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Britain's post-war baby boomers, associated throughout their lives with social change, are failing to break new ground in their approach to growing old. Academic research supported by the Economic and Social Research Council and Arts and Humanities Research Council shows that most members of the baby boom generation - often regarded as the first teenagers of a more affluent consumer society - have modest ideas for their retirement.

Convenient online registration to the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis 2008, at greatly discounted rates, is available only until October 31, 2008. To benefit from lower rates and easy registration, please visit http://www.iofbonehealth.org/wco/2008/homepage.html. Special registration fees are available for participants from non-OECD countries and for IOF members.

DSS Research, the largest research and analytics firm dedicated to the market information needs of health insurance organizations, released today the latest wave of its quarterly, national SeniorTrax® Survey of the 65 and over population. The most recent survey data completed in early September with 580 seniors 65 and over concludes that most seniors feel health care in the US is more likely to improve under the leadership of Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama.

After reading an msnbc.com story on the phenomenon of long-time couples who die close together, readers wrote in with their own experiences - the love stories of family and friends.

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