Current Awareness in Aging Research E-Clippings No. 2476–November 25, 2009.
Note: Due to the Thanksgiving Holiday there will be no E-Clippings service on Thursday or Friday. The E-Clippings will return on Monday (November 30).
US NATIONAL NEWS:
1. “‘Cancer of fraud’ permeates U.S. healthcare system,” by Tom Brown (Reuters Health, November 25, 2009).
www.reutershealth.com…
2. “Caring for the elderly,” by Lewis A. Lipsitz (_Boston Globe_, November 25, 2009). Note: This article is an op-ed piece.
www.boston.com…
3. “Safe Driving For Seniors: Officials Get Creative,” (_National Public Radio’s All Things Considered_, show airing November 24, 2009, MP3 and Java player format, running time 12 minutes 49 seconds).
www.npr.org…
4. “US corporate and public plans up in Q3,” by Raquel Pichardo-Allison (_Global Pensions_ [London], November 24, 2009).
www.globalpensions.com…
US STATE NEWS:
5. CALIFORNIA NEWS: “Calpers Weighs Booting BlackRock,” by Craig Karmin (_Wall St. Journal_, November 25, 2009, P. C1). Note: Full Text of the Wall St. Journal is available, for a fee, at:
www.wsj.com…
Full text of the article Novemberbe available via GoogleNews (news.google.com…) by searching on the title or author. Full Text is also available (usually on a one day delay) via the ProQuest Newspaper Library, for the Eastern Edition only. These articles are taken from the Midwest Edition. Do a “guided search” on article title words for the date of the article.
6. CALIFORNIA NEWS: “CalPERS probes oversight of two outside hedge fund advisors,” by Evan Halper and Marc Lifsher (_Los Angeles Times_, November 25, 2009). Note: _LAT_ requires free registration before providing articles.
www.latimes.com…
7. NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS: “Pension bomb drops on New Hampshire,” (_Eagle-Tribune_ [Lawrence, Massachusetts], November 25, 2009).
www.eagletribune.com…
8. OHIO NEWS: “Bill would help seniors avoid nursing homes,” by Jim Siegel (_Columbus Dispatch_, November 25, 2009).
www.dispatchpolitics.com…
9. WISCONSIN NEWS: “Roth IRA rules different in Wisconsin,” by Judy Newman (_Wisconsin State Journal_ [Madison, Wisconsin], November 24, 2009).
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS:
10. AUSTRALIA NEWS: “It’s our age of ageing,” by Cheryl Critchley (_Herald Sun_ [Melbourne, Victoria], November 26, 2009).
www.heraldsun.com.au…
11. AUSTRALIA NEWS: “Senate rejects cataract rebate cut again,” (_Sydney Morning Herald_, November 25, 2009).
news.smh.com.au…
12. CANADA NEWS: “More adults getting job training,” by Jill Mahoney (_Globe and Mail_ [Toronto], November 25, 2009).
www.theglobeandmail.com…
13. CANADA NEWS: “Trying to solve the pension puzzle,” by Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew (_Toronto Star_, November 25, 2009).
www.thestar.com…
14. GHANA NEWS: “Ghana gets new pension scheme in 2010,” by Emmanuel K. Dogbevi (_Ghana Business News_ [Legon-Accra], November 25, 2009).
ghanabusinessnews.com…
15. JAMAICA NEWS: “Fast growth recorded in elderly population,” by Ingrid Brown (_Jamaica Observer_ [Kingston], November 25, 2009).
www.jamaicaobserver.com…
16. RUSSIA NEWS: “Russia Putin sees economy boost from higher pensions,” (Thomson Reutes via _Forbes_, November 25, 2009).
www.forbes.com…
17. UK NEWS: “Employees resigned to working beyond retirement age,” by Graham Snowdon (_Guardian_ [London], November 25, 2009).
www.guardian.co.uk…
18. UK NEWS: “Cancer and dementia research funding could be spent on free social care, says Andy Burnham,” (_Daily Telegraph_ [London], November 25, 2009).
www.telegraph.co.uk…
MEDICAL/SCIENCE NEWS:
19. “Antioxidants could help preserve muscle strength,” by Marilynn Larkin (Reuters Health, November 24, 2009).
www.reutershealth.com…
20. “Chronic pain found to increase risk of falls in older adults,” (Eurekalert [American Association for the Advancement of Science], November 24, 2009).
www.eurekalert.org…
21. “Hormone ghrelin can boost resistance to Parkinson’s disease,” (Eurekalert [American Association for the Advancement of Science], November 25, 2009).
www.eurekalert.org…
22. “Ginkgo Won’t Prevent Heart Attack, Stroke in Elderly,” by Steven Reinberg (_US News and World Report_, November 24, 2009).
health.usnews.com…