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Today, AARP, the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (AD Data Initiative), and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington announced the Dementia Risk ...

There’s a new chief in town for AARP, the advocacy group with roughly 38 million members who are 50 and older.

Aging expert Debra Whitman wondered how to age well. Her new book, “The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of ...

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Adults 50 and older can now get the shot, as rates of the illness climb. By Dani Blum The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lowered the recommended age from 65 to 50 for adults to get ...

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a new “Young Adult” Status would be created for ages 19-25, along with other protections. Kate Rubin of Youth Represent, which provides legal services to young people in the criminal justice system, ...

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