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Topic- Health span
What to expect from generation beta
Prudential Financial, Inc. welcomed Generation Beta (people born January 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2039) by commissioning a report that reveals how Americans envision the future, and how technological, social and economic shifts will impact their financial security.
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Tech Talk: Nine research projects for healthy aging funded
Following a competitive, national call for proposals, AGE-WELL, Toronto, Canada, announced funding for nine research projects through its 2024 AgeTech Advance: Healthy Aging Research Program (HARP), aimed at advancing the development and application of technology-enabled solutions that support healthy aging. Research is one of three interconnected pillars through which AGE-WELL is advancing Canada's aging innovation ecosystem.
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People living longer, but not healthier - especially in US
People around the world are living longer -- but not necessarily healthier -- lives, according to Mayo Clinic research. A study of 183 World Health Organization (WHO) member countries found those additional years of life are increasingly fraught with disease.
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Physical performance tied to longer life after age 80
Physical performance is independently associated with long-term survival in very old adults living in the community, and it's a reliable metric for assessing mortality risk of those in their 80s, new research from Italy suggests.
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Healthy aging toolkit facilitates evidence-based research
Australia's ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research and the University of New South Wales have launched the Healthy Ageing Toolkit. The toolkit, a website, is a repository of searchable information about aging cohort studies conducted around the world (current number of studies, 287) designed to support the study of healthy aging and its trajectories, as well as inequities related to healthy aging. Active-aging organizations may want to locate studies in their area of interest and contact the lead researchers about collaborations. This could be particularly relevant to university-based communities.
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Tech Talk: Does functional age best biological age for assessing longevity?
The concept of "biological age," rather than "chronological age," is gaining traction as a more scientific way to assess aging, according to a recent article in Longevity.Technology. However, a new concept, "functional age," has been proposed as an even better tool -- and consumer longevity startup Zest will be launching an artificial intelligence platform that aims to do just that.
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