Last month, the publication focused on Europe and Australia. Have you ever been to Paris? If no, it should be on your bucket list!

Many ageing meetings are currently underway but from November 18-20, the 4th Annual World Congress of Geriatrics and Gerontology – 2016 will be held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The conference presents the latest research results, ideas, developments and applications in breaking research, medical management, innovative technologies,, social responsibility and more. This year, the conference theme of “Better Health in Old Age” rings true for everyone.

Why have six news articles? Because the newsletter has six parts! From religion to memory, we hope you enjoy these fascinating articles.

• Studying the link between religion and health– Local Xpress
• The silver lining behind global aging – Pensions & Investments
• China’s Aging Population: More than Fifty Shades of Grey – BRINK
• How ‘super aging’ older adults retain youthful memory abilities – ScienceDaily
• Aging With HIV/AIDS: The Progress Made, And The Challenges That Remain – WBUR
• Japan Is Leading A World Trend Where No One Wants To Go: Lost Decades – ValueWalk

Peer-reviewed articles continue to showcase important research. Published in the Journal of Clinical Interventions in Aging, our selected article evaluates the preliminary effects of tai chi qigong (TCQ) on improving night-time sleep quality of older adults with cognitive impairment. TCQ combines slow, deliberate movements, meditation, and breathing exercises.

Our featured company is Centre for Ageing Better, an independent charitable foundation working to help everybody enjoy a good later life. For more information, visit Centre for Ageing Better.

So what happened in August 2016? This is why newsletters should not be delayed!

August was quite the month since we tackled tough topics such as addiction and elder abuse. The article on elder abuse was apart of a series which you can read here. Let’s take a look at what happened in August.

While many articles were published on the web, these six (we’ll tell you why in the next newsletter) were especially interesting. Learn about topics such as migration, geroscience and even robots!

• The Future of Aging– U.S. News & World Report
• Is an Aging Asia a $20 Trillion Risk or Opportunity? – BRINK
• Being overweight may hasten brain aging: study – The Japan Times
• New population data provide insight on aging, migration – Phys.Org
• Aging Danes Hope Robots Will Save Their Welfare State – Bloomberg
• Elders with negative attitude about aging may be less resilient to stress – Reuters

Unlike news stories, peer-reviewed articles inform us of the science behind healthy aging and longevity. We selected a recent article focusing on opioid-induced constipation (OIC), which is often under-recognized and under-treated in older adults. Opioids are primarily used for pain relief.

Do you know that the University of Hawaii offers a ‘mini-medical school‘ to promote healthy aging? The new course is open to the public and covers topics like viruses, falls, and prescription drugs. As the saying goes, “you’re never too old to learn something new!”

July was a great month for Global Health Aging. While only two articles were published, we focused on relevant topics such as the Olympic Games and the stigma of loneliness. Many stereotypes surround older people and these articles dispel some myths and provide new insight. Our readership also increased on the site and social media outlets. Let’s take a look at what happened in July 2016.

From the Writers

• Breaking Down the Stigma of Loneliness in Denmark
• A Brief Highlight of Older Athletes at the Summer Olympic Games

In the News

• The Addiction Killing Women Over 50 – Next Avenue
• Aging can drive progress, say scientists – ScienceDaily
• Can the World Sustain 9 Billion People by 2050? – Big Think
• Aging Societies Should Make More of Mentorship – Harvard Business Review
• Aging workforce puts strain on skilled manufacturing workers – Seeking Alpha
• Healthy Aging: Science Enhances Options for Seniors – Natural Products INSIDER
• World Brain Day 2016: Focus on Aging Brain Global Impact – Parkinson’s News Today

July Peer Reviews

• Aging and health: Self-efficacy for Self-direction in Health Scale – Revista de Saúde Pública
• Neuroplasticity and Clinical Practice: Building Brain Power for Health – Frontiers in Psychology
• Frequency of sucrose exposure on the cariogenicity of a biofilm-caries model – European Journal of Dentistry
• Genetic variants determining survival and fertility in an adverse African environment – Aging (Albany NY)
• Statistical Approaches for the Study of Cognitive and Brain Aging – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
• Healthy Aging from the Perspectives of 683 Older People with Multiple Sclerosis – Multiple Sclerosis International
• Exposure to Traffic-Related Air Pollution in Relation to Progression in Physical Disability among Older Adults – Environmental Health Perspectives

