they hit the pits for a stretch in between the peaks of well-being and optimism you feel in your 20s and should feel again after 55. They found this same U-curve wherever they went; culture, affluence, marital status all made no difference.(For text of this podcast, click here.)
I think I am going to file this snip in the bulging folder I've labeled "science confirms common sense."
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