{
  "id": 9388754,
  "title": "Employment instability and early retirement linked to cognitive deficits and risk of dementia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/employment-instability-and-early-retirement-linked-to-cognitive",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-23T18:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-employment-instability-early-linked-cognitive.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Stable employment in midlife was associated with better cognitive health later in life, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Butler Aging Center. Conversely, employment instability, early retirement and leaving the labor force were linked to significantly poorer cognitive outcomes.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}