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5/13/2013 - Breakthrough: Alzheimer’s drug candidate J147 reverses disease in mice

Salk scientists develop drug that slows Alzheimer’s in mice. Findings may lead to first therapeutic drug to treat advanced Alzheimer’s. Read the full article at BrainUpdates.com.

5/13/2013 - Med School study develops models to further muscular dystrophy research

Researchers in the School of Medicine recently published a study detailing the development of mouse models that use luciferase, the gene that makes fireflies glow, to follow the progression of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy through noninvasive imaging of the luminescent decaying muscle cells. The researchers, who worked in the lab of Professor of Neurology and Neurological… Read more 5/13/2013 - Med School study develops models to further muscular dystrophy research

5/13/2013 - New fitness centers cater to aging baby boomers

Baby boomers, the generation that vowed to stay forever young, are getting older, designing senior-friendly gyms and becoming their own personal trainers. Read the full article at Reuters.

5/13/2013 - Discovery reverses aging of mouse hearts—could it work in humans, too?

Every living thing is constantly aging. It seems universal and inevitable—a law of nature. Just look in the mirror, or check out your family and friends. Yet in the past decade, a remarkable series of experiments from laboratories all over the world has begun to challenge that “law.” Read the full article at Harvard Health… Read more 5/13/2013 - Discovery reverses aging of mouse hearts—could it work in humans, too?

5/13/2013 - How An Adviser’s Personal Finances Can Trip Him Up

People are living longer, but that doesn’t mean advisers will see more clients losing their cognitive abilities, including the capacity to make their own financial decisions. “We may be jumping the gun” in expecting that, psychologist Laura Carstensen told advisers at a conference in Las Vegas, Financial Planning reported. Read the full article at The… Read more 5/13/2013 - How An Adviser’s Personal Finances Can Trip Him Up

5/12/2013 - Unlike Boomers, Millennials appear to be super savers

When Keith Farner was 14, he made $2,000 at a summer job. Instead of buying the Xbox he’d been wanting, his parents helped him open a Roth IRA. The 30-year-old, who lives in Athens, Ga., now has more than $30,000 saved. While Farner may have gotten an earlier start on retirement than most, a new… Read more 5/12/2013 - Unlike Boomers, Millennials appear to be super savers

5/11/2013 - Rise in obesity poses 'dementia time bomb'

Ever-growing waistlines could result in a big increase in the number of people who develop dementia in the future, researchers have warned. Read the full article at BBC News.

5/10/2013 - Potential treatment for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, dementia discovered

A drug currently being used to treat leukemia has been found to help halt the production of toxic proteins in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and various forms of dementia. Read the full article at Fox News.

5/10/2013 - Potential treatment for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, dementia discovered

A drug currently being used to treat leukemia has been found to help halt the production of toxic proteins in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and various forms of dementia. Read more the full article Fox News.

5/9/2013 - Brain, heal thyself? Stanford research describes delayed onset of multiple sclerosis in mice

What if it were possible, when faced with a devastating neurological disease like multiple sclerosis, to coax the brain to heal itself? Unfortunately, we’re probably still years away from any kind of quick fix for these conditions (if, in fact, one exists at all). But recent research by Stanford geneticist Anne Brunet, PhD, describes an… Read more 5/9/2013 - Brain, heal thyself? Stanford research describes delayed onset of multiple sclerosis in mice