Waist, Hip Size Key To Predicting Health Risk
A large European study has confirmed that simple measurements of the waist and hips may offer a better way of predicting obesity-related death than a standard, but more complicated, system of relating weight to height.
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Sharp-Witted Elderly Shed Insight On Dementia
People who manage to keep a razor-sharp memory well into their 80s appear to have fewer fiber-like tangles of a protein linked with Alzheimer's than those who age normally, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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To Ride Out Bad Times With 401(k) Savings Takes A Plan
The nation is experiencing what some have called the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. And based on the sharp drop in the value of their 401(k)s, few American families would disagree. Now, more than ever, they need advice on how to deal with the crisis.
Jerry Costilow, for example, retired in 2004 because of health problems. For now he relies in part on Social Security Disability payments. Through the end of September, the value of his 401(k) was down more than 25%.
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Child Care Ranks High Among Important Workplace Benefits
From Spencer's Benefits Reports: Child care is one of the most important workplace benefits for families with two working parents, according to a study released by the Consulting Practice at Bright Horizons Family Solutions. The study indicates that one in four parents using work-site child care have actually turned down or not pursued a job change because of the lack of work-site child care.
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Some Employers Are Viewing Consumer-Directed Health Plans as Retiree Savings Vehicles
The Kaiser/HRET 2008 employee benefits cost survey and a summary of the Towers Perrin 2009 Health Care Cost Survey, both released on Sept. 24, find that companies view CDH plans as a vehicle for managing their costs and continuing to provide their employees with health benefits.
But the Towers Perrin survey of 321 of the nation's largest employers, covering 6.6 million employees, also suggests that large employers view CDH plans as a way to help their employees prepare for medical expenses in retirement. The final version of the report will be released in early January 2009.
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Lean Economy, Fatty Diet
Prices are way down on the stock market and way up at the grocery store. Just thinking about it could make you lose your appetite -- or, alternatively, give you a serious craving for some comfort food. Indeed, as the economy flags, sags and drags, there's talk that it could affect the way people eat, and even how much they weigh.
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Strength Training Can Ease Aging's Effects On Women
Strength training -- it's not just for muscle-heads anymore. A study published last month in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that although older women gained muscle strength after an eight-week strength-training program, they showed little improvement in muscle power, or how much force is generated in a given amount of time. The latter is indicative of having fewer fast-twitch muscle fibers -- engaged during sprinting, kicking a ball or getting up and down from a chair.
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