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Baby boomers are reinventing retirement

(PhysOrg.com) -- The challenges faced by recent retirees are changing how we plan for and expect to experience retirement in the future, say the academics working on a new University of Melbourne study.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 11, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Research may help states address unfunded retiree liabilities

Research shows that, nationally, states are facing more than $550 billion in unfunded liabilities associated with health care and other non-pension benefits for retired state employees, a situation many states are now struggling ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Retirees' health-care benefits at risk, study warns

A nearly two-decade trend that is stripping away employer-provided health-care benefits for retirees in private business will likely continue and could soon hit an even deeper pool of government retirees, new research by ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Mental gyms reap younger minds

(Medical Xpress) -- A daily mental ‘work-out' has given a group of over 50s the brain performance of people several years younger, a Swinburne University of Technology clinical trial has shown.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Former trailblazer Kodak files for Chapter 11

Is Kodak's moment past? The glory days when Eastman Kodak Co. ruled the world of film photography lasted for over a century. Then came a stunning reversal of fortune: cutthroat competition from Japanese firms ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5

Greying Singapore taps robots, games in rehab

Six months ago, Singaporean retiree Soon Eng Sam, 70, suffered a stroke that paralysed the left side of his body.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 01, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Stanford researchers find that pension funds for California state workers are still in peril - action needed now

Almost two years ago, a Stanford study stirred up discussion statewide with the prediction that the pension funds of California's state workers were headed for a train wreck. The retirement system would eventually not have ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Seniors in Sweden 'stayin' alive' with exercise

The disco beat of 'Stayin' Alive' pulses through the room as Lennart Zetterqvist heaves dumbbells out to his side, zipping through the paces of a workout class with a twist: it's for seniors aged 90 and up.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists excited over hints of finding an elusive particle

Scientists are quivering with anticipation - flying halfway around the world for a close-up view of the action and devouring the latest updates from the blogosphere the way some girls track the doings of Justin Bieber.

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (13) | comments 33

Senior citizens a bigger slice of US society: census

People over 65 make up an increasingly large slice of US society, some 40.3 million in 2010, the US Census Bureau reported Wednesday.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft struggles to regain former growth

A quarter-century into its career as a publicly traded company, Microsoft finds itself a prisoner of its own past success.

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NASA sting terrifies woman, 74

(AP) -- The elaborate mission to recover a moon rock led NASA agents to one of the most down-to-earth places: a Denny's restaurant in Riverside County.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 8

Allowing part-time surgeons may help address workforce shortage

More part-time employment for surgeons, particularly retiring older male or young female surgeons taking time off for their families, may considerably reduce the surgeon shortage in the United States by 2030, according to ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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