Summer 2010

Feature Article

Searching for Answers and Hope: Learning About a Disease that Steals Memories

Brain

First they told her she had Alzheimer’s disease.  Next they suggested that the medications they had prescribed to control her anxiety and depression were the cause.  Then they told her it was Parkinson’s.  It was years before doctors finally figured out what was making Susan Grant’s mind slip away.

At-A-Glance

At A Glance

Leading researchers and authorities on aging are constantly making news with their breakthroughs and discoveries.  Below is a small sample of the articles, podcasts, blog postings, and other media that highlight some of this important information on aging, age-related disease, and the science behind getting old.


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Science in the Spotlight

Managing Diabetes: Innovative New Breakthroughs on the Horizon

Diabetes in the U.S. is continuing to rise at an alarming rate, fueled in large part by the obesity epidemic and our increasingly sedentary lifestyles and poor diets.  Every year, more than 1.6 million Americans develop diabetes—joining the ranks of the more than 28 million Americans who already have the disease.

Get Mad Before You Get Old!

What is the 501(k)? Balancing Benefits, Safety, and Patient Needs

Device

What does a tongue depressor have in common with an artificial knee and a heart monitor?  This is not trick question or an unsolvable riddle—all three are medical devices that must go through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval.

Alliance View

The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS: A Graying Epidemic

Red Ribbon

When the AIDS epidemic first shook the nation in the 1980s, no one with the virus was expected to live long—let alone reach old age.  But thanks to the discovery of effective drug therapies, most people with the disease can now look forward to living well into their senior years.  Add to that the fact that older Americans are becoming newly infected at an alarming rate, and HIV/AIDS is clearly no longer a problem for the young.