Is immortality possible? If it is, is it desirable? Those are some of the provocative questions Albert Einstein College of Medicine’s Nir Barzilai, M.D., recently explored before a live audience. Dr. Barzilai, professor of medicine and of genetics, director of Einstein’s Institute for Aging Research and an attending physician at Montefore Medical Center, spoke at a screening of the documentary Read more
Aging
Editors’ Note: An Einstein-led study with an average follow-up of nearly four years found that 26 percent of initially healthy people over age 60 met criteria for a predementia condition known as Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome (MCR). The research was published last week in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. MCR Read more
Einstein’s Nir Barzilai, M.D., an internationally recognized researcher on aging and one of this blog’s contributors, captivated a crowd of nearly 1,000 people at a September 27 TEDx event in Manhattan’s Gramercy Park neighborhood. His topic: “Grit”—what it is and how to get more of it. Dr. Barzilai knows a great deal about resilience from Read more
I know, I know. You read the phrase “the ageing epigenome” and, apart from noticing that the spelling is un-American, you find that really only one thing springs to mind: There must be a lot of anagrams I could make from that phrase. My examples appear below, but feel free to play along at home Read more
The “longevity dividend” is defined by economists, demographers and gerontologists as the cost savings obtained by delaying aging. Since no one can “delay” getting older, what we’re talking about here is delaying the onset of major diseases that come with age, such as cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease. The longevity dividend isn’t really about Read more
Editors’ Note: A recent New York Times article on the benefits of psychotherapy for the elderly generated a lot of discussion. It led us to wonder: What benefits might such therapy have, not only for the elderly who seek it, but also for their caregivers and families? Geriatric psychiatrist Gary Kennedy shares his thoughts. Can Read more
