Category: Longevity News 2013

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8/21/2013 - The Dementia Rate May Be Falling -- And What It Means

by on August 21, 2013 5:46 pm
Two major new studies have turned the popular perception of dementia on its head. For years, we’ve heard that Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are on the rise—a prediction that strikes fear in the hearts of both the public and policymakers. But these new reports conclude that dementia rates may be falling, and… Read more 8/21/2013 - The Dementia Rate May Be Falling -- And What It Means
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8/21/2013 - Sniffing Out New Strategies in the Fight against Alzheimer’s Disease

by on August 21, 2013 5:44 pm
Despite barriers of blood, brain and bureaucracy, intranasal insulin may emerge as a promising treatment for pathological memory loss. Read the full article at Scientific American.
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8/20/2013 - Copper in foods linked to Alzheimer's disease risk

by on August 20, 2013 5:41 pm
Consuming foods that contain traces of the metal copper may contribute to the plaque buildup indicative of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are reporting in the Aug. 19 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read the full article at CBS News.
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8/20/2013 - Women Shortchanged In Retirement Earnings

by on August 20, 2013 5:37 pm
The American workforce is graying. And while many people aren’t saving enough for retirement, that’s especially true for women. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with reporter Paul Solman and aging specialist Helen Dennis, about a gender gap in retirement earnings. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).
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8/20/2013 - Retirement ticker tracks federal loss of institutional knowledge

by on August 20, 2013 5:14 pm
Forty-six days of experience every second. That’s how much institutional knowledge disappears from the government every second because of federal-worker retirements, according to a new ticker from the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. The retirement wave is not unique to the federal government. The number of Americans aged 65 years or older will… Read more 8/20/2013 - Retirement ticker tracks federal loss of institutional knowledge
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8/19/2013 - To Solve The U.S. Retirement Crisis, Look To Australia

by on August 19, 2013 4:42 pm
imagine living in a country where all employees are covered by an employer-sponsored retirement plan. Where the government equivalent of Social Security is generous. Where people don’t tap their retirement funds early, as many Americans do, running the risk of depleting their savings. Where the savings rate is 10%. Say G’day to Australia. Read the full article… Read more 8/19/2013 - To Solve The U.S. Retirement Crisis, Look To Australia
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8/18/2013 - Can we predict Alzheimer's a decade before symptoms?

by on August 18, 2013 4:39 pm
Studying cadavers, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles made an interesting observation: The amount of beta amyloid protein in the brain corresponded closely to the amount of that same protein in the retina, in the very back of the eye. A reliable eye test “would be a very important contribution,” says Maria Carrillo,… Read more 8/18/2013 - Can we predict Alzheimer's a decade before symptoms?
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8/16/2013 - Study identifies new culprit that may make aging brains susceptible to neurodegenerative diseases

by on August 16, 2013 4:17 pm
The steady accumulation of a protein in healthy, aging brains may explain seniors’ vulnerability to neurodegenerative disorders, a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine reports. Read the full article at Stanford School of Medicine.
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8/15/2013 - 10 Ways We Get Smarter As We Age

by on August 15, 2013 4:34 pm
As we age, the brain‘s processing speed begins to slow, and memory may sometimes slip. But there are other ways that our mental powers grow as we get older. In the current issue of the journal Psychological Science, researchers report that older people (over 65) showed less variability in their cognitive performance across 100 days of testing than did… Read more 8/15/2013 - 10 Ways We Get Smarter As We Age
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8/15/2013 - Workers Going It Alone for Retirement Funds

by on August 15, 2013 2:47 pm
When it comes to funding their retirements, most workers say they will need to come up with the money themselves rather than rely on government assistance, according to a survey released Thursday by Charles Schwab Corp. Read the full article at ABC News.