Category: Longevity News 2013

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5/14/2013 - Making a Move Abroad, and Working There, Too

by on May 14, 2013 5:19 pm
Simply retiring abroad has become old news, as people seek cheaper places to live and to slash health care costs while enjoying more temperate climes. But now enjoying a “working retirement” appears to be gaining traction with expats, as it has in the United States. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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5/14/2013 - Filling Up an Empty Nest

by on May 14, 2013 5:17 pm
Retiring from work? Then it might be time to think about raising a family. Some brave older adults are turning the idea of retirement on its head by choosing to adopt children — this when many of their peers are traveling, socializing, taking up intellectual or entrepreneurial pursuits, or just plain relaxing. Read the full… Read more 5/14/2013 - Filling Up an Empty Nest
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5/14/2013 - How They Do It Elsewhere

by on May 14, 2013 5:13 pm
The United States can boast that it has the world’s best basketball players, fighter jets and country and western singers. But hardly anyone would ever boast that the United States has the world’s best retirement system. Read the full article at The New York Times.
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5/13/2013 - Breakthrough: Alzheimer’s drug candidate J147 reverses disease in mice

by on May 13, 2013 10:10 pm
Salk scientists develop drug that slows Alzheimer’s in mice. Findings may lead to first therapeutic drug to treat advanced Alzheimer’s. Read the full article at BrainUpdates.com.
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5/13/2013 - New fitness centers cater to aging baby boomers

by on May 13, 2013 5:42 pm
Baby boomers, the generation that vowed to stay forever young, are getting older, designing senior-friendly gyms and becoming their own personal trainers. Read the full article at Reuters.
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5/13/2013 - Discovery reverses aging of mouse hearts—could it work in humans, too?

by on May 13, 2013 5:32 pm
Every living thing is constantly aging. It seems universal and inevitable—a law of nature. Just look in the mirror, or check out your family and friends. Yet in the past decade, a remarkable series of experiments from laboratories all over the world has begun to challenge that “law.” Read the full article at Harvard Health… Read more 5/13/2013 - Discovery reverses aging of mouse hearts—could it work in humans, too?
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5/12/2013 - Unlike Boomers, Millennials appear to be super savers

by on May 12, 2013 5:35 pm
When Keith Farner was 14, he made $2,000 at a summer job. Instead of buying the Xbox he’d been wanting, his parents helped him open a Roth IRA. The 30-year-old, who lives in Athens, Ga., now has more than $30,000 saved. While Farner may have gotten an earlier start on retirement than most, a new… Read more 5/12/2013 - Unlike Boomers, Millennials appear to be super savers
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5/11/2013 - Rise in obesity poses 'dementia time bomb'

by on May 11, 2013 5:41 pm
Ever-growing waistlines could result in a big increase in the number of people who develop dementia in the future, researchers have warned. Read the full article at BBC News.
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5/10/2013 - Potential treatment for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, dementia discovered

by on May 10, 2013 10:13 pm
A drug currently being used to treat leukemia has been found to help halt the production of toxic proteins in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and various forms of dementia. Read the full article at Fox News.
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5/10/2013 - Potential treatment for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, dementia discovered

by on May 10, 2013 4:10 pm
A drug currently being used to treat leukemia has been found to help halt the production of toxic proteins in the brain linked to Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and various forms of dementia. Read more the full article Fox News.