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• Get Mad Column
  Restoring a Commitment to Medical Research
  
  Summer 2009
  Related topics: Access to Breakthroughs    Aging Research  Alzheimer's Disease  Cardiovascular Disease  Diabetes  Federal Funding  Policy  Vision Loss  
  
  
  Investigators supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are on the cusp of research breakthroughs that may enhance their ability to predict and intervene earlier in the processes of many age-related chronic diseases.
• Science in the Spotlight
  What is Aging Research? Defining the Field
  
  Summer 2009
  Related topics: Aging Research  Longevity  Research  
  
  
  How exactly does one define aging research? It turns out that finding agreement on a single definition is not as easy as it seems.
• Feature Article
  Navigating Health Care Transitions: Tools for Information Sharing
  
  Summer 2009
  Related topics: Alzheimer's Disease  Caregiving  Quality of Care  
  
  
  At some point in our lives, most of us will face an illness where we have to deal with many different health care professionals—often spread out in different locations and settings across the health care system. Our primary physician may refer us to a specialist, or we may have an emergency that sends us to the ER and later requires that we be admitted to the hospital or see our primary physician for follow-up. We may even have to move from the hospital to a rehabilitation or long-term care facility.
• Report
  Gray is the New Gold: State of the Science 2009
  
  May 2009
  Related topics: Aging Research  Policy  
  
  
  Optimism in Aging Research is the theme of this year's Gray is the New Gold report, produced by the Kronos Longevity Research Institute. The State of the Science Report was produced just after the new President took office, ushering in an era of optimism and hope within the scientific community. As you read through the report and recognize the potential of the research being conducted within the longevity field, we hope you, too, will feel the same.
  
  Research highlighted in this report includes The Longevity Dividend, Oxidation, inflammation, and insulin resistance, Telomeres and insulin resistance, Physical fitness and exercise training, Calorie restriction, Hormones and aging, and Vitamin D.
  
  To read the report, visit the Kronos Longevity Research Institute website.
• Report
  2009 Task Force on Aging Research Funding
  
  May 2009
  Related topics: Aging Research  Alzheimer's Disease  Arthritis  Brain Health  Cancer  Cardiovascular Disease  Caregiving  Diabetes  Federal Funding  Geriatric Training  Health  Incontinence  Medical Innovation  Men's Health  Mental Health  Osteoporosis  Other Diseases of Aging  Parkinson's Disease  Persistent Pain  Policy  Research  Stroke  Vision Loss  Women's Health  
  
  
  The 2009 Task Force on Aging Research Funding--more than 65 non-partisan disease groups, patient advocates, and foundations--urges Congress and the President to restore a national commitment to medical research on behalf of America's aging population. This year's report of the Task Force calls for a at least a 7% increase in funding for the National Institutes of Health in FY 2010. It also presents data on the burden of diseases and conditions that predominately affect older Americans, highlights the emerging research the NIH is doing to decrease these burdens, and serves as a resource for policymakers working to establish the funding levels necessary to advance healthy aging.