Intergenerational
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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Los Angeles Times, May 11th, 2008Reverse mortgages are one way for house-rich but cash-poor seniors to
tap into their equity without having to sell. But there are other
options to consider as well. A reverse loan is intended to
enable people 62 or
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NYTimes, May 9th, 2008
MATT Micuda was 12 in 1973 when he surfed for the first time. It was on a board that had come from a friend of the family — a Barry Kanaiaupuni model from Rick Surfboards that was made in 1968.
“I loved it immediately,” he said.
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NYtimes, May 4th, 2008
The future of Americans’ pensions has not become a serious campaign issue so far this election season. It’s hard to get retirement issues to the front of the line when the nation faces soaring health care costs, global warming,
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FoxBusiness, May 7th, 2008
Lower compensation and less time in workforce harms women's retirement security
Women are at a much higher risk than men of facing economic uncertainty in retirement and, on average, they'll enter retirement with considerably
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InvestmentNews, March 31, 2008By now you are probably tired of hearing that baby boomers are going to
change retirement. The fact is, they are. Yet despite all the talk, the
financial services industry still remains mostly unprepared — largely
because
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The New York Times, March 14th, 2008Arresting global warming won’t come cheap. Europe and Japan are
already spending billions to meet the modest carbon emission cuts that
they agreed to in Kyoto 10 years ago. And according to a recent United
Nations
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MSNBC, January 23rd, 2007If you’re already worried about your
financial future, the Federal Reserve’s emergency rate cut may do
little to calm your nerves about the economy and your investments.
Stocks are down 10 percent from the start of the year,
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USA Today, October 13th, 2007Maybe you're not caring for elderly parents now. But you might be soon.
Forty-one percent of baby boomers who have a
living parent are helping take care of them, with personal help,
financial assistance or both, according
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The New York Times, July 30th, 2006 NEW YORK was aghast last week at the dark drama surrounding Brooke
Astor, the 104-year-old philanthropist and socialite. Her grandson is
taking his father, her only son, to court for not providing for her
needs and
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The New York Times, November 22nd, 2006AMY ALTMAN never knew the great-grandmother for whom she was named. She
died before Ms. Altman was born. And though her mother shared memories
of the family matriarch, Ms. Altman, 28, never forged that singular
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