Canadian boomers may have easy retirement

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Canadian boomers may have easy retirement MONTREAL (UPI) -- Baby boomers say they are retiring healthy, are financially secure and want to travel, at least in Canada, a Montreal researchers says. Jacques Legare, a demographer at the Universite de Montreal, says baby boomers -- born from 1946 to 1966 -- have few children and don't plan on counting on their children to look after them in their old age. "They've been independent their entire lives. They won't stop being self-reliant when they get old and sick," Legare says in a statement. "They are usually well educated and have great financial means -- they benefited from generous pensions and have contributed to Registered Retirement Savings Plans for decades. They plan on taking advantage of that and they will." Traditionally, when someone elderly gets sick their spouse or a child cares for them, but baby boomers may rethink caregiving and live together in larger houses where they share the cost and services of a private nurse, Legare forecasted. Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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White teens suffer more from family change DENVER (UPI) -- White teens who go through family changes such as moving or divorce seem to take it harder than their African-American peers, U.S. researchers found. Study author Paula Fomby of the University of Colorado in Denver tracked some 8,000 U.S. teens from adolescence in the mid '90s to young adulthood for seven years. "We were interested in what distinguished white teenagers from black teenagers, and entertained various explanations offered by other research and theories. Our study reveals two findings. One, the sheer number of adults that are around to give teenagers or their parents support varies by ethnic or racial group," Fomby said in a statement. "Additionally, adjustment to economic hardship trumps the growing pains introduced by other family changes such as divorce or remarriage." The study, published in The Journal of Marriage and Family, found teens who had several family changes engaged in more delinquent behavior, became sexually active earlier or became parents outside of marriage more often than those teens who always lived in the same family arrangement -- either married parents or a single parent. The study also found white adolescents are more likely to become sexually active earlier and experience a non-marital birth than African-American teens. Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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Uninsured less likely to get critical care NEW YORK (UPI) -- People uninsured in the United States are about half as likely to receive critical care and more likely to have life support withdrawn, researchers said. The American Thoracic Society's Health Disparities Group conducted a review of studies and found that once the uninsured are admitted to a hospital intensive care unit, they are less likely to have invasive procedures or pulmonary artery catheterizations. "Patients in the United States who do not have health insurance and become critically ill receive fewer critical care services and may experience worse clinical outcomes," Dr. J. Randall Curtis, president of the American Thoracic Society and one of the investigators, said in a statement. "Improving pre-existing healthcare coverage may be one mechanism to reduce such disparities." The researchers identified 29 studies that described the admissions and outcomes for critically ill patients with and without insurance. The review, published in the May issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found the uninsured received reduced services and greater discharge delays. "Although U.S. hospitals are legally obligated to care for patients who are emergency ill, they are not obligated to be the continuing provider for medically stabilized uninsured patients," lead author Dr. Robert Fowler of the University of Toronto noted. The discharge delays may be due to the "difficulty in finding healthcare providers or facilities to accept these patients." Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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Obesity increases fibromyalgia risk TRONDHEIM, Norway (UPI) -- Researchers in Norway say obesity increased the risk for fibromyalgia, but exercise decreased fibromyalgia risk. Study leader Paul Mork of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim found women who reported exercising four times per week had a 29 percent lower risk of fibromyalgia compared with inactive women. "Similar results were found in the analysis of the summary score combining information on frequency, duration and intensity of exercise; women with the highest exercise level had a somewhat lower risk than inactive women," Mork said in a statement. Mork and colleagues based the study on data collected from the Nord-Trondelag Health Study, the first part conducted in 1984 and the second part in 1995. In the 11 years between, 380 new cases of fibromyalgia were reported among the 15,990 women participants. The study, published in Arthritis Care & Research, also found being overweight or obese a strong and independent risk factor for future development of fibromyalgia. Being overweight or obese and inactive -- pointed to a further disadvantage than being overweight or obese alone, the study said. Copyright 2010 by United Press International
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