Aging News

For Aging New Mexico Chimps, Retirement or Medical Research?
A move of some of 186 chimpanzees to a research center in Texas has spurred outrage among animal rights advocates, primate experts and politicians.

Research and Markets: The Future Of Enteral Nutrition: Key Players, Disease Specific Opportunities and Market Forecasts
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2850b5/the_future_of_ente) has announced the addition of the "The Future Of Enteral Nutrition: Key Players, Disease Specific Opportunities and Market Forecasts" report to their offering. Fuelled by an aging population and rising rates of illness, the clinical nutrition markets in ...

Will Aging Chimps Get to Retire, or Face Medical Research?
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. -- Flo the chimpanzee bounds about her enclosure, hurls a rubber ball then stares quizzically at the New Mexico green chili pepper that will be her morning snack.

Aging can be a battle
The North Platte Telegraph Watching an elderly parent struggle with daily life is hard. It can be even more challenging when that parent is resistant to receiving the help they need, either from their children or from in-home professionals.

A Dozen Big Questions About Aging in America
Stanford Center on Longevity report summarizes aging and related demographic trends.

NIH Awards Grants To Support Biomedical Research In Space
The National Institutes of Health has announced that it has awarded the first new grants under the Biomedical Research on the International Space Station (BioMed-ISS) initiative, a collaborative effort between NIH and NASA. Using a special microgravity environment that Earth-based laboratories cannot replicate, researchers will explore fundamental questions about important health issues, such as ...

WISE & Healthy Aging appoints new executive vice president
Mitch Orlik, a 30-year nonprofit fundraising executive, has been named the new executive vice president of Santa Monica-based WISE & Healthy Aging. “Mitch brings a unique blend of expertise to WISE & Healthy Aging,” said Grace Cheng Braun, president and CEO of the social services organization.

Research and Markets: Health Grants Information Service Identifies Opportunities for Federal, Corporate and Foundation ...
DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Health Grants Information Service" subscription to their offering.

Census yields less reliable data
Sudburians who identify themselves as francophone are aging. Traditionally, they are less-well educated than the general population and live on lower incomes.[...]

'Gateway effect' of marijuana overblown
New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana - that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit drugs as young adults - is overblown.