Featured Company

Events

• Sep 12 | Berlin, DEU: Frontiers in DNA Repair
• Sep 16 | Edinburgh, GBR: 17th International Conference on Falls and Postural Stability
• Sep 20-23 | Portland, USA: 4th World Parkinson Congress (WPC 2016)
• Sep 21-22 | Basel, CHE: Aging and Drug Discovery Forum
• Sept 25-28 | Dubrovnik, HRV: Cell Fate Diversity in Aging Conference

Just for Fun

• The Artful Aging Movement Takes Hold – Next Avenue
• This Is What Friendship Looks Like at 100 – Next Avenue
• Dementia Chorus Lets People Make Memories – Florida Today
• And a quote to keep you inspired till next month!

Keep us informed! Send information and announcements to info@globalhealthaging.org and connect with Global Health Aging on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Twitter and YouTube.

June was a busy month for Global Health Aging. The Dementia Diaries book giveaway was a success and thanks to new corporate partnerships, the website is promoting novel products. More developments are underway including articles on trending topics in innovation. This month, the focus was on the health profile of older people in Tasmania. Let’s take a look at what happened in June 2016.

From the Writers

• Health Profile of Older Adults in Tasmania

In the News

• The Graying of Rural America – Citylab
• Ageism is getting old. Let’s end it – The Globe and Mail
• Virtual Reality Aimed At The Elderly Finds New Fans – NPR
• 9 growth areas for health and wellness – McKnight’s Senior Living
• Asia’s Aging Population To Pressure Global Economy – Seeking Alpha
• When a patient nears the end, a feared therapy can also comfort – STAT
• End-Of-Life Care Better For Patients With Cancer, Dementia: Study Finds – Kaiser Health News

March Peer Reviews

• Serum Albumin Levels and Economic Status in Japanese Older Adults – PLoS One
• H-MRS metabolites in adults with Down syndrome: Effects of dementia – Neuroimage: Clinical
• Nutritional Cognitive Neuroscience: Innovations for Healthy Brain Aging – Frontiers in Neuroscience
• Combined Cognitive Training vs. Memory Strategy Training in Healthy Older Adults – Frontiers in Psychology
• Age differences in learning emerge from an insufficient representation of uncertainty in older adults – Nature Communications
• Comparison of timing and force control of foot tapping between elderly and young subjects – Journal of Physical Therapy Science
• Six-Year Training Improves Everyday Memory in Healthy Older People. Randomized Controlled Trial – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Featured Company

Events

• Aug 8-10 | Orlando, USA: Florida Conference on Aging
• Aug 16-24 | Spetses, GRC: Molecular mechanisms of ageing and regeneration: From pluripoteny to senescence
• Aug 29-Sept 1 | Washington D.C., USA: National Home and Community Based Services Conference
• Sept 26-28 | Philadelphia, USA: Senior Centers 2016 Conference
• Oct 12-14 | San Francisco, USA: Aging2.0 OPTIMIZE

Just for Fun

• Bridging the gap in human aging – UCLA Newsroom
• Why Everybody Loves Seniors on Airbnb – Bloomberg
• Gerber: Softball keep aging players on the field – Florida Today
• And a quote to keep you inspired till next month!

Keep us informed! Send information and announcements to info@globalhealthaging.org and connect with Global Health Aging on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Twitter and YouTube.

From entrepreneurship to criminal activity, Global Health Aging tackled diverse topics about culture change, societal views and more! Countries such as Japan and Tanzania were spotlighted and May 15-21 was Dementia Awareness Week in the UK. To commemorate the event, the publication hosted a book giveaway with Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Let’s take a look at what happened in May 2016.

