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Deluxe Links A heartbreaking story, gorgeously and simply written -- which is what gorgeous writing is. Short, also a characteristic of fine writing. "Lives," in the New York Times Magazine. Good news? Most of the new jobs are going to older people. The New York Times does a special section on "Retirement." Uh oh. Medicine marches on: glaucoma may be a nerve problem, not an eye disease. AAO via EurekAlert! They're still talking about us old people going back to work. NPR Headline of the day: "Understanding a Patient's End-of-Life Goals." No kidding. NJSpotlight Face it: you're worried about it. New study discovers how Alzheimer's spreads. New York Times The New Yorker put this article behind their online pay-wall. It's worth paying a little money to read it, if you're over sixty, or planning to be, and curious about how it feels to be old. I'm betting you won't find a link to it anywhere else. Donald Hall, a former U.S. Poet Laureate, writes about what he sees "Out My Window" in winter. Link. A techie worries about heedless old people using the Internet. ZDNet How much is Medicare paying health providers in your town? Run your mouse over this map and find out. Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care How will it be to grow old in America? Here's one projection:
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 Want to fix something now, Mr. Obama? Do this: Fifteen months ago, bills were introduced in both houses of Congress that might have ended the shortage of cancer chemo drugs. Nothing has happened. Chemo drugs have gone generic, and they don't make enough money, so pharmas are cutting back on production, which has created dangerous shortages for people fighting cancer. Including children. CBS offers the latest infuriating report on this stupid situation. The government is the only power center that can fix this. The drug industry has already given its answer to the problem. It's too late to write your representative. It's time to call. Or, what could the President do? This is a real emergency with a real deadline. How about it, Barack? Yes, Congress can't get a student loan rate rollback done. Shame. But nobody will die as a result.
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