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3/25/2013 - What Causes Hearing Loss?

Noise, not age is the leading cause of hearing loss. Unless you take steps now to protect to your ears, sooner or later many of you — and your children — will have difficulty understanding even ordinary speech. Read the full article at The New York Times.

Randall S. Stafford

Professor of Medicine (Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention) Research interests: Disease treatment and prevention, particularly the adoption of new practices and technologies. Email: randy.stafford@stanford.edu Phone: (650) 725-6247 Address: Medical School Office Building Room X312 Stanford, California 94305-5411 Website: http://healthpolicy.stanford.edu/people/randall_s_stafford

3/25/2013 - Boomers Feeling (Slightly) More Financially Secure

Worried about keeping or finding a job, paying down debt and having enough money to retire, Boomers overall have been more pessimistic than any other age group when it comes to their own financial security. Read the full article at CNBC.

3/25/2013 - Expense and Emotions in Preparing for Long-Term Care

The emotional impact of witnessing the decline of a family member or helping to care for one is often the reason people seek coverage for long-term care, people who work in the aging field say. Read the full article at  The New York Times.

3/25/2013 - Saving for Retirement as an Act of Wild Optimism

“When I was 30, the ovarian cancer I’d had as a child returned after a 20-year hiatus. The new diagnosis arrived dramatically, when a trip to the emergency room revealed a tumor that was causing internal bleeding. During the week I spent in intensive care, my son, Leo, stopped speaking aloud and talked only in… Read more 3/25/2013 - Saving for Retirement as an Act of Wild Optimism

3/25/2013 - For Older Americans, a Deepening Debt Problem

Your money may be as tight as your skin, but the true gift of your youth is one of the most powerful tools of financial planning: time. If you are a senior in retirement and in debt, however, all you may possess is a feeling of powerlessness as time slips away. Read the full article at The… Read more 3/25/2013 - For Older Americans, a Deepening Debt Problem

3/25/2013 - What Causes Hearing Loss

Noise, not age is the leading cause of hearing loss. Unless you take steps now to protect to your ears, sooner or later many of you — and your children — will have difficulty understanding even ordinary speech. Read the full article at The New York Times.

3/22/2013 - U.S. Retirement Poll: The Big Lie And The Big Fantasy

The Employee Benefit Research Institute just rolled out its 23rd annual Retirement Confidence Survey and before you roll your eyes — another retirement survey?! — let me mention that it’s the mother of them all. Read the full article at Forbes.

3/22/2013 - Suddenly, They’re All Gone

Caring for the old is just like parenting an infant, only on really bad acid. It’s all there: the head-spinning exhaustion, the fractured brain, the demands and smells. Only this time with the knowledge that it won’t get better. Read the full article at The New York Times.

3/21/2013 - Moving Advice for Empty Nesters

Once you’re an empty nester, should you stay or should you go? It depends on your town – and your motives. Read the full article at Family Goes Strong.