Retirement – Urbanatural

Loneliness And Social Isolation Can Impact Longevity

August 22, 2017 Urbanatural

A greater social connection is associated with a 50 percent reduction in the risk of premature mortality. The growing phenomenon of loneliness, which international experts have described as a global epidemic, may be responsible for as many deaths as obesity, according to the results of two meta-analyses presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Washington. To examine the impact of social isolation and solitude on the risk of premature mortality, researchers conducted an initial meta-analysis of 148 studies that involved 300,000 participants. The results confirmed the…

When to retire? – A study by Dr. Sing Lin

August 18, 2016August 21, 2016 Urbanatural

This study is worth reading again and again It carries a weighty title: “Optimum Strategies for Creativity and Longevity”, and was the hard work of a Dr Sing Lin, a member of National Council of the Chinese Institute of Engineers , USA/Greater New York Chapter. According to the academic, pension funds in many large American corporations (e.g., Boeing, Lockheed Martin, AT&T, Lucent Technologies, etc.) have in recent years been “over funded” because many retirees who work into their old age and retire after 65 tend to diewithin two years of retirement.…