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5/5/2014 - Virtual reality: It's not just for video games

The next generation of VR technology could help people manage chronic pain, avoid industrial accidents, and save for retirement. “Virtual reality transforms relationships that tend to be abstract to become visceral,” says Jeremy Bailenson, director of Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and a faculty affiliate of the Center on Longevity. “Our research has shown… Read more 5/5/2014 - Virtual reality: It's not just for video games

5/4/2014 - Aging Baby Boomers Becoming the Roommate Generation

There was Felix-and-Oscar. There were The Golden Girls. Such arrangements–adults living with adult roommates–are about to get less comic and more common, say experts on housing and on the aging of the Baby Boom. Read the full article at ABC News.

5/4/2014 - Swapping Young Blood for Old Reverses Aging

Muscle tone, endurance, memory, and smell improve in elderly mice infused with blood from younger mice. Read the full article at National Geographic.

5/4/2014 - Young Blood May Hold Key to Reversing Aging

Two teams of scientists published studies on Sunday showing that blood from young mice reverses aging in old mice, rejuvenating their muscles and brains. As ghoulish as the research may sound, experts said that it could lead to treatments for disorders like Alzheimer’s disease and heart disease. Read the full article at The New York… Read more 5/4/2014 - Young Blood May Hold Key to Reversing Aging

5/3/2014 - A Path to Retirement, for Those Far From It

“If I Can” is a snappy 7,000-word guide by William J. Bernstein, an investment adviser and author on financial subjects, that doubles as a financial-education curriculum, complete with additional reading assignments and a lesson plan. He hopes to help people put away enough money and to invest it wisely enough so that their futures will… Read more 5/3/2014 - A Path to Retirement, for Those Far From It

5/2/2014 - Choosing Care for an Aging Family Member

Unlike other areas of health care, the cost of hiring someone to help tend to an aging family member at home has been relatively stable. You’ll now pay a median rate of $19 per hour for a hired homemaker, someone who does household tasks like cooking, cleaning or running errands, according to the latest report… Read more 5/2/2014 - Choosing Care for an Aging Family Member

5/2/2014 - Signs of Brain Aging Are Reversed in Mice

Young blood really does rejuvenate the brain, at least in mice, raising hopes that molecules in the blood may be identified to do the same for humans, according to a study stemming from the ongoing research of a young UC San Francisco scientist, Saul Villeda, PhD. Read the full article at UCSF News Services.

5/1/2014 - Why Aging Is The Next Big Investment Opportunity

Everybody talks about the problems the aging of America is creating, real and otherwise (stress on Social Security, older workers keep younger employees from moving up…). But some noted experts say we’re looking at it all wrong. Read the full article at Forbes.

4/30/2014 - The retirement-income crisis, in one chart

“Call me paranoid, but it seems like the financial-services industry has undertaken a concerted effort to show that the U.S. does not have a retirement-income problem – that most people will have all the money they need in retirement. Indeed, some sophisticated economic modelling does suggest that people may be saving optimally. But the basic… Read more 4/30/2014 - The retirement-income crisis, in one chart

4/30/2014 - A Stunning Study On Dementia, Couples And Money

I’m a big believer that both spouses, or partners, of a couple be intimately familiar with their household’s finances and investments. But an eye-opening study about how older couples make money decisions when one has dementia offers powerful evidence for this view. Read the full article at Forbes.