AGEING POPULATION

Will loneliness become a major health problem as countries age?

Michael Cook | 07 March 2020 | Comments

tags: ageing population, loneliness, social isolation

It’s associated with early death, dementia, and heart disease

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Can blood transfusions from teenagers slow the ageing process?

Michael Cook | 03 June 2017 | Comments

tags: aged care, ageing population, anti-ageing, parabiosis, peter thiel

Silicon Valley is interested

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Rethinking care for the elderly

Xavier Symons | 29 November 2014 | Comments

tags: ageing population, geriatrics

Two academics at Emory University have proposed a novel solution to providing healthcare for the elderly.

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The Lancet sounds alarm over care of the elderly

Xavier Symons | 12 April 2014 | Comments

tags: ageing population, elderly care, public policy

The elderly care crisis is set to worsen, according to an alarming editorial published in The Lancet this month.

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Google searches for life extension

Michael Cook | 20 September 2013 | Comments

tags: ageing population, cryongenics, cryonics, Google, life extension

If you have US$50 billion or so in cash lying around, you can afford to spend some of it on out-there projects. Which is what internet search behemoth Google is doing.

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The US$700 test that tells you how long you’ll live

Jared Yee | 27 May 2011 | Comments

tags: ageing population, genetic testing, genetic tests

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Future looks bleak for ageing US adults with intellectual disabilities

Michael Cook | 09 July 2010 | Comments

tags: ageing population, disabilities, Down syndrome

Doctors poorly trained to care for them, says JAMA