Health
Boomers hit hardest by 'Great Recession'
A new study shows what many middle-aged Californians privately suspect: They are the first to lose their jobs and the health benefits that come with those jobs when hard times hit.
Jul 31, 2013
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News tagged with baby boom generation
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Bolstering your brain against dementia
For years, the news about Alzheimer's and other dementia-related illness has been unrelentingly grim. We don't know many of the causes. We don't have a cure.
Jul 23, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C, expert panel says
(HealthDay)—All adults born between 1945 and 1965—the baby boom generation—should be screened for the hepatitis C virus along with injection-drug users and anyone transfused before 1992, according to new recommendations ...
Jun 24, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Number of people with Alzheimer's disease may triple by 2050
The number of people with Alzheimer's disease is expected to triple in the next 40 years, according to a new study published in the February 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy ...
Feb 6, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hepatitis: The hidden hazard
(HealthDay)—Of all the diseases people worry about getting, viral hepatitis is usually way down on the list. Most often it's thought of as a disease that affects only drug addicts or the sexually promiscuous. Though those ...
Dec 21, 2012
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Trial set to see if drug can prevent Alzheimer's
(HealthDay) -- Researchers are preparing to test an experimental drug in people genetically primed to develop Alzheimer's disease.
May 16, 2012
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Health
Trustees report warns Medicare finances worsening
Medicare will run out of money sooner than expected, and Social Security's financial problems can't be ignored either, the government said Tuesday in a sobering checkup on programs vital to the middle class.
Jun 5, 2018
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Health
Classes help older drivers sharpen their skills
Joe Minerva has been driving since 1946. He's a skilled and disciplined driver and he's never been in an accident.
Dec 1, 2015
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Animal study reveals potential brain-health benefits of a walnut-enriched diet
A new animal study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease indicates that a diet including walnuts may have a beneficial effect in reducing the risk, delaying the onset, slowing the progression of, or preventing Alzheimer's ...
Oct 21, 2014
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HIV & AIDS
Washington tailors HIV and AIDS talk to seniors
(AP)—Officials in the nation's capital are asking senior citizens to think about HIV and AIDS.
Oct 17, 2012
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