From the Writers

• Japan Confronts Crime Wave With Aging Population
• A Snapshot of Violence Against Elderly Women in Tanzania
• Why Society Needs More Older Social Entrepreneurs for Culture Change
• The Dementia Diaries: A Great Resource for Dementia Awareness Week

In the News

• Aging: To Fix or Not to Fix? – The Huffington Post
• Lesley Stahl On Becoming a Modern Grandma – Next Avenue
• Could Thinking Positively About Aging Be The Secret Of Health? – NPR
• Kimberly Williams-Paisley Chronicles Her Mother’s Dementia – Next Avenue
• Reagan Alzheimer’s comedy raises the question: Can illness be funny? – STAT
• Elderly People Speak about Their Experiences of Conflict – Morocco World News
• Dementia and ethnicity – raising awareness of both is crucial to effective support – Department of Health

March Peer Reviews

• Age-related changes in gut microbiota composition from newborn to centenarian: a cross-sectional study – BMC Microbiology
• Video Game Training Enhances Visuospatial Working Memory and Episodic Memory in Older Adults – Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
• Correlation between vitamin D levels and muscle fatigue risk factors based on physical activity in healthy older adults – Clinical Interventions in Aging
• ROS, Cell Senescence, and Novel Molecular Mechanisms in Aging and Age-Related Diseases – Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
• Impact of Mild Head Injury on Neuropsychological Performance in Healthy Older Adults: Longitudinal Assessment in the AIBL Cohort – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
• Small Changes, But Huge Impact? The Right Anterior Insula’s Loss of Connection Strength during the Transition of Old to Very Old Age – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
• Understanding the role of contrasting urban contexts in healthy aging: an international cohort study using wearable sensor devices (the CURHA study protocol) – BMC Geriatrics

Featured Company

Events

• June 21 | New York, USA: Surgery and Cognition: Delirium, Cognitive Decline, and Opportunities to Protect the Brain
• June 19-22 | Tampere, FIN: 23rd Nordic Congress of Gerontology
• June 21-23 | Brisbane, AUS: International Federation on Ageing 13th Global Conference
• June 29 | Baltimore, USA: Aging2.0 Global Startup Search
• June 28-July 1 | Melbourne, AUS: World Congress on Active Ageing 2016
• Sept 24-28 | Washington D.C., USA: The Creative Age: Global Perspectives on Creativity and Aging

Just for Fun

• Aging in the Key of Humor – The New York Times
• How Do You Organize 40 Years of Artwork? – Next Avenue
• Elderly Models Rock the Catwalk at Cheonggyecheon Fashion Show – The Korea Bizwire
• And a quote to keep you inspired till next month!

Keep us informed! Send information and announcements to info@globalhealthaging.org and connect with Global Health Aging on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Twitter and YouTube.

April was a busy month for Global Health Aging. We welcomed a new correspondent, published a two-part series on Venezuela’s economic crisis, and added two new sections to the website – Press Coverage and Cool Videos. The publication is currently hosting a book giveaway for Dementia Awareness Week. Enter to win The Dementia Diaries! Contest ends May 31.

From the Writers

• Strategies to Promote Positive Aging in New Zealand
• Venezuela’s Economic Crisis Puts Older Populations-At-Risk
• The Impact of the Chavez Government on Pensions and Health Systems

In the News

• Elderly dental care in crisis – The Mercury
• Iceland Is Getting Older – Reykjavík Grapevine
• Coping with senility in Japan: Grey zone – The Economist
• Joburg’s elderly forced to live in dire conditions – Times LIVE
• Changes to aged care let elderly pay for services in their homes – ABC News
• Stanford Challenges Young Designers To Help Older Adults – National Public Radio
• World Heath Day 2016: Older campaigners demand better diabetes care – HelpAge International

March Peer Reviews

• Age-Related Effects on Future Mental Time Travel – Neural Plasticity
• Nitrogen Balance and Protein Requirements for Critically Ill Older Patients – Nutrients
• Differing Patterns of Altered Slow-5 Oscillations in Healthy Aging and Ischemic Stroke – Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
• Nutrient Patterns and Their Food Sources in Older Persons from France and Quebec: Dietary and Lifestyle Characteristics – Nutrients
• A Lebanese dietary pattern promotes better diet quality among older adults: findings from a national cross-sectional study – BMC Geriatrics
• The Association Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis Perspective – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
• The antalgic effects of non-invasive physical modalities on central post-stroke pain: a systematic review – Journal of Physical Therapy Science

Featured Company

Barrow Neurological Institute is a regional specialty center located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Since 1962, the Institute has grown into one of the premiere destinations in the world for neurology and neurosurgery. Barrow’s experienced, highly skilled, and comprehensive team of neurological specialists can provide patients with a complete spectrum of care from diagnosis through outpatient neurorehabilitation. The center hosts many programs including Aneurysms and Cerebrovascular, Alzheimer’s and Cognitive Disorders, Brain Tumor, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuropsychology, Neurotrauma, and more! For more information, please visit Barrow Neurological Institute.

