June 28, 2004, Updated September 12, 2012

An ongoing 13-year study of senior citizens by the Department of Rehabilitation and Geriatrics, Hadassah Hospital Mt. Scopus at Hadassah Hospital has shown conclusively that one of the clearest ways to retain health is both simple and inexpensive: keep working. The Wall Street Journal ran a feature on the findings of the study – one of the most in depth of its kind in the world.

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