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3/5/2015 - A Portrait of Old Age in America in the Pre-Medicare Era

by on March 5, 2015 10:34 pm
A look back at LIFE’s four-part series on the plight of the elderly in 1959, for which a photographer was dispatched to take what one editor called ‘horror pictures.’ Read the full article at Time.
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3/5/2015 - Ready to retire? Maybe not just yet (CNBC)

by on March 5, 2015 6:30 pm
If you have socked away money in a 401(k) and your 60th birthday is behind you, chances are you are thinking about when to retire. Chances are, too, that you are planning to retire sooner rather than later. The average retirement age seems to have stabilized at 62 for women and 64 for men, according… Read more 3/5/2015 - Ready to retire? Maybe not just yet (CNBC)
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3/5/2015 - How to Make Your Retirement Income Last (U.S. News & World Report)

by on March 5, 2015 6:25 pm
Picture this: You’ve worked hard your entire life, saving diligently for retirement. At age 65, you were living the dream. At age 75, you enjoyed a comfortable, if not luxurious, lifestyle. But at age 85, you inexplicably have run out of money. How did the ship sink so quickly? There was an iceberg, barely visible above… Read more 3/5/2015 - How to Make Your Retirement Income Last (U.S. News & World Report)

3/5/2015 - How to improve dying in America

by on March 5, 2015 4:39 pm
By many measures, how people die in America has plenty of room for improvement, whether it’s boosting quality of life at the end for the individuals and their families, reducing costs or even extending life. That was a panel’s consensus after an address at Stanford University earlier this week by Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon… Read more 3/5/2015 - How to improve dying in America
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3/4/2015 - Women lagging in retirement saving: Survey

by on March 4, 2015 7:17 pm
American women save far less for retirement than their male peers, and they invest too conservatively to close the gap, according to a new survey asset management firm BlackRock will release March 5.  Read the full article at CNBC.
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3/4/2015 - One Twin Exercises, the Other Doesn’t

by on March 4, 2015 6:12 pm
Identical twins in Finland who shared the same sports and other physical activities as youngsters but different exercise habits as adults soon developed quite different bodies and brains, according to a fascinating new study that highlights the extent to which exercise shapes our health, even in people who have identical genes and nurturing. Read the… Read more 3/4/2015 - One Twin Exercises, the Other Doesn’t
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3/4/2015 - Humanity is turning into a 'different kind of animal,' Stanford historian says

by on March 4, 2015 5:36 pm
Stanford classics Professor Ian Morris says that in the 21st century our cultural evolution is feeding back into our biological evolution. The result may be technologically enhanced “post-humans” as far removed from us as we are from Neanderthals. Read the full article at Stanford Report.
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3/4/2015 - American's Aren't Saving Enough for Retirement, but One Change Could Help (The New York Times)

by on March 4, 2015 4:35 pm
Here is something every non-rich American family should know: The odds are that you will run out of money in retirement. On average, a typical working family in the anteroom of retirement — headed by somebody 55 to 64 years old — has only about $104,000 in retirement savings, according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey… Read more 3/4/2015 - American's Aren't Saving Enough for Retirement, but One Change Could Help (The New York Times)
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3/3/2015 - Healthy in a Falling Apart Sort of Way

by on March 4, 2015 5:28 am
“When asked on a medical form to evaluate my overall health, I invariably check ‘healthy.’ But I sometimes wonder how accurate that is.” Read the full article by Jane Brody at The New York Times.
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3/2/2015 - 7 Steps to a Financially Secure Retirement (USA Today)

by on March 2, 2015 6:47 pm
Preparing financially for retirement may seem virtually impossible. How can you tuck away enough money for your later years given your limited income and never-ending expenses?It’s no wonder that a recent survey showed a third of people in the USA have nothing saved for their golden years. “Retirement is a big stew, and there are… Read more 3/2/2015 - 7 Steps to a Financially Secure Retirement (USA Today)