Events

• June 1-2 | Seattle, USA: 2016 Nathan Shock Center Summit on Personalized Geroscience
• June 1-3 | Cairns, AUS: AZNSGM Annual Scientific Meeting 2016
• June 2-4 | Jena, DEU: 2nd Nothobranchius Symposium
• June 2-5 | Seattle, USA: 45th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association
• June 3-5 | Fukuoka, JPN: 1st International WWAS Conference
• June 7-9 | London, GBR: 2016 Alzheimer‘s Disease Congress

Just for Fun

• The Famous Museum That’s Redefining Aging – Next Avenue
• Why You Should Vacation With Your Grandkids – Next Avenue
• Using the Arts to Promote Healthy Aging – The New York Times
• And a quote to keep you inspired till next month!

Keep us informed! Send information and announcements to info@globalhealthaging.org and connect with Global Health Aging on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Twitter and YouTube.

From climate change to refugee health, Global Health Aging covered different topics in March. Ageism is a huge problem for many societies and our goal is to join with other advocates in creating a culture where everyone is respected. We hope that these articles especially the one about Hip Hop-eration, a street-dance group comprising seven older adults, are changing the conversation around aging. Let’s take a look at what happened in March 2016.

From the Writers

• The Health Plight of Older Refugees in Australia
• How Climate Change Affects the Health of Older Adults
• The Dangers of Type 2 Diabetes among Older Hispanics
• The Flu in Focus: Epidemiology, History and Research of Global Influenza
• Exercise, Hip Hop-eration and the Impact of Dance on New Zealand’s Elderly

In the News

• An Aging World: 2015 – United States Census Bureau
  
• Nigeria’s population: Elderly to constitute 20% in 2016 – The Eagle Online
• New Parkinson’s drug could reduce hallucinations, but at what cost? – STAT
• The red-hot debate about transmissible Alzheimer’s – Nature Publishing Group
• Citizens urged to take look out for elderly members of the community – MaltaToday
• New auto safety features offer benefits and challenges for older drivers – Next Avenue
• How China’s rural elderly are being left behind and taking their lives – The Globe and Mail

March Peer Reviews

• Recovery of slow-5 oscillations in a longitudinal study of ischemic stroke patients – NeuroImage: Clinical
• Elevated p16ink4a Expression in Human Labial Salivary Glands as a Potential Correlate of Cognitive Aging in Late Midlife – PLoS One
• Iron Level and Myelin Content in the Ventral Striatum Predict Memory Performance in the Aging Brain – The Journal of Neuroscience
• Hippocampal Pathway Plasticity Is Associated with the Ability to Form Novel Memories in Older Adults – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
• Cortical Thinning in Healthy Aging Correlates with Larger Motor-Evoked EEG Desynchronization – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
• Effect of a quality-controlled fermented nutraceutical on skin aging markers: An antioxidant-control, double-blind study – Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
• Cross-sectional relations of race and poverty status to cardiovascular risk factors in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Lifespan (HANDLS) study – BMC Public Health

Featured Company

Ageing + Communication + Technologies (ACT) is a multi-methodological research project that brings together researchers and institutional and community partners to address the transformation of the experiences of ageing with the proliferation of new forms of mediated communications in networked societies. ACT is comprised of researchers, students, and community and institutional partners from around the world. Together, they investigate how ‘digital ageism’ – the individual and systemic biases that create forms of inclusion and exclusion that are age-related – operates in subtle ways. For more information, please visit ACT and check out this workshop on Scratch, a game used to teach programming to people of all ages. ACT hosted the workshop in February 2016.

