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8/30/2012 - Marsh & McLennan Companies Partners with Stanford Center on Longevity to Foster Lifetime Financial Security Preparedness

by admin on October 19, 2012 5:48 pm

MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES MEDIA CONTACT: Jeremy Lehrman, Marsh & McLennan Companies +1 212 345 9775 jeremy.lehrman@mmc.com STANFORD CENTER ON LONGEVITY MEDIA CONTACT: Margaret Dyer-Chamberlain, Stanford Center on Longevity +1 650 736 9085 mdyerc@stanford.edu NEW YORK, August 30, 2012 — Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC), a global professional services firm providing advice… Read more

7/29/10 - New Realities Await U.S. as Boomers Begin to Turn 65

by admin on June 21, 2011 5:27 am

FOR RELEASE: Thursday, July 29, 2010 Stanford, CA – The challenges of baby boomers reaching old age, combined with a growing, more diverse population, will drive major changes, challenges and decisions in U.S. families, workplaces and communities, according to NEW REALITIES of an OLDER AMERICA: Challenges, Changes and Questions, a report released today by the… Read more

6/14/10 - Longevity Center Selected to Explore Music, Memory and Aging Links

by admin on June 21, 2011 5:24 am

The Stanford Center on Longevity, which studies the nature and development of the entire human life span, will examine the possibility of using music to improve memory in older adults. The Center on Longevity, along with the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, has been selected to receive a Stanford Institute for… Read more

3/17/10 - Myths and Realities of an Aging Society

by admin on June 21, 2011 5:21 am

“Looking Forward to an Aging America: Myths and Realities” was the topic as John W. (Jack) Rowe MD, an expert on health care economics and healthy aging, delivered the inaugural Stanford Center on Longevity Distinguished Lecture. In an insightful lecture encompassing policy choices, predictors of disability and the significance of Whistler’s Mother’s age, Dr. Rowe… Read more

5/13/09 - SCL Releases New Findings About Voter Attitudes on Health Care Reform

by admin on June 21, 2011 5:12 am

Voters willing to engage in discussion about trade-offs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10:30 AM, EASTERN May 13, 2009 STANFORD, CA—Americans want answers to tough questions about the trade-offs involved in health care reform, according to new data released today by the Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL). The findings are the result of a unique, bipartisan project… Read more

5/5/09 - Cognitive and Brain Experts Urge Consumer Caution on Memory Fitness Products

by admin on June 21, 2011 5:08 am

Tips for navigating the marketplace of memory aids FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Gayle Osterberg, 202-548-0133 May 5, 2009 STANFORD, CA — The Stanford Center on Longevity today on behalf of 30 of the world’s finest cognitive and brain scientists released a statement providing public guidance on products claiming to improve mental fitness and the science… Read more

11/21/08 - New MacArthur research network to examine impact of aging society

by admin on June 21, 2011 5:06 am

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is creating a new inter-disciplinary research network to help America prepare for the challenges and opportunities posed by our aging society. Washington, DC, November 21, 2008 – The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is creating a new inter-disciplinary research network to help America prepare for… Read more

11/12/07 - "Grumpy Old Men No More"

by admin on June 21, 2011 5:04 am

San Francisco, CA – Dr. Laura Carstensen, described as “one of the nation’s leading thinkers on the social psychology of aging,” outlined today her groundbreaking research debunking negative stereotypes about the emotional health of older people. She was speaking at the 60th Annual GSA Scientific Meeting in San Francisco. Carstensen, who is the founding Director… Read more

11/5/07 - Global Aging: The New New Thing - The Big Picture of Population Change in Asia

by admin on June 21, 2011 4:58 am

Adele Hayutin of Stanford Center on Longevity Speaks at Gerontological Society of America Meeting San Francisco, CA – Dr. Adele Hayutin, Director of the Global Aging Program at the Stanford Center on Longevity, addressed the 60th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America today on the topic of population change in Asia. Her speech… Read more

9/1/07 - The chemical misfire that undermines healing in older people

by admin on June 21, 2011 4:56 am

SCL Deputy Director Rando’s work with stem cells unravels the mysteries of why people heal less efficiently as they get older STANFORD – As we age, our bodies’ ability to repair injuries and wounds degrades. Not only does the same type of wound simply take longer to heal in older people than younger people, but… Read more

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