Article posted: 12/3/2012 5:00 AM

Aging boomers won’t admit they’re getting old

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At least one aging expert says many baby boomers are not prepared for old age.

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Hearing problems and the threat of hepatitis C and attendant liver complications are perhaps the largest looming problems for the 76 million baby boomers. But there is some good news for a generation long regarded as hedonistic: Boomers smoke and drink less than their predecessors, and most sexually transmitted diseases they might have incurred in the "free love" era are treatable.