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FH Boom Daily Digest – June 14, 2010

Posted: 14 Jun 2010 05:03 AM PDT

Top News From Today's "Boomiverse"

I Get Around
Anne Mai Bertelsen
Engage Boomers
June 14, 2010

Overview: "Last week, scheduling a dinner meeting, I tried to recall the name of a restaurant where I had recently eaten a phenomenal cacio e pepe dish. I could see the restaurant in my mind and even the approximate location but the for the life of me I couldn't remember its name."
http://tinyurl.com/28yfwnj

Retirements by baby-boomer doctors, nurses could strain overhaul
Darryl Fears
Washington Post
June 14, 2010

Overview: "Nearly 40 percent of doctors are 55 or older, according to the Center for Workforce Studies of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Included in that group are doctors whose specialties will be the pillars of providing care in 2014, when the overhaul kicks in; family medicine and general practitioners (37 percent); general surgeons (42 percent); pediatrics (33 percent), and internal medicine and pediatrics (35 percent)."
http://tinyurl.com/2836h9n

In Midlife, Boomers Are Happy — and Suicidal
Patricia Cohen
New York Times
June 11, 2010

Overview: "If you are suddenly feeling confused about whether to greet middle age with open arms or dread, it is understandable. In recent weeks, researchers reported that Americans in midlife are a remarkably contented lot, and that they also have the highest rate of suicide."
http://tinyurl.com/24s6vsy

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