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EndNotes archive for Aug. 14, 2013

WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14, 2013


Diana Tesdal decorates a wedding cake with gum-paste ivy vines at the Happy Cake Co. in Spokane Valley. 
 (Liz Kishimoto / The Spokesman-Review)

Got siblings?

Sibs may influence your marriage?! A new report reveals that the more siblings one has (up to seven) the more likely your marriage will last. All that negotiating for the bathroom and compromising and getting along with different personalities may actually be good preparation for…

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Muhammad Ali – then known as Cassius Clay – stands with trainer Angelo Dundee in this 1962 photo. (Associated Press)

Extroverts may age better

If socialization is essential to healthy aging, it makes sense that extroverts -- who tend to thrive in crowds and at parties - would do better in their older years. A study in the Journal of Research in Personality, as reported at HealthDayNews, "found that…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.