1/6/2012 - Study shows memory loss can start as early as 45

Loss of memory and other brain function can start as early as age 45, posing a big challenge to scientists looking for new ways to stave off dementia, researchers said Thursday. Read the full article at Reuters

1/5/2012 - A Community Time Bank

In Montpelier, Vermont, a city program called the Reach Service Exchange Network began operation in the fall of 2010, powered by a grant of $1 million from the federal Administration on Aging. Read the full article in The New York Times

Myra Strober

Professor of Education, Emerita Department: Education Research interests: Gender issues at the workplace; work and family; multidisciplinarity in higher education; occupational segregation; women in the professions and management; the economics of childcare; feminist economics and the teaching of economics Email: Myra.Strober@stanford.edu Phone: (650) 493-0400 Address: School of Education 892 Lathrop Drive Stanford, CA 94305-3096 Website:… Read more Myra Strober

12/29/2011 - The Unspoken Diagnosis: Old Age

It has taken physicians a very long time to accept the need to level with patients and their families when they have terminal illnesses and death is near — and we know that many times those kinds of honest, exploratory conversations still don’t take place. Now Dr. Smith, a palliative care specialist at the University… Read more 12/29/2011 - The Unspoken Diagnosis: Old Age

1/4/2012 - Use Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials, Says Expert Group

A group of thought leaders in Alzheimer’s disease says the science is solid and the time has come for more widespread use of biomarkers in Alzheimer disease (AD) clinical trials, to speed the identification of effective disease-modifying treatments for this incurable disorder. Recommendations by the Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker Expert Working Group, convened by the not-for-profit… Read more 1/4/2012 - Use Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials, Says Expert Group

1/4/2012 - Pitt stem-cell research slows aging

University of Pittsburgh scientists improved the lifespan of mice with an aging disease by injecting them with normal stem cells, a finding they say underscores the ability of stem cells to repair muscle, bones and injuries. Read the full article at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

1/2/2012 - Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks

A week after Christmas, many Americans are no doubt trying to figure out how to use the high-tech gadgets they got as gifts. This can be especially challenging for seniors. But a number of programs across the country are finding just the right experts to help usher older adults into the digital age. For Pamela… Read more 1/2/2012 - Tutors Teach Seniors New High-Tech Tricks

12/15/2011 - Trusting Someone Over 60

At the Mind the Gap playwriting and theater-making series at the New York Theater Workshop, teenagers and people over 60 are paired to learn and write about each other. Read the full article at The New York Times

12/31/2011 - Aging and Broke, More Lean on Family

More aging Americans are doing something they never would have imagined: turning to family for financial aid. Some are even asking their children for a place to live. Read the full article in The Wall Street Journal

12/30/2011 - Shrinking brains and 'silent strokes' studied

New findings in Alzheimer’s disease support longstanding notions of what doctors have preached for years. The studies look at associations, not causes, but they further scientists’ pursuit of preventing the fatal brain disease. Read the full article at CNN