http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- In a development that could have significant ramifications for the nation's health care system, Baby Boomers may well be entering their 60s suffering far more disabilities than their counterparts did in previous generations, according to a new UCLA study. The findings, researchers say, may be due in part to changing American demographics. http://www.physorg.com/news177272135.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:16:31 EST news177272135 (AP) -- There aren't just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too. http://www.physorg.com/news168865202.html Medicine & Health Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:10:01 EST news168865202 (AP) -- Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. http://www.physorg.com/news165656393.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:30:01 EST news165656393 Men are planning for their financial security in retirement but not for their happiness, according to a survey revealing that more women than men plan for their health and leisure interests before they stop working. http://www.physorg.com/news163156920.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:22:31 EST news163156920 (AP) -- There is no easy fix. http://www.physorg.com/news162396877.html Medicine & Health Sun, 24 May 2009 15:15:10 EST news162396877 Hospitals across Canada are seeking ways to free up beds. University of Alberta researcher Donna Wilson has a suggestion: people should be encouraged to die at home rather than in hospital. http://www.physorg.com/news161961552.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 14:19:34 EST news161961552 Nearly 48 million Americans have a disability, an increase of three million from 1999, and arthritis tops the list of most common causes of disability, according to an article published today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). In addition, the number of people who report arthritis as the primary cause of disability has increased by one million. The Arthritis Foundation believes that findings from this study must be taken into consideration as a part of health care reform in this country and arthritis research and prevention efforts strengthened to reduce and minimize the burden of arthritis. http://www.physorg.com/news160316630.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:25:39 EST news160316630 Children of baby boomers aren't the only ones who have taken to setting up home far from where their parents live. A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents how larval dispersal connects marine fish populations in a network of marine protected areas - information that is critical for fisheries managers. http://www.physorg.com/news157201631.html Biology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:07:52 EST news157201631 Facebook, shmacebook. Senior citizens want their own social networking sites. http://www.physorg.com/news157055807.html Technology Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:37:15 EST news157055807 Loss of thinking power is a fear shared by many aging baby boomers. That fear has resulted in a budding industry for brain training products - exercises such as Brain Age, Mindfit and My Brain Trainer - which in 2007 generated $80 million in the United States alone. http://www.physorg.com/news155938007.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:07:01 EST news155938007 South Florida has the second most populous Jewish community in America, after New York. Jewish people traditionally settled in South Florida for economic opportunities, for the climate, to join friends and family and to retire. Nonetheless, the once growing Jewish population of Broward County is now declining in numbers, according to a recent study conducted by University of Miami professor Dr. Ira M. Sheskin, from the department of Geography and Regional Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Jewish Demography Project of the Sue and Leonard Miller Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies. http://www.physorg.com/news155925817.html Other Sciences Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:44:11 EST news155925817 The continued decline of the nursing home - once the mainstay care for the frail elderly - and an upsurge in popularity of assisted living will lead to many dramatic changes in long-term care, according to a University of Florida expert and editor of a new book on the subject. http://www.physorg.com/news134824303.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:11:43 EST news134824303