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5 Precautions to Take with Elderly Clients

Oct 29, 2014

LifeHealthPro.com - A recent study conducted at Texas Tech University found that after the age of 60, financial decision-making ability drops about 2 percent every year; it’s just a normal product of aging. As you approach age 80, a gap begins to grow between reality and perception. I see a lot of 80-year-olds who come into my office, 100 percent confident in their decision-making capabilities because they were a financial wizard in their hay day.

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UNC's unprecedented academic fraud case will test NCAA

Oct 28, 2014

CBS Sports - Brian Shannon, president of 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives and Texas Tech's faculty rep, said he's not sure what impact Gurney's idea would have.

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Scientists Studying Salmonella in Cattle Lymph Nodes

Oct 27, 2014

FoodSafetyNews.com - “What we have found is that, in certain times of the year and in certain regions of the country, it’s not uncommon to recover Salmonella from some of the peripheral lymph nodes” in cattle, says Guy Loneragan, a veterinary epidemiologist and professor of food safety and public health at Texas Tech University.

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Internet Infidelity: When a Poke Is More Than a Poke

Oct 24, 2014

Huffington Post - A website exists for men and women who have experienced Internet infidelity and who wish to anonymously share their stories - to help others avoid such pain, or simply to vent. Researchers from the Marriage and Family Therapy Program at Texas Tech University took it upon themselves to analyze a series of such stories.

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