There are reasons to be skeptical, of both the quality of the evidence presented so far and the questionable assumptions that underlie claims of improved cognitive function after brain training.
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A new study reveals that older adults – even those chronically ill – feel at least 20 years younger than their chronological age. What are the implications for those who run seniors centres?
After the failure of multiple drug trials the outlook for an Alzheimer’s drug is bleak. This shouldn’t be a surprise. We don’t know the cause or even how to diagnose the disease.
Four fifths of the coming bonanza of bequests are set to go to the top one fifth of recipients.
People who are 65 and up can expect to live longer than ever before. Does it make sense to keep classifying everyone in this group as old? A pair of demographers argue for ‘age inflation.’
Before sending humans to Mars or the moon, scientists need to understand what long-term space living does to the human body. Now results are coming in from the Kelly brothers in the TWINS Study,
Older. More suburban. Less fertile. More diverse. This year, Americans grappled with some major shifts in the demographic landscape.
November is National Family Caregivers Month; did they get your attention? If not, you are not alone. Family caregivers are overlooked by the health care system, and they are burning out. Here’s why.
The income within super funds is poorly taxed. Taxing it better could properly fund aged care.
If you rent, you are highly likely to live in poverty in retirement. If you own your own home the pension and super will probably be enough for you.
Higher education for seniors shows promise – for combatting social isolation, increasing well-being and delaying the onset, or slowing the progression, of dementia.
A person in the US can expect to live an average of 78.8 years. But that number can change by decades depending on the community they come from.
It’s not just low pay and interrupted work that makes women poor in retirement.
The age of the US is increasing, and with it, new expectations of health and happiness. Is the US prepared for the wave of baby boomers who will live long and want to be as healthy as they do?
The recent fall of Chief Justice John Roberts underscores that falls can happen to anyone. They are a major cause of disability in seniors - but there are some clearcut ways to prevent them.
The pension age won’t climb to 70 after all. What was it all about?
More than 16 million people in the U.S. take care of people with dementia. Could we learn something from how other cultures view dementia as more of a social disease rather than a lonely one?
Our social institutions and politics suffer from a collective arrested development – and our relationship to technology has only exacerbated this trend.
The number of old and incapacitated adults who live without the support of a family caregiver is growing.
Over the last 50 years, Americans have steadily gotten older, more bicoastal and less likely to move to a new city.
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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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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Associate professor, Queen's University, Ontario
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Co-Director of Texas A&M Center for Population Health and Aging, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Economics, emeritus, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York)
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Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer of Gerontology, LeadingAge LTSS Center @UMass Boston, UMass Boston
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Clinical Professor of Gerontology and Co-Director LeadingAge LTSS Center, UMass Boston
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Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh
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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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Professeur Titulaire. École d'optométrie. Expertise en santé oculaire et usage des lentilles cornéennes spécialisées, Université de Montréal
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M 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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Senior Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR), UNSW Sydney
