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What’s News! August 25 - 31, 2008
Your weekly link to national (50-plus) news and information from newspaper and magazine publications, news organizations and web resources nationwide! Click here to receive this free service via e-mail.
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Health:
- Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure: Study found a small but significant reduction in deaths; parallel study on cholesterol-lowering statin found no beneficial effect. HealthDay, August 31.
- Gene Linked to 'Dry' Macular Degeneration: Study also uncovers risks associated with treating 'wet' form of the eye disease. HealthDay, August 27.
- Four Online Interactive Tools Added by AARP to Website's Health Section: Guides help users find disease from symptoms, check safety of drugs, find doctors and hospitals, look up health information. Senior Journal, August 27.
- Living Longer, in Good Health to the End: Getting older doesn’t have to mean getting frailer. New York Times, August 25.
- In Prostate Cancer, Pick a Number, Any Number: A diagnosis of prostate cancer comes with a flow of percentages and test figures, but precision is still elusive. New York Times, August 25.
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Personal Finance:
- How to Retire Without Saving Millions: If you want your retirement nest egg to last as long as you do, the general rule of thumb is that you should withdraw 4% of the initial value of your diversified portfolio, adjusted each year for inflation. With that rate, you can be fairly confident that you won't run out of cash before you leave this world. Motley Fool, August 27.
Retirement:
- Health Care Costs, Economy Pushing Senior Citizens to Bankruptcy and Poverty in the U.S.: Declining economy, increasing healthcare costs and lack of retirement preparedness puts older Americans at risk. Senior Journal, August 28.
- America's Most Affordable Places to Retire: A significant number of Americans will soon retire, but many won't be looking so much for a place to settle down as to live it up. Forbes, August 27.
- Some early retirees have second thoughts: The oldest Baby Boomers are turning 62 this year, making them eligible for Social Security. About half of this year 's group — some 1.6 million — are expected to file for Social Security as soon as they qualify, even though that means receiving reduced benefits for the rest of their lives. USA Today, August 27.
- Many factor siblings into retirement plans, poll finds: Few people are saving enough for their own retirement, yet many say they are concerned they'll have to help support siblings as well as aging parents in the coming years, a study shows. Baltimore Sun, August 24.
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