gerontologist
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“Our study wasn’t a prevalence study,” says Jason Karlawish, a gerontologist at the Penn Memory Center and senior principal investigator of the NIH study.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 12, 2023
All dentists can treat older adults, said Piedad Suarez, a USC professor, gerontologist and dentist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2023
Nancy Rhine, a gerontologist and marriage and family therapist in Mill Valley, California, has helped about 40 older adults prepare for and process late-life rituals involving hours of retrospection and introspection, art and music.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 21, 2022
“There’s no doubt that juggling the two can be very difficult,” said Douglas Wolf, a demographer and gerontologist at Syracuse University.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2022
Dr. Roy Walford, a well-respected medical research gerontologist who has been actively studying longevity for many years, is one of those.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
Many gerontologists distinguish between “health span” and “life span,” the length of time someone enjoys relative good health versus the length of someone’s life.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2020
A trial by a group of gerontologists based at Boston University reported that 10% of supercentenarians made it to the final three months of their lives without being troubled by major age-related diseases.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 3, 2019
“If you took the research on what older adults need and what works well, and decided to create a new organization, villages would be very close to what academic gerontologists would create,” Graham said.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 1, 2019
"Many geriatricians and gerontologists joke about this," says Small.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2013
Medical researchers and research gerontologists have noticed that many other vitamin and vitamin-like substances have similar effects on laboratory animals.
From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Solomon, Steve
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