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Working Seniors -- Healthier Seniors

Date Added: 06-10-2005

There are SO many reasons for senior to stay healthy well past the age of retirement.

Read the excerpt below.

2005-10-03

(I-Newswire) - According to the U.S. Surgeon General, empirical evidence suggests there are three essential elements to successful aging:

Avoidance of disease and disability

Ongoing cognitive and physical functioning

Involvement in interpersonal relationships and productive activities

Actually, the good news for working seniors is getting even better. A recent study of more than 2,700 Americans suggests that having a job or engaging in volunteer work may be as effective as cardiopulmonary fitness activities in lowering the risk of death. In the study, reported in the British Medical Journal, researchers at the Harvard University School of Public Health found that seniors who are socially active and productive live longer than those who are not.

Why Seniors become entrepreneurs – or Senior~Preneurs

Read the entire article: http://i-newswire.com/pr47490.html