Events

• April 17-19 | Copenhagen, DNK: IFA Copenhagen Summit 2016
• Apr 21-24 | Budapest, HUN: 31st International Conference of Alzheimer‘s Disease International
• Apr 25-28 |Saint-Petersburg, RUS: Biomedical Innovation for Healthy Longevity
• Apr 29 | Coogee, AUS: Australian Biology of Aging Conference 2016
• May 9-12 | Denver, USA: Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference

Just for Fun

• Downward Facing Dork: Taking Up Yoga at 60 – Next Avenue
• Hip-Hop Crew Proves You’re Never Too Old to Bust a Move – Next Avenue
• He Wasn’t an Artist, But Then Something Remarkable Happened – Next Avenue
• And a quote to keep you inspired till next month!

Keep us informed! Send information and announcements to info@globalhealthaging.org and connect with Global Health Aging on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Twitter and YouTube.

2016 is moving along! Last month, Global Health Aging covered diverse topics such as diabetes, menopause alternative medicine and elderly homes. The articles focused on target populations as well as regions in Asia, North America and Australia. Global Health Aging is currently recruiting writers, so anyone with an interest in aging is encouraged to submit a writing sample. Let’s take a look at what happened in February 2016.

From the Writers

• The Not-so-Novel Concept of Elderly Homes in Asia
• The Dangers of Type 2 Diabetes among Older Hispanics
• Menopausal Experiences Among Major Ethnic Groups in the U.S.
• Integrating Alternative Medicine with Geriatric Care in Australia
• How Social Factors Affect Diabetes Prevalence Among U.S. Hispanic Subgroups

In the News

• Shock abuse of elderly – Independent Online
• Zambia: Old People Need Care, Protection – AllAfrica
• Devices that matter most for the elderly and disabled – The Daily Star
• Rapidly Aging Thailand Tells Businesses to Hire More Elderly – Voice of America
• Global Aging Population and Quality Healthcare for Biophotonics Market – Medgadget
• Time to Ditch Retirement? Global Leaders Confront an Aging Population – The Fiscal Times
• Elderly people living in certain parts of the UK die earlier than those in most of Europe – Mirror Online

February Peer Reviews

• Novel loci and pathways significantly associated with longevity – Scientific Reports
• Movement Discordance between Healthy and Non-Healthy US Adults – PLoS One
• Assessing Visuospatial Abilities in Healthy Aging: A Novel Visuomotor Task – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
• Coaching or gaming? Implications of strategy choice for home based stroke rehabilitation – Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
• Chemoradiation may increase survival for a subset of elderly head and neck cancer patients – EurekAlert!
• Preclinical Cerebral Network Connectivity Evidence of Deficits in Mild White Matter Lesions – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
• Cognitive Benefits of Social Dancing and Walking in Old Age: The Dancing Mind Randomized Controlled Trial – Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Featured Company
The International Institute on Ageing (INIA) provides multi-disciplinary education and training in specific areas related to ageing, whilst also acting as a catalyst as regards the exchange of information on issues relating to ageing welfare. Located in Malta, the Institute seeks to empower low-income countries to cope with the challenges of the consequences of mass longevity in the next decades through training key personnel in different aspects of ageing and the establishment of regional training centres. INIA also commits itself in providing continuing support and continuity to sustain both the individual personnel and the Centres through modern information technology. For more information, please visit INIA and check out this photo of two elderly fishermen in Malta.

Events

• Mar 29-30 | Bethesda, USA: Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Dementias 2016 Summit
• Apr 13-14 | New York, USA: 2016 Advances in Geroscience Summit
• Apr 14-17 | Atlanta, USA: Cognitive Aging Conference 2016
• Apr 14-17 | Malaga, Spain: 2016 World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Muscoskeletal Diseases
• May 13 | Minneapolis, USA: Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration 2016 Education Conference

Just for Fun

• Super Bowl Ads With Boomer Celebs – Next Avenue
• Songs That Defined the Boomer Generation – Next Avenue
• A Vietnam Vet Fondly Remembers Carole King – Next Avenue
• And a quote to keep you inspired till next month!

Keep us informed! Send information and announcements to info@globalhealthaging.org and connect with Global Health Aging on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google Plus, Twitter and YouTube.