"Today's Research on Aging" is an e-newsletter series intended to increase awareness of research results and their application to major public and private decisionmaking. Although policy debates may be closely followed by many members of society, not all people are aware of the research underlying policy prescriptions as well as the choices of public and private decisionmakers. By discussing recent research and the links to major government, business, social, and private issues, we hope to increase appreciation of the scientific findings relevant to aging and their effects on individuals and society.

Funding for this newsletter series has been provided by the National Institute on Aging, Behavioral and Social Research (BSR) Unit, through a grant from the University of Michigan Center on the Demography of Aging. This center coordinates dissemination of findings from 13 NIA demography centers located in prestigious institutions throughout the United States.

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Today's Research on Aging

• Older Workers and Retirement  Issue 12, June 2008 (PDF: 78KB)
• Socioeconomic Status and Health Disparities in Old Age  Issue 11, June 2008 (PDF: 68KB)
• Caregiver Health  Issue 10, December 2007 (PDF: 71KB)
• Why Do We Make Bad Decisions? Findings From a New Science  Issue 9, November 2007
  (PDF: 68KB)
• Underweight, Undernutrition, and the Aging  Issue 8, October 2007 (PDF: 72KB)
• Trends in Disability at Older Ages  Issue 7, September 2007 (PDF: 76KB)
• How Does HIV/AIDS Affect the Elderly in Developing Countries? 
    Issue 6, August 2007 (PDF: 71KB)
• Cognitive Aging: Imaging, Emotion, and Memory  Issue 5, July 2007 (PDF: 73KB)
• Global Health and Population Aging   Issue 4, June 2007 (PDF: 67KB)
• Savings and the Elderly   Issue 3, May 2007 (PDF: 73KB)
• Prescription Drugs and Medicare   Issue 2, April 2007 (PDF: 101KB)
• Healthy Aging  Issue 1, March 2007 (PDF: 101KB)
  

Related Articles

• "Obesity Threatens the Health of Older Europeans" (June 2008)
• "Race, Ethnicity, and Where You Live Matters: Recent Findings on Health and Mortality of U.S. Elderly" (February 2008)
• "Gender Disparities in Health and Mortality" (November 2007)
• "Disability and Aging" (August 2007)
• "New Research Findings May Help Older People Make Better Decisions," by D'Vera Cohn and Marlene Lee (June 2007)
• "The Brain Changes as it Ages, Sometimes in Surprising Ways," by D'Vera Cohn (June 2007)
• "Population Aging Impact Differs Across Countries," by D'Vera Cohn and Marlene Lee (June 2007)
• "The Degree of Certainty in Population Projections," by Marlene Lee and Shripad Tuljapurkar (April 2007)
• "Medicare Drug Benefit Will Help, but May Carry Unwanted Side Effects," by D'Vera Cohn and Marlene Lee (April 2007)

National Institute of Aging: Health & Retirement Study, Webcast of Briefing

On June 12, 2007, in Washington D.C., the National Institute of Aging (NIA) convened a panel of speakers to address the significance of the Health & Retirement Study (HRS). This briefing was designed to introduce media, policymakers, benefits professionals, and others to the study's breadth and depth as a resource about our aging population. At the event, NIA introduced a new publication, Growing Older in America: The Health & Retirement Study, highlighting findings and trends from the study about the lives of older people.  View webcast of the briefing.

Reviewers for Today's Research on Aging and Related Web Articles

The Population Reference Bureau would like to thank the reviewers for reading and commenting on newsletters and articles producted for this project in 2007.

For More Information, Contact:

Marlene A. Lee
Senior Research Associate, and Editor, Population Bulletin
202-483-1100