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6/10/11 - Why Working Longer Won't Close Retirement Shortfalls

Deferring retirement, even for several years, won’t guarantee even a bare-bones retirement for millions of older Americans, according to a detailed study by the Employee Benefit and Research Institute (EBRI). Read the full article at US News and World Report: Money

6/4/11 - Between Young and Old, a Political Collision

Economic wreckage in America’s older population is easy to find in the ashes of recession. And when combined with the politics of a presidential election next year and talk in Congress of cuts to the system of health and economic support for retirees, the result could be volatile. Read the full article at The New… Read more 6/4/11 - Between Young and Old, a Political Collision

6/3/11 - Fears, and Opportunities, on the Road to Retirement

“There’s definitely a longevity paradox,” said Marc Freedman, author of “The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife,” (PublicAffairs, 2011). “The doctor tells you to exercise and eat well, while the editorial pages tell of a long gray wave of greedy geezers who won’t move aside to let younger workers in.” Read the full… Read more 6/3/11 - Fears, and Opportunities, on the Road to Retirement

5/7/11 - The Class That Built Apps, and Fortunes

The Facebook Class was the brainchild of Stanford Center on Longevity Faculty Affiliate B. J. Fogg, who runs the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford. An energetic academic and an innovation guru, he focuses on how to harness technology and human psychology to influence people’s behavior. Read the full article at The New York Times

4/25/11 - How Health Reform Punishes Work

The subsidies to buyers of ‘qualifying’ insurance policies will induce sharp reductions in the supply of labor. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal

4/3/11 - Vast Gene Study Yields Insights on Alzheimer’s

The two largest studies of Alzheimer’s disease have led to the discovery of no fewer than five genes that provide intriguing new clues to why the disease strikes and how it progresses. Read the full article at The New York Times

4/3/11 - America Is at the Nexus of Aging and Multiculturalism

The United States, like other nations, is now experiencing a “silver” tsunami. And, as has occurred in other countries, we’ve seen this tidal force coming, but are not prepared for it. Read the full article at Aging Today

3/30/11 - New Stanford Research Center to Tackle Tragic Mystery of Prematurity

The March of Dimes Foundation has approved Stanford’s application to establish a transdisciplinary March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at Stanford University School of Medicine. “We’ve been worried about prematurity for years. There’s been a lot of funding and a lot of important discoveries,” said Paul Wise, Center on Longevity affiliate and second principal investigator… Read more 3/30/11 - New Stanford Research Center to Tackle Tragic Mystery of Prematurity

3/19/11 - Wired for Distraction: Kids and Social Media

Scientific evidence increasingly suggests that, amid all the texting, poking and surfing, our children’s digital lives are turning them into much different creatures from us — and not necessarily for the better. Research conducted by Center on Longevity affiliate Anthony Wagner suggests this may activate dopamine reward circuits, triggering a forward-feeding cycle in which we… Read more 3/19/11 - Wired for Distraction: Kids and Social Media

3/11/11 - ObamaCare and the Truth About 'Cost Shifting'

There’s simply no evidence to support the claim that the insured bear the costs of caring for the uninsured. Read the full article at The Wall Street Journal