Category: Longevity News 2014

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9/22/2014 - Strategies for managing a loved one with dementia

by on September 22, 2014 4:44 pm
A new book offers brief, straightforward advice on managing a loved one whose brain has stopped keeping up with the demands of daily life. Read the full article at The Washington Post.

9/22/2014 - Brains grow and shrink like ‘rainbows’ as we age

by on September 22, 2014 4:31 pm
Researchers have used a new magnetic resonance imaging technique to show, for the first time, how human brain tissue changes throughout life. They say a normal curve is shaped like a rainbow. Read the full article at Futurity.

9/19/2014 - What's the most important ingredient for a happy retirement?

by on September 19, 2014 11:30 pm
According to 81 percent of today’s retirees, the most important ingredient for a happy retirement is good health, outranking financial security, which rang in at 58 percent. Ranking much lower as sources of retirement happiness are: Having loving family and friends (36 percent) Having purpose (20 percent) Trying new things 5 percent) This is just… Read more 9/19/2014 - What's the most important ingredient for a happy retirement?
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9/17/2014 - New Insight On Alzheimer’s: What Increases Your Risk

by on September 17, 2014 4:41 pm
The two seemingly unrelated conditions may be driven by similar unhealthy states, including high blood pressure and diabetes. Read the flu article at Time.

9/17/2014 - Sit Less, Live Longer?

by on September 17, 2014 4:29 pm
If people need motivation to get up from their office chairs or couches and become less sedentary, two useful new studies could provide the impetus. One found that sitting less can slow the aging process within cells, and the other helpfully underscores that standing up — even if you are standing still — can be… Read more 9/17/2014 - Sit Less, Live Longer?

9/17/2014 - Panel Urges Overhauling Health Care at End of Life

by on September 17, 2014 4:10 pm
The country’s system for handling end-of-life care is largely broken and should be overhauled at almost every level, a national panel concluded in a report released on Wednesday. Read the full article at The New York Times.

9/17/2014 - What Happens When We All Live to 100?

by on September 17, 2014 12:20 am
If life-expectancy trends continue, that future may be near, transforming society in surprising and far-reaching ways. Read the full article at The Atlantic.
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9/16/2014 - On New Measurements of Aging

by on September 16, 2014 4:34 pm
Pediatricians chart children’s growth at every visit, tracking how they conform to age-appropriate standards. What if standard measures of aging were similarly available? Read the full article at The New York Times.

9/15/2014 - Teen Invents Sensor to Help Alzheimer's Patients

by on September 15, 2014 8:31 pm
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, of the estimated five million Americans with the disease, about 60 percent of them wander — and often become dangerously lost — as a result. A fifteen-year-old has invented a pressure sensor that when worn on the bottom of the foot or with a sock detects an increase in pressure and… Read more 9/15/2014 - Teen Invents Sensor to Help Alzheimer's Patients

9/12/2014 - Tougher Than They Look

by on September 12, 2014 11:49 pm
Scientists have been writing and thinking about resilience for several decades. Now, in Dr. Manning’s study of 10,753 people (average age: almost 69) drawn from three waves of the national Health and Retirement Study, “we’re starting to measure it,” Dr. Manning said — “as squishy and fuzzy a concept as it is.” Read the full… Read more 9/12/2014 - Tougher Than They Look