Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"
Heading for retirement, some N.C. boomers are fat and flat broke
Thomas Goldsmith
McClatchy Tribune
July 26, 2010
Overview: “The generation known as baby boomers may go into old age broke and fat, researchers say. Those among the first decade of boomers - now at retirement age or within 10 years of it - may find that a combination of unhealthy living and unwise personal finance decisions will leave them in rough shape after age 65”
http://tinyurl.com/37auga6
Alzheimer's disease: The best bets for prevention, so far
Shari Roan
Los Angeles Times
July 26. 2010
Overview: “The audience wasn't happy. Its members — private citizens, healthcare professionals and advocates for the elderly — had gathered to hear a report on how to prevent Alzheimer's; instead, they were told that, in fact, nothing has been proved to keep the disease at bay.”
http://tinyurl.com/2dd4vlu