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When fruit flies see other dead fruit flies, their life spans are cut short. Other species also undergo analogous physiological changes when seeing their dead.
REM sleep behavior disorder is characterized by acting out dreams, which may include shouting, kicking and punching during sleep.
Lifestyle factors like physical activity, diet and sleep can lower the ‘biological age’ of your cells and tissues and reduce age-related physical decline.
Physical ailments and deteriorated health may be the one area in which politicians can escape scrutiny.
The challenging realities surrounding end-of-life care are especially difficult for older people experiencing homelessness, who have more barriers to accessing hospice care.
Americans have long nurtured mixed feelings about age and aged leaders. Yet during the country’s founding, a young America admired venerable old sages.
Many older people tend to trim their social circles and focus their social efforts on family and close friends. New research on our close primate relatives may help explain why.
COVID-19 is the third-leading cause of death in Canada, but it’s older people who are dying. That we accept this and carry on as if the pandemic is over reveals our ageism: We don’t value older people.
The program’s expenses are rising rapidly as baby boomers retire and health care costs grow.
New research affords a rare window into the circumstances and needs of a potentially very vulnerable group that until now has remained largely invisible: people with dementia who have no close kin.
Aging is a major risk factor for many chronic diseases. Figuring out what influences longevity and how to identify rapid agers could lead to healthier and longer lives for more people.
People don’t all age at the same rate. Untangling the factors that influence health and disease – such as epigenetics, demographics and behavior – could lead to better care for those who need it most.
If you want to use an exoskeleton to improve balance, a study finds that superhuman reflexes can help you stay upright.
Most Americans knew the late Dianne Feinstein as a US senator. But for San Francisco voters, she will forever be remembered as the woman who stepped in at a tragic moment to lead the city.
A study of medical costs and income losses found that those who can least afford to pay for health care and miss out on their paychecks rack up the biggest bills.
Repeated storytelling from elderly relatives doesn’t necessarily always signal age or cognitive decline. It’s about conveying memories and values to a new generation.
Locking individuals into the narrative of age as a vulnerability means inevitably creating ageist stereotypes.
In a 1959 essay, Capote noted how Avedon seemed to capture ‘every hard-earned crow’s foot’ in his subjects – perhaps not realizing that he would one day be photographed by that same unvarnished gaze.
Dancing requires physical, social and cognitive engagement and, as a result, it may bolster a wide network of brain regions.
Principais colaboradores
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Regents and Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia
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Professor of Economics, emeritus, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Associate professor, Queen's University, Ontario
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Co-Director of Texas A&M Center for Population Health and Aging, Texas A&M University
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Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer of Gerontology, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, UMass Boston
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Mel King Fellow, MIT CoLab; Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director LeadingAge LTSS Center, UMass Boston
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A&S Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Innovation in Social Science, Boston University
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Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh
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Professeur Titulaire. École d'optométrie. Expertise en santé oculaire et usage des lentilles cornéennes spécialisées, Université de Montréal
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Associate Professor, Public Health and Alberta Innovates Research Chair, University of Lethbridge
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Senior Scientist Team Lead Nutrition Exercise Physiology and Sarcopenia Team Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Professor of Medicine, Tufts University
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Professor, Department of Gerontology, McCormack Graduate School Director, Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging, Gerontology Institute, UMass Boston
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
