News & Press

In a blog that I wrote earlier this week on Longevity Statistics in America, based on an article highlighting the report called Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being, published by the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics, one thing really has stuck with me for several days.

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This makes a great deal of sense to me. Researchers from the New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey conducted a telephone survey of more than 5,688 residents of New Jersey between the ages of 50 and 74.

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If you like numbers, check out this article in the New York Times: Old Age in America, by the Numbers.

Compiled from the report Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-Being at agingstats.gov, the NYT article pulls out highlights of the state of older America, such as:

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For decades, doctors warned of salt being a culprit in hypertension, or high blood pressure. Now it looks like certain forms of sugar are also to blame for high blood pressure.

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Despite all the warnings about skin cancer and other harmful effects of being in the sun without protection, according to a recent poll, it turns out that only about 20% of Americans put on sunscreen regularly. Only about a third wear it a few days in the summer.

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Regardless of your age, you will feel like you have made some new friends - and learned something - when you visit the online exhibit of "The Gathering of the Wisdom People."

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I really like this article in the New York Times - Turn 70. Act Your Grandchild's Age.

Contrary to what the title may indicate, the article talks about the gerontologist, Robert Butler, who spent much of his career teaching society that older people could still function - and function well. He fought stereotypes of aging that included inevitable senility and dependence.

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It has been said that Dr. Robert Butler has done more for older people in America than anyone else. In many ways, he brought the idea to light that turning 70 (or 80 for that matter) did not mean that it was time to sit down and wait for death.

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It seemed like a pretty good hypothesis (and still might be) - giving testosterone to frail elderly men with limitations in mobility could help them regain a little of what they had in youth, namely stronger bones and muscles.

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Yes, the information came in recently from a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that showed that men who used drugs for erectile dysfunction (ED) had a higher rate of STDs. Lots of media outlets jumped on the bandwagon with the story: Drugs for Erectile Dysfunction Lead to Higher Rates of STDs in Seniors.

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