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1/28/11 - Some Boomers 'retire' to jobs that allow them to help others

A series of reports by USA TODAY and CBS News explores the aging of an iconic generation and the impact on the nation. This installment focuses on the growing “encore careers” movement — an effort to match older workers who can’t or don’t want to retire with public service jobs that benefit society. Read the… Read more 1/28/11 - Some Boomers 'retire' to jobs that allow them to help others

1/26/11 - “Global Coalition on Aging" Launches as 450 million people turn 65 over next two decades

The Global Coalition on Aging announced its launch today as a pioneering new initiative to raise awareness and address the social and economic impact of global population aging. Read the full article at Global Coalition on Aging

1/21/11 - New Lives for ‘Dead’ Suburban Malls

The suburban shopping mall has fallen on hard times, and Ellen Dunham-Jones, co-author of “Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs,” is thrilled, frankly. Read the full article in The New York Times

1/20/11 - F.D.A. Sees Promise in Alzheimer’s Imaging Drug

An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration recommended unanimously Thursday that the agency approve the first test — a brain scan — that can show the characteristic plaques of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain of a living person. Read the full article at The New York Times

11/8/10 - Global Aging

Adele Hayutin, director of the Center’s Global Aging Program, discusses the impact of an aging population on a panel with Ted Fishman, author of Shock of Gray: The Aging of the World’s Population and Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Listen to the webcast. Listen at KQED

11/1/10 - Anti-obesity program for low-income kids show promise, study finds

Combating childhood obesity can help prevent problems later in life, such as diabetes and chronic disease. Results of a study led by Center on Longevity faculty affiliate Thomas Robinson MD are important signs of progress in efforts to design health-promotion and disease-prevention campaigns. Read the full article at Inside Stanford Medicine

10/27/10 - Stanford study shows getting older leads to emotional stability, happiness

As people age, they’re more emotionally balanced and better able to solve highly emotional problems, says psychology professor and Center on Longevity director Laura Carstensen. Read the full article at Stanford Report

10/25/10 - Aging boomer population brings new issues, roundtable says

NBC News’ Tom Brokaw moderated a Stanford Roundtable on aging, longevity and the boomers. Panelists were Center Director Laura Carstensen, President John Hennessey, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, AARP CEO Barry Rand, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Professor Robert Sapolsky. Read the full article at Stanford Daily

10/20/10 - Pioneers in Science

Center faculty affiliate Helen Blau PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, and neurobiology professor Carla Shatz PhD – two of the first women hired on the tenure tract for basic science faculty at Stanford – discuss the courses their paths have taken and reflect on the rewards and challenges of their lives as women scientists.… Read more 10/20/10 - Pioneers in Science

10/18/10 - Brain Fitness

In 2009, Americans spent $300 million on products intended to improve their short-term memories or help them concentrate better at work. Do those products work? Listen to comments from the Center on Longevity’s director and read about the Expert Consensus on Brain Health, sponsored by the Center and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.… Read more 10/18/10 - Brain Fitness