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8/9/2013 - With the kids gone, aging Baby Boomers opt for city life

by on August 9, 2013 4:17 pm
Between 2000 and 2010, more than a million baby boomers moved out of areas 40 to 80 miles from city centers and a similar number moved to within five miles of city centers, according to an analysis of 50 large cities by the online real estate brokerage Redfin. Read the full article at The Washington Post.

8/8/2013 - Self-employment helping boomers stretch retirement savings (CNBC)

by on August 8, 2013 9:08 pm
There is one way to avoid outliving your money: Work longer, on your own terms. You may not want to or be able to retire at 65 or 67, but so what. If you’re doing work you enjoy in your own business, setting your own schedule, fulfilling goals you’ve set yourself—it may not even feel… Read more 8/8/2013 - Self-employment helping boomers stretch retirement savings (CNBC)

8/8/2013 - Radical Life Extension (New York Times)

by on August 8, 2013 9:07 pm
The United States — and indeed the world — is straining under the weight of an aging population, and that strain is only expected to grow. Life expectancy at birth in this country at the turn of the 20th century was nearly 50 years. According to the United States Census Bureau, it’s now over 78.… Read more 8/8/2013 - Radical Life Extension (New York Times)
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8/8/2013 - Study ties higher blood sugar to dementia risk

by on August 8, 2013 6:10 pm
Higher blood-sugar levels, even those well short of diabetes, seem to raise the risk of developing dementia, a major new study finds. Researchers say it suggests a novel way to try to prevent Alzheimer’s disease – by keeping glucose at a healthy level. Read the full article at Fox News.
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8/7/2013 - Distracted Aging

by on August 7, 2013 6:08 pm
I was on my way to the kitchen to get some breakfast the other morning when I noticed my bedroom closet was open, which reminded me I might have some pants in another closet I could fit into now that I’ve lost weight, but on the way there I saw an insurance statement on the… Read more 8/7/2013 - Distracted Aging
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8/7/2013 - Suicide Rates Are High Among the Elderly

by on August 7, 2013 5:43 pm
Among Americans of all ages, 12.4 per 100,000 take their own lives each year, according to 2010 statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But among those over 65, the official number is 14.9, and suicide may be under-reported. Because of the stigma, “coroners will go to great lengths to call it something… Read more 8/7/2013 - Suicide Rates Are High Among the Elderly
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8/7/2013 - CDC: Childhood obesity rates falling in many states

by on August 7, 2013 5:12 pm
The obesity rates of lower-income preschoolers dropped from 2008 to 2011 in 19 of 43 states and territories measured. Read the full article at USA Today.

8/5/2013 - DOMA decision triggers federal retirement policy changes (Washington Post)

by on August 6, 2013 8:34 pm
Retired federal employees in same-sex marriages who were unable to provide survivor benefits for their spouses because of the Defense of Marriage Act may now do so but that decision will come at a cost, the Office of Personnel Management has said. The U.S. Supreme Court’s June decision striking down that law’s definition of marriage… Read more 8/5/2013 - DOMA decision triggers federal retirement policy changes (Washington Post)
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8/6/2013 - Living to 120 and Beyond: Americans’ Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension

by on August 6, 2013 4:42 pm
The possibility that extraordinary life spans could become ordinary life spans no longer seems far-fetched. Yet many Americans do not look happily on the prospect of living much longer lives. They see peril as well as promise in biomedical advances, and more think it would be a bad thing than a good thing for society… Read more 8/6/2013 - Living to 120 and Beyond: Americans’ Views on Aging, Medical Advances and Radical Life Extension

8/5/2013 - Pandemic of pension woes is plaguing the nation (NBC)

by on August 5, 2013 10:12 pm
Detroit, you’re not alone. Across the nation, cities and states are watching Detroit’s largest-ever municipal bankruptcy filing with fear. Years of underfunded retirement promises to public sector workers, which helped lay Detroit low, could plunge them into a similar financial hole. A CNBC.com analysis of more than 120 of the nation’s largest state and local… Read more 8/5/2013 - Pandemic of pension woes is plaguing the nation (NBC)