Live Longer if you retire later?
Now a new study tell us if we want to live longer, we need to retire later.
Take a peak at this article and let us know what you think.
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By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- In what looks like a jolt to the American dream of retiring early, epidemiologists have found that workers who quit at age 55 face a significantly higher risk of dying in the following decade.
The study of more than 3,500 Shell Oil workers who retired between 1973 and 2003 found no increased death rate for those who retired at age 60 or 65, according to a report in the Oct. 22 issue of the British Medical Journal.
Shell Oil did not make available the epidemiologists who did the study. A statement released by a company spokesperson said the study was "part of Shell's routine monitoring of its workforce." Shell has followed its retirees for as long as 26 years.
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Barbara c. Phillips, NP
OlderWiserWomen™
Take a peak at this article and let us know what you think.
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By Ed Edelson
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Oct. 21 (HealthDay News) -- In what looks like a jolt to the American dream of retiring early, epidemiologists have found that workers who quit at age 55 face a significantly higher risk of dying in the following decade.
The study of more than 3,500 Shell Oil workers who retired between 1973 and 2003 found no increased death rate for those who retired at age 60 or 65, according to a report in the Oct. 22 issue of the British Medical Journal.
Shell Oil did not make available the epidemiologists who did the study. A statement released by a company spokesperson said the study was "part of Shell's routine monitoring of its workforce." Shell has followed its retirees for as long as 26 years.
Read the rest of the story here....
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Barbara c. Phillips, NP
OlderWiserWomen™
posted by BarbaraC. Phillips, NP | 8:59 PM
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