Archives: December 2014

“Quitting Smoking for Older Adults” New NIH Resource

“Quitting Smoking for Older Adults” New NIH Resource The National Institutes of Health has released a new Web resource to help older adults stop smoking. Quitting Smoking for Older Adults, from NIHSeniorHealth, offers videos, worksheets, interactive features, strategies, quizzes, and more for older smokers who want to or are thinking...

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Life Expectancy Calculator – Charlotte Today

For those of you who watched Charlotte Today, you heard mentioned a Life Expectancy Calculator. The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator uses the most current and carefully researched medical and scientific data in order to estimate how old you will live to be. Most people score in their late...

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72% of Pre-retirees Say Ideal Retirement Will Include Work

72% of Pre-retirees Say Ideal Retirement Will Include Work According to a A Merrill Lynch Retirement Study, conducted in partnership with Age Wave, seventy-two percent of pre-retirees over the age of 50 say their ideal retirement will include working ‰ÛÒ often in new, more flexible and fulfilling ways. This comprehensive...

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Depression Can Independently Impact Dementia

Depression Can Independently Impact Dementia How Is Depression Related to Dementia? A new study published in the online issue of Neurologyå¨, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology gives insight into the relationship between depression and dementia. ‰ÛÏStudies have shown that people with symptoms of depression are more...

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