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12/20/2013 - Can memory video games deliver on brain-boosting claims?

A new breed of video games are designed to exercise aging brains and improve players’ attention, speed and memory. But critics say the claims made by developers are not supported with evidence. Could these mental workouts make a difference? Special correspondent Jake Schoneker speaks with experts — including Center on Longevity founding director Laura Carstensen… Read more 12/20/2013 - Can memory video games deliver on brain-boosting claims?

12/20/2013 - Service helps generate retirement income, avoid tax penalty

A recent report by the Stanford Center on Longevity compared the RMD, which uses invested assets to pay you a retirement income each year over the course of your lifetime, to five other retirement income generators. The Stanford report shows that the RMD (required minimum distributions) is one of several credible ways to generate retirement… Read more 12/20/2013 - Service helps generate retirement income, avoid tax penalty

12/20/2013 - Do Crossword Puzzles Really Stave Off Dementia?

On Dec. 21, 100 years ago, a paper in New York published the first crossword. It quickly became known as a game for the intelligent — even helping Britain recruit code-breakers during WWII. But there isn’t much evidence that this brainy game can help stave off dementia. Read/Listen to the full story at National Public… Read more 12/20/2013 - Do Crossword Puzzles Really Stave Off Dementia?

12/19/2013 - Early Detection Key In The Search For Alzheimer's Cure

“I believe that we have about 20 years before the medical and economic costs of this disease, let alone the social costs, just cripple our entire medical system,” says Peter Snyder, Ph.D., a Professor of Neurology at Brown University and Senior VP and Chief Research Officer of the Lifespan Hospital System. “We have to identify… Read more 12/19/2013 - Early Detection Key In The Search For Alzheimer's Cure

12/18/2013 - Tricking the brain with transformative virtual reality

Want to have a just-like-real-life fantasy experience without leaving your living room? Virtual reality technology is already employed by certain industries, but economics correspondent Paul Solman considers the variety of applications it could have in the consumer market in the future. In this interview, Solman visits Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab founded by Center on… Read more 12/18/2013 - Tricking the brain with transformative virtual reality

12/18/2013 - To Address The Dementia Epidemic, We Need Smarter Research Funding

Government ministers, public health advocates, scientists and drug industry executives from the Group of Eight leading economies held a special summit meeting in London last week to devise a strategy to address what amounts to a global epidemic of dementia. Read the full article at Forbes.

12/17/2013 - How the Great Recession Really Affected Early Retirement

One of the worrying trends in the labor market in recent years has been a decline in the percentage of Americans working or actively looking for work. There have always been a large portion of the working-age population considered to be not in the workforce. These may include stay-at-home parents, full-time college students, or retired… Read more 12/17/2013 - How the Great Recession Really Affected Early Retirement

12/16/2013 - Why you may want to avoid a dementia test

As you get older, every time you misplace your wallet or can’t remember why you walked into the kitchen, you may wonder: Is this a sign of dementia? Even if such bouts of forgetfulness aren’t serious, a screening test for dementia or its most common cause — Alzheimer’s disease — might seem appealing, if only… Read more 12/16/2013 - Why you may want to avoid a dementia test

12/16/2013 - Stanford study urges more accurate estimates of financial fraud

A Stanford Center on Longevity study describes the roadblocks to obtaining accurate financial fraud estimates – victims are often reluctant to speak up – and suggests ways to improve the national tracking of such incidents. “Without accurate and reliable estimates of fraud,” wrote Martha Deevy, director of the Financial Security Division at the Stanford Center… Read more 12/16/2013 - Stanford study urges more accurate estimates of financial fraud

12/16/2013 - Damaged blood vessels may contribute to Alzheimer's

Cells in the blood-brain barrier may control multiple steps in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease—and could serve as potential targets for new treatments, researchers say. Read the full article at Futurity.