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March 15, 2025

Underestimating Healthcare Costs in Retirement & Can Ancient Fire Management Practices Save Our Modern Forests

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Underestimating Healthcare Costs in Retirement

Did you know that over 80% of 65-year-olds will need long-term care, yet most severely underestimate these costs?
Gal Wettstein, PhD, Senior Research Economist at the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, reveals alarming findings about retirees\' healthcare cost misconceptions. He discusses how many older adults are dangerously unprepared for their future healthcare expenses, particularly when it comes to long-term care needs.

Can Ancient Fire Management Practices Save Our Modern Forests

Can ancient fire management practices save our modern forests? Chris Guiterman, PhD, Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, and member of NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information paleoclimate team, explains how our past approach to wildfire management has inadvertently created more dangerous forest conditions today.

Fueling High School Athletes: The Nutrition Knowledge Gap

Did you know that most high school athletes are getting their nutrition completely wrong? Jennifer B. Fields, PhD, Assistant Professor of Nutritional Science in the University of Connecticut’s College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, reveals shocking gaps in nutritional knowledge among young athletes, and what parents should know.

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