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• Living Legend
  Florence Mahoney: A Noble Conspirator Indeed!
  
  Spring 2002
  Related topics: Health  
  
  
  Florence Stephenson Mahoney has spent most of her adult years as an advocate for good health for all.
• Testimony
  Geriatric Training Shortage Testimony:
  Senate Special Committee on Aging
  
  February 27, 2002
  Related topics: Geriatric Training  
  
  
  Daniel Perry, Executive Director of the Alliance for Aging Research testified before the Senate Special Committee on Aging, highlighting a new report Medical Never-Never Land: 10 Reasons Why America is Not Ready for the Coming Age Boom. The report highlights a critical gap in the education of U.S. health professionals.
• Report
  Medical Never-Never Land:
  Ten Reasons Why America is Not Ready for the Coming Age Boom
  
  February 2002 | Alliance for Aging Research
  Related topics: Geriatric Training  
  
  
  Less than 3% of health care providers have training to treat older patients. This lack of geriatric training is a crisis that will only grow as the Baby Boomer generation ages. Medical Never-Never Land is a report highlighting this crisis and based on a forum held under the auspices of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging.
• Alliance Views
  A 15-year Retrospective and Look Forward
  
  Winter 2001
  Related topics: Health  Policy  Research  
  
  
  Fifteen years ago, the study of human aging was largely an academic backwater: the field lacked sufficient funding, public support, and scientific prestige.
• Science in the Spotlight
  Body, Heal Thyself: Science Fiction or Reality?
  
  Winter 2001
  Related topics: Health  Regenerative Medicine  
  
  
  We don't think it's miraculous when a cut finger heals on its own, or a sprained ankle becomes good as new over a matter of weeks.