Optimal Aging Manual, a Tome for Wellness and Security

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Optimal Aging Manual: Your Guide From Experts in Medicine, Law and Finance, edited by Kevin W. O'Neill and Renno L. Peterson (Sarasota, Fla.: Optimal Aging LLC, 2004); hardback, 1, 193 pages; $59.95.

There's some bad news, but also much good to report about the Optimal Aging Manual, touted by the publishers as "must reading for baby boomers and their families." Sporting articles by a mix of 56 doctors, lawyers and financial advisers arranged in three sections ("Your Body," "Special Health Issues" and "Legal and Financial Issues") plus appendices and glossaries of medical and legal terms, this extensively and beautifully illustrated reference work covers 1,193 pages and weighs in …