Most discounts take effect at 62 or 65, traditional Social Security ages for early retirement and full retirement, Drew Nannis, a spokesman for the AARP, wrote in an e-mail. Of course, people are living too dang long for the government's taste, so the age for full benefits keeps going up.
Heberden's nodes refer to swollen protrusions of bone and cartilage tissue that may develop in finger joints. People with family histories of arthritis are at risk for developing Heberden's nodes. An x-ray may be performed to diagnose Heberden's nodes. People suffering with Heberden's nodes may find it difficult to hold even a pen.
Radiograph of the left hand of a patient with Heberdenâs nodes and severe radiological OA at the interphalangeal joints. The oblique projections at the distal joints show that in all cases there are osteophytes beneath the soft tissue nodes. At the proximal joints the subnodal osteophytes are large enough to show in a semi-frontal projection.