11/12/2015 - Obesity Rises Despite All Efforts to Fight It, U.S. Health Officials Say

Despite years of efforts to reduce obesity in America, including a major push by Michelle Obama, federal health officials reported Thursday that the share of Americans who were obese had not declined in recent years, and had edged up slightly. Read the full article at The New York Times.

11/11/2015 - ‘Supersavers’ Focus on the Goal (The New York Times)

Given that two-thirds of Americans report having little savings for retirement — and half of married couples and three-quarters of single people in retirement count on Social Security for half or more of their income — saving is a problem and supersavers have something to teach the rest of America. Read the full article in The New York Times.

11/12/2015 - Why Millennials Are Saving at a Younger Age Than Any Other Generation (Money)

Boomers may have spurred the mutual fund industry, but millennials are embracing it at a far younger age—plunking down their first dollars a decade earlier in life, new research shows.The average age that millennial households started investing in funds is 23, according to the Investment Company Institute. That compares with age 37 for older boomers… Read more 11/12/2015 - Why Millennials Are Saving at a Younger Age Than Any Other Generation (Money)

11/11/2015 -Study: Student loans getting in the way of retirement (CBS)

According to a new study, the average student loan debt of $35,000 can cost graduates nearly $700,000 in lost retirement savings over a 50-year period. Your fate is you’re not gonna retire ’til your 75, which is pretty sobering,” said Farnoosh Torabi, a personal finance expert with NerdWallet. Read the full article in CBS.  

11/10/2015 - Change in sense of humour 'a sign of impending dementia'

An increasingly warped sense of humour could be an early warning sign of impending dementia, say UK experts. The University College London study involved patients with frontotemporal dementia, with the results appearing in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. Read the full article at BBC News.

11/10/2015 - Why seniors don't fear elder financial abuse (CNBC)

Allianz Life queried over 1,200 seniors and more than 1,000 people ages 40 to 64 about seniors’ finances and found that among the seniors, 89 percent were confident they could handle their money on their own. At the same time, 22 percent of the younger group said they were not confident in their own ability to… Read more 11/10/2015 - Why seniors don't fear elder financial abuse (CNBC)

11/10/2015 - Your Kids Will Live Longer Than You Thought

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy at birth in the United States was 78.8 years in 2013 — 76.4 years for men, 81.2 years for women. But I have good news. Those statistics don’t mean what you probably think they mean. Read the full article at The New York Times.

11/10/2015 - Sleep could be the missing link in dementia

Getting a good night’s sleep may prove even more important to long-term health than our parents advised. Scientists already have documented connections between sleep loss and memory problems, which explains why many schools are starting classes later. But a growing body of research is exploring links among sleep deprivation, sleep disturbance and Alzheimer’s disease, the… Read more 11/10/2015 - Sleep could be the missing link in dementia

11/9/2015 - Retired Americans Need More Savings (Plan Adviser)

Although the total percentage of adults surveyed by the Robert Morris University Polling Institute who say they are “very” or “somewhat” concerned about their financial security upon retirement has decreased since February, the percentage saying they are “very” concerned increased from 37.6% to 42.3%. Joseph Angelelli, a gerontologist and RMU assistant professor of health services… Read more 11/9/2015 - Retired Americans Need More Savings (Plan Adviser)

11/9/2015 - It's Never Too Soon To Plan Your 'Driving Retirement'

“Retirement is something that happens to all of us,” Betz says. “Maybe we even look forward to it. You prepare for it, you make financial plans, you think about what you’re going to do.” But most seniors don’t do that when it comes to driving,” says Dr. Emmy Betz, an emergency medicine specialist who does… Read more 11/9/2015 - It's Never Too Soon To Plan Your 'Driving Retirement'