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 50s

Now you're officially classified as "over-the-hill" by your kids, you might even be a grandfather. But you don't necessarily feel old. You've been working at full throttle for over half your life and it's time to start gearing down.

This does not mean that you have to book yourself into an old-age home. What it does mean is that it's time that you literally start reaping the rewards of your labour. Start wrapping things up at work, make sure you are financially sound so that you can enjoy a secure retirement and surround yourself with loved ones.

Many men experience a midlife crisis during these years and they try to slam life back into fifth gear by having affairs and buying flashy cars. You need to accept the fact that your life is entering a new phase and it needn't be a negative phase, let Health24 show you how to live and love life in your fifties.

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01. Your body
Anyone under the age of 30 now officially regards you as old. Don’t place too much importance on that – just consider what teenyboppers classify as music. There are some things that you should be conc...
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02. Emotional development
The fifties are wonderful years for some men and quite traumatic ones for others.
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03. Screening tests
Have these screening tests during your fifties and you could cut out a good deal of problems later in life.
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04. Male menopause: more fact than myth
Research indicates that men also go through a difficult, stressful time in middle age; which again raises the question - does male menopause exist? Our experts claim it does.
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