Category: Longevity News 2015

1/27/2015 - How to Leave a Mark

The big debate during the 20th century was about the relationship between the market and the state. Both those institutions are now tarnished. The market is prone to devastating crashes and seems to be producing widening inequality. Government is gridlocked, sclerotic or captured by special interests. Government is an ever more rigid and ineffective tool… Read more 1/27/2015 - How to Leave a Mark

1/26/2015 - Why Your Workout Should Be High-Intensity

Many people with chronic health problems resign themselves to lives of modest activity or no activity at all, thinking vigorous exercise is unsafe or that they lack the stamina for it. But recent studies are proving just the opposite. Read the full article at The New York Times.

1/26/2015 - Drug makers join the battle against aging

Pharmaceuticals will play a key role in helping people live extended but healthy lives, drug makers say. Read the full article at The Boston Globe.

1/26/2015 - Japan's fastest-aging village seeks young people, fresh ideas

Japan’s fastest-aging village is desperately trying to meet a Saturday deadline to recruit three people aged 20 to 40 who can come to the village to join a project to revitalize the community. The village of Nanmoku in Gunma Prefecture launched the project, called “Chiiki Okoshi Kyoryoku Tai” (Volunteers for cooperation in community revitalization), in… Read more 1/26/2015 - Japan's fastest-aging village seeks young people, fresh ideas

1/25/2015 - To Collect Debts, Nursing Homes Are Seizing Control Over Patients

Few people are aware that a nursing home can take such a step. Guardianship cases are difficult to gain access to and poorly tracked by New York State courts; cases are often closed from public view for confidentiality. Interviews with veterans of the system and a review of guardianship court data conducted by researchers at… Read more 1/25/2015 - To Collect Debts, Nursing Homes Are Seizing Control Over Patients

1/23/2015 - Doulas, Who Usher in New Life, Find Mission in Support for the Dying

Hospices have long had “vigil volunteers” who sit by the bedsides of the dying, but it has now expanded far beyond that. Since there are no federal or state accrediting agencies for death doulas — also called end-of-life doulas, death midwives or simply companions — there are no statistics on how many exist. And just… Read more 1/23/2015 - Doulas, Who Usher in New Life, Find Mission in Support for the Dying

1/23/2015 - The Best Time of Day to Exercise to Lose Weight

You might try setting your wake-up alarm earlier and exercising before breakfast. There is some evidence that working out on a completely empty stomach — or, as scientists call this woozy, wee-hours condition, “in a fasted state” — prompts the body to burn more fat and potentially stave off weight gain, compared to exercising at… Read more 1/23/2015 - The Best Time of Day to Exercise to Lose Weight

1/22/2015 - Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds

Researchers delivered a modified RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cells. Cell proliferation capacity was dramatically increased, yielding large numbers of cells for study. Read the full article Stanford School of Medicine.

1/22/2015 - Japan: No longer Asia's fastest-aging nation?

Taiwan is set to surpass Japan as Asia’s fastest aging nation this decade, experts warn, as a dwindling labor force poses a structural challenge to economic growth. Read the full article at CNBC.

1/21/2015 - Robot caregivers aim to improve seniors' quality of life

Tangy the bingo-playing robot will make its debut as part of pilot study at a long-term care facility in Toronto in the coming weeks. Statistics Canada estimates people aged 65 and older will account for almost a quarter of the population by 2051. Prof. Goldie Nejat at the University of Toronto says health-care robots represent… Read more 1/21/2015 - Robot caregivers aim to improve seniors' quality of life