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Today, AARP Services and Focalyst released their first quarterly boomer report which focuses on the travel trends of baby boomers and others age 50+. This is the first in a series of reports tracking baby boomer trends through Focalyst?a joint venture of AARP Services Inc. and the Kantar Group specializing in research about baby boomers.

With the current contract set to expire on Friday, a deal between the United Autoworkers and Detroit's big three automakers -- Ford Motor, General Motors and [click link for full article]

Sens. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) on Monday sent a letter signed by 44 senators to President Bush requesting that he rescind new rules issued last month that limit SCHIP enrollment to the lowest-income children, CongressDaily reports (Johnson [1], CongressDaily, 9/11). [click link for full article]

The Buck Institute for Age Research is launching a new scientific discipline called Geroscience, which will be focused on the interface of normal aging and age-related disease. A five-year $25 million dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap for Medical Research will establish an Interdisciplinary Research Consortium in Geroscience at the Institute. The Buck received one of nine Roadmap awards granted in the U.S. [click link for full article]

Title: Family Dinners Shape Healthier Eating Habits
Category: Health News
Created: 9/13/2007 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/13/2007

Bringing together data from many federal sources, Kramarow and coauthors show that in recent decades, the health of older Americans has improved on nearly all major indicators, including longevity, self-reported health, and functioning. For example, life expectancy at ages 65 and 85 increased from 13.8 and 4.7 years, respectively, in 1950 to 18.7 and 6.8 years, respectively, in 2004. The proportion of older people reporting fair or poor health declined between 1982 and 2005 from 34. [click link for full article]

TORONTO (CP) - Canadian researchers are launching a large, multi-year international study to try to find a way to help the hundreds of thousands of men diagnosed with prostate cancer every year decide whether to opt for potentially life-altering treatments or choose a watch-and-wait approach.

TORONTO - Fewer Canadian seniors overall are taking potentially harmful drugs, but certain medications considered dicey for older people are still being prescribed - and the use of some has even risen, says a report released Thursday.

TORONTO (CP) - Ranbaxy Laboratories of India said Thursday it will appeal a Canadian court decision holding back Ranbaxy from launching a generic competitor to Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor cholesterol drug.

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