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...Civic Ventures, a think tank focused on aging. A November study from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) titled "Why Baby Boomers Will Need to Work Longer" finds that having a workforce that continues a few years beyond the traditional retirement age is the only way for boomers to prevent a decline in their standard of living and not drag down U.S. economic growth. The report estimates that a two-year increase in the median retirement age - from 62.6 to 64.1 over the next decade - would add nearly $13 trillion to real U.S. GDP during the next 30 years while reducing...
After years of conflicting studies on gingko biloba's benefits for memory loss, a definitive clinical trial finally concludes that the extract does not prevent brain decline...
Reporting Nov. 18 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Steven DeKosky, dean of the school of medicine at University of Virginia, found that taking 120 mg of gingko biloba twice a day did not prevent the development of dementia in a group of 1,545 seniors 75 years and older; there was no difference in rates of dementia among the intervention group and a similar group of 1,524 participants who took identical placebos. This was the largest and longest investigation into the effects of gingko biloba, and the first study to explore whether a supplement could...
...elderly population for such a long period of time. In fact, DeKosky had recruited double the number of people who participated in the study - the volunteers, plus a study partner for each volunteer who ensured that participants would be available for follow up testing. "There have not been many prevention trials in Alzheimer's," says Thies. "This study says that you can run a study in this population and carry it out to its end. That's important as we look to the future to test drugs that could change the course of the disease." And hopefully someday, perhaps even...
...Gang of 14 - or what's left of it, now that Republicans John Warner, Mike DeWine and Lincoln Chafee have all either retired or lost their re-election bids - came into existence in the spring of 2005 to prevent the far wings of the two parties from blowing up the Senate over several of President George W. Bush's judicial appointments. Senate Republicans wanted to use an arcane rule to effectively overcome, and therefore destroy, the filibuster. "While Presidents come and go every four to eight years, judges could be there 20 to 30 years. More and more decisions...