Public Health
Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory
| February 18, 2011
2010 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the potential cognitive benefits of regular aerobic exercise.
Gender
Physical activity and weight gain prevention
| October 22, 2010
2010 study by researchers from the Harvard Medical School and others on the relationship between different amounts of physical activity and weight changes.
Health Care
Assessing variations in hospital resource use and outcomes
| June 3, 2010
2009 paper in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes examining the relationship between Medicare spending and outcomes for patients with heart failures
Jobs
How longer work lives ease the crunch of population aging
| March 18, 2010
2009 RAND Corporation paper examines the potential benefits of workers remaining in the workforce for longer periods of time.
Jobs
Age Discrimination in Employment Act and population aging challenges
| January 21, 2010
A 2008 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research paper looking at age discrimination in the U.S. and the ADEA's historical effects
Immigration
Immigration and labor market outcomes in the native elderly population
| December 14, 2009
2008 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of immigration on labor market outcomes for native elderly workers.