The curse of the boomer generation, tinnitus - or ringing in the ears - affects an estimated 35 million Americans.
It is true that the boomer generation is huge, but the domestic work force will continue to grow without them.
This time it's not the emergence of the tie-dyed 60's and the flowering of the boomer generation.
The elephant in the room is the free-spending, self-inventing boomer generation, those born between 1946 and 1964.
When the boomer generation is fully retired, the figure will be 48 million.
The boomer generation can be stubborn about fitness, says Edwards.
And after the boomer generation passes into history, who will assume responsibility?
The Beatles had the same effect on young girls of the boomer generation.
But 25 years ago, the boomer generation of artists was flooding into a dying New York.
By then, about half the boomer generation - those 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964 - will have passed the age of 65.
