Category: Longevity News 2013

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6/14/2013 - Rethinking Some Elements Of Conventional Retirement Wisdom

by on June 14, 2013 6:10 pm
This is one in a series of blog posts from the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago. That the thick fieldbook handed out to Social Security agents lists some 2,700 rules makes it no surprise that retirement is nearly synonymous with complexity. To simplify, retirement advisors like to rely on rules of thumb and well-worn advice.… Read more 6/14/2013 - Rethinking Some Elements Of Conventional Retirement Wisdom
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6/14/2013 - Drug War Blocking Potential Treatments for Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Journal Claims

by on June 14, 2013 6:06 pm
Potential treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, cancer and many other illnesses are being blocked by anti-drug laws, according to a new editorial review published in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Read the full article at Time.
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6/14/2013 - A dementia that rivals Alzheimer's strikes before age 65

by on June 14, 2013 6:01 pm
Frontotemporal dementia affects a different area of the brain than Alzheimer’s, destroying the frontal lobes and spurring big personality changes. NBC’s Robert Bazell reports. Read the full article at NBC News.
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6/13/2013 - Elderly Americans Living With Children Are More Unhappy

by on June 13, 2013 8:17 pm
Young children are supposed to bring joy into their grandparent’s lives. But according to two researchers, elderly Americans who live with children under the age of 18 experience inferior living situations and worse emotional health than those who don’t. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.
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6/13/2013 - Reinventing Old Age: The Good We Do When We Work Forever

by on June 13, 2013 8:11 pm
PBS has been reporting on America’s aging workforce on the NewsHour over the past several months, covering the factory where the average age is 74, the graying of academia, the senior entrepreneurship boom and long-term unemployment and age discrimination. On Wednesday, June 19,  they’re launching a companion online project called “New Adventures for Older Workers.”… Read more 6/13/2013 - Reinventing Old Age: The Good We Do When We Work Forever
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6/13/2013 - How to Approach Aging Parents’ Mental Decline

by on June 13, 2013 2:52 pm
The decline of a parent’s health or mental well being requires adult children or family members to become more involved in decisions about a parent’s life. But it can be difficult to approach health issues because many times aging parents are hesitant to admit any problems or seek out assistance. Read the full article at… Read more 6/13/2013 - How to Approach Aging Parents’ Mental Decline
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6/13/2013 - Census Benchmark for White Americans: More Deaths Than Births

by on June 13, 2013 2:47 pm
Deaths exceeded births among non-Hispanic white Americans for the first time in at least a century, according to new census data, a benchmark that heralds profound demographic change. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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6/12/2013 - Short walks 'could cut diabetes risk in older people'

by on June 12, 2013 11:31 pm
A 15-minute walk after each meal could prevent older people developing type-2 diabetes, a study has found. The post-meal walks control blood sugar as well as one long walk, research by George Washington University suggested. Read the full article at BBC News.
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6/12/2013 - Survey: U.S. lawyers see increase in boomer divorces

by on June 12, 2013 11:27 pm
More than 60 percent of a group of U.S. divorce attorneys say they saw an increase in the number of divorce cases among couples age 50 and older. Read the full article at United Press International (UPI).
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6/12/2013 - Retirement, illness: Which causes which?

by on June 12, 2013 8:19 pm
There’s a school of thought that says that if you want to stay healthy during your retirement years, you’re better off not retiring at all. Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart voiced that opinion this week in a question-and-answer session with Encore’s Anne Tergesen and other reporters; asked what people needed to do to stay youthful, the… Read more 6/12/2013 - Retirement, illness: Which causes which?