5/15/2013 - Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'

Engineers combine layers of flexible materials into pressure sensors to create a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill. The skin-like device could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient’s heart. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, and Center on Longevity faculty affiliate,… Read more 5/15/2013 - Stanford engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible 'skin'

5/14/2013 - Covering the Rising Cost of Long-Term Care

FEW sticker shocks are as bracing as the price of hiring someone to help with the simplest activities — bathing, toilet use, dressing, eating and moving. Whether recovering from surgery or a stroke or suffering a chronic illness like arthritis, those needing skilled help need deep pockets indeed. Read the full article at The New… Read more 5/14/2013 - Covering the Rising Cost of Long-Term Care

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

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.

5/14/2013 - Filling Up an Empty Nest

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

5/14/2013 - How They Do It Elsewhere

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.

5/13/2013 - Breakthrough: Alzheimer’s drug candidate J147 reverses disease in mice

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.

5/12/2013 - Market rebounds, but retirement confidence doesn't (Philly.com)

Workers appear to have little faith that the economic recovery and the stock market’s climb have left them better prepared for retirement. Confidence in the ability to afford a comfortable retirement remains at the same record low level recorded in 2011, and is slightly lower than last year, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute,… Read more 5/12/2013 - Market rebounds, but retirement confidence doesn't (Philly.com)

5/13/2013 - Med School study develops models to further muscular dystrophy research

Researchers in the School of Medicine recently published a study detailing the development of mouse models that use luciferase, the gene that makes fireflies glow, to follow the progression of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy through noninvasive imaging of the luminescent decaying muscle cells. The researchers, who worked in the lab of Professor of Neurology and Neurological… Read more 5/13/2013 - Med School study develops models to further muscular dystrophy research

5/13/2013 - New fitness centers cater to aging baby boomers

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.

5/13/2013 - Discovery reverses aging of mouse hearts—could it work in humans, too?

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?