Publication Date:
Sat, 01/16/2016
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today released the NIH-Wide Strategic Plan, Fiscal Years 2016–2020: Turning Discovery Into Health, which will ensure the agency remains well positioned to capitalize on new opportunities for scientific explorSee Original Article
Publication Date:
Thu, 01/21/2016
Move over, millennials. The centenarians are coming.
The number of Americans age 100 and older – those born during Woodrow Wilson’s administration and earlier — is up by 44 percent since 2000, federal health officials reported Thursday.
There wSee Original Article
Publication Date:
Tue, 01/12/2016
Several neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease, are characterized by proteins that accumulate in the brain. One protein, called tau, clumps into twisted threads known as tangles. These are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease and seveSee Original Article
Publication Date:
Tue, 01/05/2016
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The White House has held a Conference on Aging every decade, beginning in 1961, to identify and advance actions to improve the quality of life of older Americans.
In 2015, the United States marked the 50th anniversaries of Medicare, See Original Article