Category: Longevity News 2015

2/3/2015 - The Anti-Aging Pill

Facing a long wait for evidence, a longevity researcher takes an unusual path to market. The company, Elysium Health, says it will be turning chemicals that lengthen the lives of mice and worms in the laboratory into over-the-counter vitamin pills that people can take to combat aging. Read the full article at MIT Technology Review.

2/3/2015 - Anti-Aging Innovations Suggest We Need Only to Look Inside Ourselves

Scientists have known about the link between telomeres and cellular aging for decades. In recent years, however, interest in telomeres — and their direct role in the aging process — has exploded. In 2009, a group of scientists was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine for their discovery of how telomerase, an enzyme found in… Read more 2/3/2015 - Anti-Aging Innovations Suggest We Need Only to Look Inside Ourselves

2/1/2015 - As America Grays, A Call For Dignity In Aging And Elder Care

In her new book, The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America, author Ai-jen Poo weaves research with stories from seniors and caregivers, and lays out solutions on how to avoid a potential nightmare. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).

1/31/2015 - Dying Shouldn’t Be So Brutal

People who are approaching the end of life deserve the security of confident, skillful attention to their physical comfort, emotional well-being and sense of personal dignity. Their families deserve respect, communication and support. Exemplary health systems and healthy communities deliver all of this today. But they are few and far between. Read the full article… Read more 1/31/2015 - Dying Shouldn’t Be So Brutal

1/30/2015 - Senior tech helps baby boomers come of digital age

While younger people are typically the “experts” of high-tech gadgets and gizmos, compared to their older compatriots who as a group continue to lag behind in adopting new technology, an increasing number of elders are interested and involved in using technologies that allow them to stay more connected socially, with family and friends. Read the… Read more 1/30/2015 - Senior tech helps baby boomers come of digital age

1/29/2015 - Why Elite Colleges Are Targeting Baby Boomers for New Career Programs

Harvard and Stanford have launched programs for high-level execs seeking to change careers. Other universities are looking to jump in. Stanford University welcomed 25 unusual students onto its campus this month—all in their 50s and 60s. Read the full article at Time.

1/29/2015 - Have We Grossly Underestimated The Extent Of Financial Elder Abuse?

For some time researchers, including those under the aegis of the U.S. government, have estimated the extent of losses to seniors each year from financial abuse to be $2.9B per year. A new study by True Link, a private financial services company, concludes that the actual figure is over twelve times previous estimates, or $36.48… Read more 1/29/2015 - Have We Grossly Underestimated The Extent Of Financial Elder Abuse?

1/29/2015 - Japanese American Seniors Write Letters to the Future

With a racial and age demographic shift on the horizon, Stanford University Medical School launched a mini-fellowship to educate the public on how they can serve ethnic minority seniors. The aging population is becoming a major issue for Americans, said VJ Periyakoil, MD, director of Stanford’s Internet-based In-reach for Successful Aging through Education Program (iSAGE),… Read more 1/29/2015 - Japanese American Seniors Write Letters to the Future

1/23/2015 - Brain scientists speak at Davos economic forum

Members of research teams created through the Stanford Neurosciences Institute’s Big Ideas in Neuroscience initiative spoke Jan. 23 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Among the panelists and attendees were Center on Longevity faculty affiliates, Tony Wyss-Coray and Anne Brunet. Read the full article at Stanford School of Medicine.

1/27/2015 - Brain Region Vulnerable to Aging is Larger in Those with Longevity Gene Variant

People who carry a variant of a gene that is associated with longevity also have larger volumes in a front part of the brain involved in planning and decision-making, according to researchers at UC San Francisco. Read the full article at UCSF.