Health
The New York Times, June 24 2008Fact: Every hour of every day, 330 Americans turn 60.
Fact: By 2030, one in five Americans will be older than 65.
Fact: The number of people over 100 doubles every decade.
Fact: As they age, people lose muscle mass
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The Boston Globe, June 26, 2008A 65-year-old couple needs $85,000 on average to cover
insurance costs for long-term care such as nursing home stays in
retirement, according to a study to be released Thursday by Fidelity
Investments.
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The New York Times, June 25, 2008To cut costs and reduce fraud in one corner of the sprawling
Medicare program, Congress called for competitive bidding on medical
equipment that is provided to elderly and disabled Americans and set a
sensible schedule
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The Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2008In the spring of 2001, Bill Thomas, dressed in his usual sweat shirt
and Birkenstock sandals, entered the buttoned-down halls of the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation. His message: Nursing homes need to be taken
out
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YahooNews, June 11, 2008For the first time, U.S. life expectancy has surpassed 78 years, the
government reported Wednesday, although the United States continues to
lag behind about 30 other countries in estimated life span.
The increase is due mainly
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The New York Times, June 4th, 2008Red wine may be much more potent than was thought in extending human
lifespan, researchers say in a new report that is likely to give
impetus to the rapidly growing search for longevity drugs.
The study is based on
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New York Times, May 25th, 2008First thing every morning, Lynn Pitet, of Cody, Wyo., checks her
computer to see whether her mother, Helen Trost, has gotten out of bed,
taken her medication and whether she is moving around inside her house
hundreds of
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New York Times, Mat 13th, 2008DR. PAUL D. THOMPSON, a 60-year-old marathon runner and chief of
cardiology at Hartford Hospital, stood in front of a medical audience
recently and began his talk with a story about himself.
“I’ve been lifting weights
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New York Times, May 20th, 2008When older people can no longer remember names at a cocktail party,
they tend to think that their brainpower is declining. But a growing
number of studies suggest that this assumption is often wrong.
Instead, the research
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BusinessWeek, May 13th, 2008In this roundup of B-school research: why women are better savers,
it's good to talk up your rivals, and how a logo can spark ideas.
Women are more motivated than men to save for retirement, according to a recent report from
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NYTimes, May 3rd, 2008
When David Bunnell, a magazine publisher who lives in Berkeley, Calif., went to a FedEx store to send a package a few years ago, he suddenly drew a blank as he was filling out the forms.
“I couldn’t remember my address,” said
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NYTimes, May 5th, 2008
Edie Gieg, 85, strides ahead of people half her age and plays a fast-paced game of tennis. But when it comes to health care, she is a champion of “slow medicine,” an approach that encourages less aggressive — and less costly —
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The New York Times, April 15th, 2008Few products are hated as much as hearing aids.
The devices can squeal with feedback and overamplify background
noises like the click of a turn signal or whir of a ceiling fan. They
must be removed for showering
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Yahoo News, April 14th, 2008Millions of baby boomers are about to enter a health care system for
seniors that not only isn't ready for them, but may even discourage
them from getting quality care.
"We face an impending crisis as the growing number
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The New York Times, April 10th, 2008As a professor of computer sciences at Carnegie Mellon University,
Randy F. Pausch expected students to pay attention to his lectures. He
never expected that the rest of the world would listen, too.
But today, more
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