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You managed to glide through your twenties and thirties without any major health issues. Yet, as the calendar pages turn, you're finding that a host of minor -- and perhaps a few major -- medical problems keep cropping up. The doctor shakes her head when she sees your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers.

How can you beat the odds if you want to join the boomerpreneur boom and start your own company after 50? MONEY put that question to small-business experts and dozens of fiftysomething entrepreneurs for their best advice.

How can you beat the odds if you want to join the boomerpreneur boom and start your own company after 50? MONEY put that question to small-business experts and dozens of fiftysomething entrepreneurs for their best advice.

This piece appears in the June issue of Money Magazine and was written before JPMorgan Chase revealed a surprise $2 billion trading loss. Data in the story has been updated to reflect stock prices as of May 11.

As a regional director for Aflac insurance, Stephanie Ringer had built her Louisville sales team into one of the top in Kentucky. One of her secrets for keeping her staff motivated? Holding brainstorming sessions in a local meeting space called WorkShop. She found that the center -- with its whiteboards, comfy couches, and crazy toys like hula hoops -- fueled productive sessions. So when WorkShop's owners put the business up for sale in 2007, Ringer, then 46, decided to buy it.

Going to medical providers and using medical services outside of your health insurer's network can be much more expensive than you imagined. Here are 5 tips to avoid incurring some of the high out-of-network charges.

It's hard to imagine a less enjoyable way to blow $5,000 to $15,000 (or more) than putting on a new roof.

These are migraine-inducing times for anyone trying to set aside a little money for the future. If you're investing, you worry that Europe's game of debt-default chicken will wreck your portfolio. Yet you also can't get a decent yield if you try to keep your money completely safe.

If you're among the two-thirds of adults who need glasses or contact lenses, you know vision care often comes at eye-popping prices. You can easily drop $200 for a pair of basic glasses; spring for add-ons like anti-glare lenses or designer frames and the price can double. If multiple members of your family need corrective eyewear, you could face a bill that tops $500 to $1,000 in a single year.

Finding an affordable house is no longer a problem but qualifying for a mortgage can be. Six tips to getting a mortgage and a good rate.

When it comes to putting together a retirement portfolio, you need to think like an athlete running a marathon.

Last year was an eventful one for June Shin. She divorced her husband of 11 years, and in the settlement gave up about half of her 401(k) and company stock.

At age 60, Kathy Frederick routinely put in 50 hours a week as a hospital administrator for Scripps Health Systems in San Diego. She managed a 15-person staff, and regularly took work home on week-ends -- until one day five years ago she decided enough was enough. "I wasn't ready to retire," says Frederick, "but after 18 years at that pace, I wanted a different challenge and more time for myself."

They steered their funds into the head of the pack in the bear market, in the bull market and even in the current blah market. Find out how these managers did it and where they're investing now.

Feel like you've been wronged? These strategies can turn just about any company rep into your avenger.