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Decision to keep working has many benefits, experts say Original Source By Marcus Green Even as Kentucky's Baby Boomers near traditional retirement age, they and other older workers make up one of the state's fastest-growing parts of the work force, according to new Census data.…

13 Jul 2008 Original Source By Tanika White, Sun reporter After four years of medical school and three years of internal medicine training, Jessica Colburn could have chosen just about any field of medicine to practice. Gastroenterology would have been lucrative, brain surgery exciting. At…

Original Source By Jane E. Brody Dr. Peter I. Pressman decided to retire in 2003 after 40 years as a New York breast cancer surgeon much admired by his patients for the time and skill he devoted to them and their families. He was 68,…

Original Source 5 Questions for... Gary Bass, Founder and Executive Director, OMB Watch Founded in 1983 with the goal of lifting the veil of secrecy then shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget, OMB Watch is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that…

Original Source By Kristin Palitza Durban Refugees and migrants do not have adequate access to health care services in South Africa, aid organisations and NGOs say. This is particularly detrimental for those who are HIV-positive and in need of continuous antiretroviral (ARV) medication: interrupted treatment…

Original Source Letters To the Editor: As Tara Parker-Pope points out in " School Is Out, and Nutrition Takes a Hike (Well, June 24), summer is a time when many kids' eating habits suffer. But the danger goes beyond cheese fries. Keeping kids mentally and…

Original Source by Ledyard King Gannett News Service WASHINGTON - For kids pouring out of school this month, the hazards of summer go far beyond sunburns and bug bites. Many children - especially poor ones - will take a step back academically as the lessons…

The first year of the Center for After-School Excellence's certificate program saw a high level of participant satisfaction and a relatively high level of completion, a new report from Policy Studies Associates finds.Launched in 2007, the one-year program enables staff who serve New York City…

Children who read at grade level by third grade are more likely to graduate from high school, and high school graduates are more likely to pursue further education and be employed, with higher incomes and better health, than their peers who drop out. But many…

  Supporting advocates who work to persuade members of the U.S. Congress of the necessity of allocating more federal money for children’s health programmes... Backing public interest lawyers whose arguments convince the U.S. Supreme Court that capital punishment for youth is unconstitutional.... Convincing lawmakers to…