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Are We Ready to Live to 100? – Oprah Daily
June 21, 2023 in SCL News /by adminLaura Carstensen, PhD, professor of psychology at Stanford University and founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, recently released a report called “The New Map of Life” that suggests that the 100-year life is indeed here, and that we might not be ready for it. Here are some of Carstensen’s takeaways for where the culture is headed, and how we can stay engaged, healthy, and content for decades to come.
8 Factors put Black adults at higher risk for early death – Futurity
May 30, 2023 in Longevity News /by adminDisparities in eight areas of life critical to health and well-being entirely explain why Black adults who live in the United States have a 59% higher risk of early death than white adults, researchers report.
Community Connections Help Residents Overcome Challenges and Age Well – Next Avenue
May 11, 2023 in SCL News /by adminThe third season of the ‘Century Lives’ podcast travels from Presidio, Texas to the Bronx and explores how place matters.
Mediterranean diet’s cellular effects revealed – Stanford Medicine
May 9, 2023 in Faculty Affiliate News /by adminFat from olive oil and nuts boosts the numbers of two key cellular structures and protects membranes from damage, lengthening the lives of laboratory worms, Stanford Medicine-led study finds. Anne Brunet, who is the School of Medicine’s Michele and Timothy Barakett Professor of Genetics, and a Stanford Center on Longevity faculty affiliate, is the senior author of the study, which was published May 1 in Nature Cell Biology.
“We Have 30 Extra Years”: A New Way of Thinking About Aging – Stanford GSB
April 28, 2023 in Faculty Affiliate News, SCL News /by adminAs one of three co-teachers of a Stanford Graduate School of Business course on the rapidly growing importance of older consumers and workers, Rob Chess likes to say that his colleague Laura Carstensen, the founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity, is the expert on aging; his fellow lecturer in management, Susan Wilner Golden, has the entrepreneurial angle covered; and he represents the demographic in question. “I just got my Medicare card,” he says with a chuckle.
A serial entrepreneur who has founded and led several successful biotech companies, Chess is having a bit of fun at his own expense. But the growing cohort of older adults he belongs to — and the opportunity it represents — is no joke.
Are You Ready for the “Longevity Economy”? – Stanford GSB
April 27, 2023 in SCL News /by adminNone of us are getting any younger. That could be a huge opportunity. Those who stay ahead of the curve on serving older customers could become “massive winners.”
The Quest for Longevity Is Already Over – Wired
April 26, 2023 in Longevity News /by adminStudying people who live well beyond the age of 100 could reveal the secret to living longer, healthier lives. But the statistics tell another story.
Nearly 30 Years After His Death, Morrie Schwartz Offers New Life Lessons – Next Avenue
April 14, 2023 in SCL News /by adminFrom the subject of ‘Tuesdays with Morrie,’ the discovery of a manuscript on aging creatively leads to a new book ‘The Wisdom of Morrie.’