Almost a million older people feel lonelier at Christmas
New research for Age UK shows that nearly a million (928,000) older people feel lonelier at Christmas time.
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Get ready for the Las Vegas CES on January 9-12th, 2018
The CES 2018 will run Tuesday, January 9 through Friday, January 12 in Las Vegas, NV. CES 2018 will touch every major global industry, hosting 3,900 exhibitors, and drive the ever-evolving technology landscape across 2.5 million net square feet of exhibit space.
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Pensions reforms have slowed in OECD countries but need to continue, says OECD
Pensions at a Glance 2017 says that public spending on pensions for the OECD as a whole has risen by about 1.5% of GDP since 2000. However, the pace of spending growth is projected to slow substantially. At the same time, recent reforms will lower the incomes of many future pensioners. People will live longer
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Incidence of age-related macular degeneration twice as high in women than men, says GlobalData
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in the seven major markets of the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK, and Japan, saw the majority of diagnosed incident cases occurring in women (65.76%), with just over 7.40 million cases, while men accounted for 34.24%, with just under 3.85 million cases in 2016, according to GlobalData, a data and
Poverty of ageing Japanese population fuelling “silver crime” wave
Nearly one in four elderly Japanese convicts is reoffending and ending up back behind bars within two years of being released, according to new government figures.
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