Chapter Summary

SECTION I. INTRODUCTION: INDEPENDENT/SUCCESSFUL LONGEVITY (Chapters by authors Cisneros and Carstensen) The evidence is abundant from studies of history and science that Americans can live for many more years without the painful, costly, dispiriting effects of debilitating diseases. “Aging in place,” as we discuss it in this book, refers to a range of housing and… Read more Chapter Summary

2/12/2012 - High calorie intake linked to mild memory loss in elderly

Older people who consumed more than 2,143 calories a day had more than double the risk of a type of memory loss called mild cognitive impairment compared to those who ate fewer than 1,500 calories a day, according to a study being released Sunday by the American Academy of Neurology on its website (aan.com). Read… Read more 2/12/2012 - High calorie intake linked to mild memory loss in elderly

2/10/2012 - Cancer drug shows promise in mouse Alzheimer’s study

Mice in the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease had some of their brain abnormalities reversed and their declining mental function restored when they were given low doses of a rarely used cancer drug. Read the full article in The Washington Post

You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't

In this film directed by Scott Kirschenbaum, a woman in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s disease seeks acceptance among fellow residents at the Traditions Alzheimer’s & Other Dementia Care Unit as she fights against the forces of a past she cannot remember, wandering day after day on a soul-searching odyssey through her Alzheimer’s care unit.… Read more You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't

2/5/2012 - The Campaign to Defeat Alzheimer’s

There is hopeful news in the battle against Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia that gradually robs millions of older Americans of their memories and mental capacities and ultimately kills them. Scientists are beginning to close in on possible diagnostic tests and treatments for this incurable disease. And the Obama administration, carrying out a law… Read more 2/5/2012 - The Campaign to Defeat Alzheimer’s

2/5/2012 - Green tea drinkers show less disability with age

Yasutake Tomata of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and his colleagues followed nearly 14,000 adults aged 65 or older for three years. They found those who drank the most green tea were the least likely to develop “functional disability,” or problems with daily activities or basic needs, such as dressing or bathing. Read… Read more 2/5/2012 - Green tea drinkers show less disability with age

2/2/2012 - Inaugural event for new research center probes how to slow the aging process

Once seen as a ticket to obscurity, the field of aging research is coming of age. This can be seen in the convergence of thinking demonstrated at the Jan. 31 Frontiers in Aging symposium at the Clark Center auditorium. Virtually every symposium speaker voiced a common theme: Rather than focus narrowly on one or another… Read more 2/2/2012 - Inaugural event for new research center probes how to slow the aging process

2/1/2012 - Path Is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice have found. But instead of viruses or bacteria, what is being spread is a distorted protein known as tau. Read the full article at The New York Times

1/29/2012 - It’s Not Me, It’s You

Psychologists consider it an inevitable life stage, a point where people achieve enough maturity and self-awareness to know who they are and what they want out of their remaining years, and have a degree of clarity about which friends deserve full attention and which are a drain. It is time, in other words, to shed… Read more 1/29/2012 - It’s Not Me, It’s You

Paul F. Glenn Labs Inaugural Symposium: "Frontiers in Aging"

To mark its first year, Paul F. Glenn Laboratories at Stanford will hold an inaugural symposium entitled “Frontiers in Aging” on January 30, 2012, from 1:00-4:00 pm at the Clark Center Auditorium at Stanford University.