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Brochure
Test Your EyeQ
This health quiz scores your risk of developing age-related macular degeneration by questioning your knowledge of prevention and causes and providing information on the correct answers.
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Science in the Spotlight
Can We Live Longer by Eating Fewer Calories?
The jury is still out on whether caloric restriction can prolong human life or prevent age-related diseases, but the results of recent studies with rodents and rhesus monkeys are moving us closer to a verdict. Richard Weindruch, Ph.D., professor of medicine at University of Wisconsin-Madison and one of the nation's top caloric restriction researchers, shares some thoughts about this promising area of research.
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Alliance Views
Shortage of Geriatricians: A Quiet But Critical Health Care Crisis
Ever wonder whether the doctor treating your parent, older relative or friend, or you, if you happen to be over 65, has any special training in treating older people?
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Get Mad Column
Where Are All the Geriatricians? We Need Them, Now!
Summer 1999
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Despite more than 20 years of clear warnings from some of the most prestigious health policy and medical groups in the country, America is facing a severe shortage of health care professionals trained to manage the special health care needs of older people.
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Feature Article
Shattering the Myths of Old Age
Summer 1999
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What is more important in determining how well we age -- genetics or lifestyle choices?
