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Widowhood's economic consequences harshest on minority women
04-30-2007 · EurekAlert!Minority widows are at a particularly high risk of poverty in late life, according to a report published in the latest issue of the Gerontologist. While the data reveal a substantial financial widowhood penalty among all ethnic groups, minority women often have lower incomes and fewer assets to begin with.
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01-23-2007 · EurekAlert!
Garvan scientists say that men need to realize osteoporosis is not just a disease of elderly women and that once men over the age of 60 have had a fracture, around one in three will have broken another bone within just a few years.
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- More women students choose engineering -- but not as a career
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- LSU professor helps India prepare for impact of global warming
04-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
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