Category: Longevity News 2014

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10/5/2014 - The Best Possible Day

by on October 5, 2014 5:14 pm
Dr. Atul Gawande, Harvard professor and surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital,  spoke with more than 200 people about their experiences with aging or serious illness, or dealing with a family member’s — many of them his own patients, some in his own family. He interviewed and shadowed front-line staff members in old age homes,… Read more 10/5/2014 - The Best Possible Day

10/2/2014 - Is Prepaying A Mortgage A Good Retirement Investment Option?

by on October 2, 2014 3:55 pm
When deciding whether or not to prepay the principal on a mortgage before or in retirement, a number of factors must be examined.  Read the full article at Forbes.

10/1/2014 - About Aging Parents: Something The Government Got Right (For A Change)

by on October 1, 2014 3:29 pm
Financial abuse is a huge international problem, and it’s finally getting more attention from the Federal government, thanks in part to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  Read the full article at Forbes.

9/30/2014 - Why an aging population may be good for innovation

by on September 30, 2014 2:27 pm
The conventional wisdom is that an aging population is a net drag on a nation’s economic competitiveness. America, these naysayers point out, is almost ready to fall off a demographic cliff once the aging Baby Boomers start retiring. But in a paper published by the journal PLOS ONE, a group of international researchers at the… Read more 9/30/2014 - Why an aging population may be good for innovation

9/26/2014 - As One Career Wraps Up, Finding That Next Role

by on September 30, 2014 2:25 pm
WHEN she was just 10 years old, Mary Jackson began her teaching career on the back porch of her family’s home in Easley, S.C. Her passion led her to earn a teaching degree at the University of Virginia in 1977, but her career took a detour when, after graduation, she accepted a position at IBM.… Read more 9/26/2014 - As One Career Wraps Up, Finding That Next Role
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9/26/2014 - Retirement Worries And Concerns Are A Privilege

by on September 26, 2014 11:09 pm
“I want to attack the topic in a fashion you may not have considered before.  One which suggests that every single fear and stress associated with retirement is a privilege.  The cost to be in an exclusive club… something you worked hard to achieve and therefore should be embraced.  Not portrayed as bad, negative, or… Read more 9/26/2014 - Retirement Worries And Concerns Are A Privilege
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9/24/2014 - Study Links Anxiety Drugs to Alzheimer’s Disease

by on September 26, 2014 10:54 pm
French and Canadian researchers are reporting — in a study designed with particular care — that benzodiazepine use is linked to higher rates of subsequent Alzheimer’s disease, and that the association strengthens with greater exposure to the drugs. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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9/23/2014 - Exercise and your brain

by on September 24, 2014 6:24 pm
Thomas Rando, MD, PhD, who studies stem cells in muscle and longevity, and Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, who studies the immune system’s impact on the brain, were awarded an NIH Director’s Transformative Research Award to study the slew of molecules that muscles release and how they help muscle cells communicate with other cells. Thomas Rando is… Read more 9/23/2014 - Exercise and your brain

9/24/2014 - Big retirement fear: Outliving your savings

by on September 24, 2014 4:53 pm
Almost half of investors are worried they’ll run out of their own money in retirement. Read the full article at USA Today.

9/22/2014 - The missing link in most retirement plans

by on September 22, 2014 11:32 pm
Few pre-retirees spend much time planning for health care costs in retirement, resulting in a dangerous financial gap in their retirement plans. That’s one conclusion from a robust report, “Health and Retirement: Planning for the Great Unknown,” which outlines the results of a study Merrill Lynch conducted in collaboration with Age Wave. Read the full… Read more 9/22/2014 - The missing link in most retirement plans