Archives: August 2013

Americans Living Longer but Are Less Healthy

Wrong, wrong, wrong. So just on the heels of reporting that if you make it to 90 you have a reasonable shot at living with a quality of life to 95 comes this. Americans are living longer than they did two decades ago, but they are losing ground on key...

read more

90+ Living Longer and Smarter

Hey after all,Jack was on to something! Those surviving past the age of 90 today are living longer and are mentally sharper than those born a decade earlier. A Danish study has shown that people born in 1915 were almost a third more likely to reach 95 than those born...

read more

Visit Your Parents or Else

Grown children in China must visit their parents or potentially face fines or jail, a revised “Elderly Rights Law” mandates. Being ridiculed by many, the intent is probably more important than the actual enforcement.One of the drafters, Xiao Jinming, a law professor at Shandong University, said the new law was...

read more