Retirement age news and latest updates

Psychology & Psychiatry

How early retirement affects mental health of blue-collar women in China

Retirement is a major transition that can have a significant impact on a person's life.

Mar 4, 2024

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Health

Signs of antimicrobial resistance detected in wastewater of care and retirement homes

A new study analyzing wastewater samples from several aged care and retirement homes in Adelaide, has uncovered worrying signs of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in at least one facility. The study has been published in Microbiology ...

Oct 4, 2023

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Medical economics

Lower-middle class Americans near retirement are worse off than 20 years ago, new study shows

Lower-middle class Americans nearing retirement age are worse off than their counterparts more than two decades ago, while upper-middle Americans have largely seen their life expectancy and wealth improve. Policymakers, meanwhile, ...

Aug 23, 2023

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Medical economics

More doctors in England and Wales choosing to retire early

Increasing numbers of doctors are opting to take voluntary early retirement, rather than waiting to claim their pension at retirement age, official figures show.

Jun 28, 2023

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Health

Retirement age rising faster than healthy working life expectancy in the UK

Policies to extend working lives and raise state pension age may fail under the current conditions for work in the UK, new research suggests.

Jan 20, 2022

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Health

Experts note rise in alcohol use among older adults

As the baby boomer generation moves into retirement age, it is expected that by the year 2034, older adults (ages 65 and up) will outnumber children in the United States for the first time in history. As the population ages, ...

Sep 27, 2021

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Alzheimer's disease & dementia

Postponed retirement slows cognitive decline

Postponing retirement is protective against cognitive decline. The beneficial effect is related to a slowed rate of cognitive decline rather than a boost in cognitive function. That is what a recent study by MPIDR researcher ...

Aug 27, 2021

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Health

Is aging a disease? Treating it like one could be worth trillions, study says

We're living longer, but not necessarily better. As the population over 65 in the United States is projected to double by 2060—with one in five residents in retirement age—so will the number of Americans needing long-term ...

Jul 19, 2021

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

The British variant is 45% more contagious than the original virus

A new study at Tel Aviv University found that the British variant (termed: B.1.1.7) of COVID-19 is 45% more contagious than the original virus. The researchers relied on data from about 300,000 PCR tests for COVID-19 obtained ...

Apr 20, 2021

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