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"About 19 percent of United States residents provide some care to those 50 or older, averaging about 19 hours a week. If we paid for these services, the total price tag would exceed total Medicaid expenditures — or, if you prefer a private-sector comparison, total sales of Wal-Mart. Most of the money would go to women, who represent 67 percent of all caregivers. If care recipients themselves paid the bill, most of the money would come from women, who represent 68 percent of elder-care recipients. Indeed, the average unpaid elder-care provider, at age 50, balances on the cusp of the dependent age category." - clairity from Bookmarklet

Londiniensis: #Pray Psalm 17:36 Thou hast given me the protection of Thy salvation: and Thy right hand hath held me up: Original Tweet: http://twitter.com/Londini... Sent via TweetDeck (www.tweetdeck.com) - clairity from email

"Moreover, these false positives will receive further treatments, a good percentage of which will have harmful consequences. This is especially likely with repeated testing over decades. Another concern is measurement. Since we calculate the length of survival from the time of diagnosis, ever more sensitive screening starts the clock ticking sooner. As a result, survival times can appear to be longer even if the earlier diagnosis has no real effect on surviv" - clairity from Bookmarklet