Science news articles about 'retirement'

Doing a job that is intellectually demanding creates thinking abilities that pay dividends into retirement -- regardless of intelligence or years of education, according to new research from the Duke ...

(AP) -- Two longtime IBM Corp. executives are retiring, prompting the technology company to reshuffle its top ranks.

Faced with chronic staffing shortages, hospitals and clinics in Gatineau are trying to lure retired health care professionals back to work for a few hours a week.

... a screening study of 1,286 active and retired San Francisco firefighters. From August 2006 to ... -22 and hematuria, with two patients – both retired firefighters – ultimately diagnosed with TCC. The age ...

Zambia looks set to drop mandatory retirement for scientists, with the aim of addressing the country's chronic skills shortage.

... its the feeling of unfinished business. Maybe its the fire in the belly that has not quite extinguished. For retired elite athletes, the itch is always there to make a return after experiencing "life ...

... of the new study clarify the complex process and the risk factors of work disability. The Finnish research group found a moderate genetic contribution to the variation of disability retirement.

Paul G. Rogers, a retired congressman known as "Mr. Health" for his work on environmental and healthcare legislation during 24 years as a Democratic representative from West Palm Beach, Fla., died ...

Famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking will retire from his prestigious post at Cambridge University next year, but intends to continue his exploration of time and space.

... ." Because the stock market plunge has withered savings, many of those workers may have to postpone retirement and keep working, Kaplan said. That, in turn, would reduce job openings for younger ...

NASA's plan to retire its shuttle fleet by 2010 faces big challengs, a new report finds.

... football players doesn't increase risk of cardiovascular disease or atherosclerosis after they retire, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. ...

... graduate and assistant professor of social work at the University of Missouri. "People can go in and out of retirement, and women may leave the workforce at an earlier age than men for a variety of ...

NASA's soon-to-be-retired space shuttles are up for grabs. The space agency said Wednesday it's looking for ideas on where and how best to display its space shuttles once they stop flying in a few ...

Elmer L. Gaden Jr., a retired University of Virginia chemical engineering professor, has won the 2009 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize for his pioneering research that enabled the large-scale ...