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Is fraud a factor in remarkable age records?
Supercentenarian and so-called "remarkable" age records show patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud, Saul Justin Newman, PhD, a University of Oxford, UK, professor writes in a report that is published, but not yet peer-reviewed (preprint). He notes that the concentration of people colloquially known as super-agers within geographic regions or "blue zones" has stimulated many efforts to understand the factors driving survival in these populations. Researchers have analyzed lifestyle patterns, social connections, biomarkers, and genomic variants, he writes, "under the assumption that these are the potential drivers behind the attainment of remarkable age."
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Aging well in the future: What we need to do
The International Longevity Center (ILC)'s futures report, commissioned by Brightwell, a UK-based provider of services to defined benefit pension schemes, highlights how the world is changing rapidly, and technological, economic, societal and environmental changes are reshaping our experience of longer lives.
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Stats: 74% of those over 50 don't trust AI-generated health info
While the vast majority of people over 50 look for health information on the internet, a new poll shows 74% would have very little or no trust in such information if it were generated by artificial intelligence.
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Surprising truth about intergenerational wealth transfer
"Boomers are rolling in financial assets. But they are probably going to spend all their savings before they can pass anything down to their children," writes Ann C. Logue for Business Insider. In a fascinating and timely article, with links to relevant studies and related resources, Logue documents why the "great wealth transfer" from Boomers -- who currently hold about half of US wealth, although they make up only 17% of the population -- to their families is unlikely to take place, and if it does, why the main beneficiaries will be those who don't actually need the money.
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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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Chat GPT has potential to increase access, efficiency in healthcare
Investigators from Mass General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts, have found that ChatGPT was about 72% accurate in overall clinical decision making, from coming up with possible diagnoses to making final diagnoses and care management decisions. The large-language model (LLM) artificial intelligence chatbot performed equally well in both primary care and emergency settings across all medical specialties. The findings have implications for assisted living and life plan communities.
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