(This article appeared previously in Kaiser Health News. This is an abridged version of the story. Click here to see the entire story.) When Larry Anders moved into the Bay at Burlington nursing home in late 2017, he wasn’t supposed to be there long. A… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This article is part of an editorial partnership between Next Avenue and the American Federation for Aging Research, a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research.) I… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Kaiser Health News. It is an abridged version. Click here to see the entire story.) Renowned Harvard University geneticist David Sinclair recently made a startling assertion: Scientific data shows he ha… Continue reading
(Editor’s note: This article is part of an editorial partnership between Next Avenue and the American Federation for Aging Research, a national nonprofit with a mission to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research.) The year 2018 ma… Continue reading
In 2006, S. Jay Olshansky, a leading researcher on aging, and his colleagues coined the term “the longevity dividend.” It describes the health and economic benefits individuals and societies could enjoy by slowing biological aging and extending people’… Continue reading
(Advances in science and public health are increasing longevity and enhancing the quality of life for people around the world. In this series of interviews with the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, 14 visionaries are revealing exciting … Continue reading
Did you know that of those who die on Mt. Everest, 80 percent died not on the way up, but on the way down? They had so diligently planned and trained for how to climb the summit that they didn’t plan nearly as much for the dangers of getting down. Reas… Continue reading
(Advances in science and public health are increasing longevity and enhancing the quality of life for people around the world. In this series of interviews with the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, 14 visionaries are revealing exciting … Continue reading
Marc Freedman, the president and CEO of Encore.org who coined the term “encore career” has just written a book, How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations (Public Affairs/Hachette). Here, Encore.org talks with him about why, … Continue reading
(Advances in science and public health are increasing longevity and enhancing the quality of life for people around the world. In this series of interviews with the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging, 14 visionaries are revealing exciting … Continue reading