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Honda Lifts Retirement Age as Japan Inc. Copes With Aging

2015-12-01 04:41:56| Automakers - Topix.net

Honda Motor Co. plans to shake up job terms next fiscal year and lift its retirement age by five years to 65, making the carmaker one of Japan Inc.'s biggest companies to take action in coping with the nation's aging demographics.

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RPI biotech center looks ahead to ease aging

2015-11-26 20:19:51| Biotech - Topix.net

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies was featured in Science 2034 - a collection of essays sponsored through The Science Coalition, a nonprofit organization that advocates for federal investment in scientific research. Deepak Vashishth, the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies's director, envisions a world through which manipulating proteins will change how doctors address diseases connected to aging - like Osteoporosis, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

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Jamaicas aging water systems falter under intense heat and drought

2015-11-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: This past summer Jamaicans sweltered through their third consecutive year of reduced rainfall resulting in wild fires, a crop-killing drought and daily water cuts. As temperatures exceeded 93.7 F (34.2 Celsius) in several areas, the Meteorological Service urged Jamaicans to "Wake up to the realisation that climate change is already a fact of life." Some of the hottest days on record had been recorded in July with even higher temperatures predicted for August. With storage running low and an...

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Halyard Health: An Aging Population, Transformation And Takeover Play

2015-11-17 13:08:36| Paper - Topix.net

The company, once a neglected division of Kimberly Clark, is in the midst of transforming itself into an independent innovative company in the healthcare market. In the company's most recent quarter, its surgical and infection prevention division recorded lower sales due to lower volumes and prices and adverse currency effects.

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