Lifespan Health and Aging
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Mortality Risk, Insurance, and the Value of Life
People with shorter life expectancies place more value on increases in survival than people who anticipate longer life spans.
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Some Blood Pressure Medications May Reduce Risk of Alzheimer’s, But Not For All Populations
Certain antihypertensive medications may prevent the onset of the disease, but only among black and white women and white men.
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Seminar Series: Toshiaki Iizuka
Toshiaki Iizuka is a professor at the Graduate Schools of Economics and Public Policy at the the University of Tokyo. His research focuses on health economics and health policy, with an emphasis on incentives and information in healthcare markets.
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Racial and Ethnic Differences in Trends in Dementia Prevalence and Risk Factors in the United States
The researchers find disparities in dementia prevalence declined between blacks and whites and increased between Hispanics and whites.
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People are living longer, which brings obvious benefits as well as considerable challenges — from Alzheimer’s and other age-related diseases to increased injuries, disabilities and poverty risks. Policymakers around the world rely on Schaeffer Center research and modeling tools for finding ways to help keep people as healthy as possible throughout their lives.
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Multidimensional Comparison of Countries’ Adaptation to Societal Aging
Overall, Norway and Sweden rank first in adaptation to aging, followed by the U.S., The Netherlands, and Japan. Central and eastern European countries rank at the bottom, with untapped potential for successful aging.
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Education and Psychosocial Functioning Among Older Adults: 4-Year Change in Sense of Control and Hopelessness
In this study, researchers found a cumulative advantage of higher levels of education for psychosocial functioning in older adults.
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Recent Trends in Life Expectancy Across High Income Countries: Retrospective Observational Study
Jessica Ho and Arun Hendi assessed whether declines in life expectancy occurred in other high income countries during 2014-16, the main age groups and causes of death contributing to these declines, and the extent to which these declines were driven by shared or differing factors across countries.
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Will California Be Ready? Implementing Programs for Serious Illness
National and state experts examined California’s readiness to meet the needs of patients with serious illness going forward and trends in this population.
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Accelerating Alzheimer’s Disease Drug Innovations from the Research Pipeline to Patients
Goldman, Fillit, and Neumann outline policy options that would lead to more innovation.
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Impact of Inequality on the Future Elderly: Policy Tools and Actions
Experts from the Roybal Center and OECD countries will come together to discuss policies for better and more equal health and economic outcomes in the retirement years.
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