Category: Longevity News 2013

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5/30/2013 - Joblessness Shortens Lifespan of Least Educated White Women, Research Says

by on May 30, 2013 9:38 pm
Researchers have known for some time that life expectancy is declining for the country’s least educated white women, but they have not been able to explain why. A new study has found that the two factors most strongly associated with higher death rates were smoking and not having a job. Read the full article at… Read more 5/30/2013 - Joblessness Shortens Lifespan of Least Educated White Women, Research Says
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5/30/2013 - Aging Chinese Face a Bleak Picture

by on May 30, 2013 6:15 pm
High Rates of Poverty, Disability and Mental Illness Haunt Elderly, Pose Growing Economic Challenge. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal.
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5/30/2013 - Coping With Alzheimer's: A Mother and Daughter Portrait Of Long-Term Care

by on May 30, 2013 6:11 pm
With baby boomers aging and living longer, more people will need it. But new research has shown most Americans have done little or nothing to plan for these situations that can carry a heavy emotional and economic toll. Read the full article at PBS News Hour.
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5/30/2013 - How to avoid brain cell ‘traffic jams’

by on May 30, 2013 4:27 pm
Defects in a protein that controls the speed at which materials move through brain cells can lead to deadly “pileups,” like those seen in Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full article at Futurity.
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5/30/2013 - Trimming transportation costs in retirement

by on May 30, 2013 4:09 pm
Retirement savers are often warned about the impact of health-care and housing costs, but there’s another major expense Americans need to plan for as they age — transportation. Read the full article at MarketWatch.
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5/29/2013 - Signs of Alzheimer's Disease: 10 Things You Should Know

by on May 30, 2013 4:02 pm
Mary Wyant loved words. She loved to speak them and write them and read them. She was a stickler for proper grammar and a “mean” Scrabble player. “Mean in both senses of the word,” according to those who played with her. That’s why her daughter Rebecca noticed right away when her mother began calling a… Read more 5/29/2013 - Signs of Alzheimer's Disease: 10 Things You Should Know
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5/29/2013 - For Medicare, Immigrants Offer Surplus, Study Finds

by on May 29, 2013 9:36 pm
Immigrants have contributed billions of dollars more to Medicare in recent years than the program has paid out on their behalf, according to a new study, a pattern that goes against the notion that immigrants are a drain on federal health care spending. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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5/29/2013 - Aging America: Seeking Softer Retirement Landing

by on May 29, 2013 3:53 pm
There is an oft-told story about what happens when a worker at the Stanley Consultants engineering firm decides to retire. “They say you have the retirement party one day and you come back to work the next,” said Mary Jo Finchum, spokeswoman for the Muscatine, Iowa-based company. Read the full article at ABC News.
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5/29/2013 - Looking to the Past in Caring for Aging Americans in the Future

by on May 29, 2013 3:45 pm
It’s been nearly 50 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Older Americans Act (OAA) in the White House Rose Garden. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. The legislation was written in response to concerns that there weren’t enough social services to support our country’s seniors. Read the full article at Public Broadcasting System… Read more 5/29/2013 - Looking to the Past in Caring for Aging Americans in the Future
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5/29/2013 - Parent lifespan tied to children’s cancer risk

by on May 29, 2013 3:43 pm
The children of parents who live to a ripe old age are more likely to live longer themselves and are 25 percent less likely to get cancer, research shows. Read the full article at Futurity.