For elderly, persistent pain is associated with accelerated memory decline and higher risk of dementia
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Maria Glymour is an author on this longitudinal study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Aging Societies
Does timing of socioeconomic status (SES) impact late-life memory function and decline differently?
Researchers have found that early- and later-life SES has an impact on late-life memory in differing ways. The study is published in the American Journal of Epidemiology by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health doctoral student Jessica Marden,…
Hypertension well managed for those older South Africans whose health was monitored by long-term surveillance program
A study just out in the Journal of Hypertension co-authored by Harvard Pop Center faculty members Stephen Tollman, Till Bärnighausen, Joshua Salomon, and Bell Fellow Xavier Gomez-Olive points to the potential effectiveness of a local, long-term…
Economic downturns negatively impact future cognitive functioning of older U.S. workers
A study published in The Journals of Gerontology Series B by recent Harvard Bell Fellow Philipp Hessel, Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman, and faculty member Mauricio Avendano has found exposure to economic downturns among U.S. workers…
How do functional abilities of aging population in South Africa compare to those in other LMICs?
Researchers affiliated with the Harvard Pop Center have authored a paper based on research from the Health and Aging in Africa: a Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa (HAALSI) study that finds that older South African men…
Possible molecular link to stroke and dementia may be associated with level of social support
Harvard Pop Center Director Lisa Berkman, PhD, and faculty member Joel Salinas, MD, are among the authors on a paper published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions that reveals…
HAALSI study on HIV prevention among older adults in the news
Recent Harvard Bell Fellow Molly Rosenberg, PhD, is lead author on a paper based on data from HAALSI study that is featured in this news piece from Indiana University Bloomington.
How does living among more peers as an older adult impact cognitive function?
Esther Friedman, PhD, a former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar, is lead author on a study in which she and her colleagues explore the impact of living in a neighborhood with a higher percentage of older adults on cognitive function. The…
Receiving antiretroviral therapy for HIV may offer spillover health benefits for at-risk population in South Africa
A team of HAALSI (a research project studying health of aging population in South Africa) researchers affiliated with the Harvard Pop Center has found that HIV-positive adults in South Africa who receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV…
What will employment be like for aging workforce in future? International researchers discuss today at Harvard Pop Center
Today the Harvard Pop Center is co-hosting the 2016 Sloan Research Network on Aging & Work Fall Institute, chaired by Jackie James from Boston College and our director, Lisa Berkman. Researchers from around the world are here to discuss projects…