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7 Jan 2020 - How Old Is Old? 

Psychology Today

29 Nov 2019 - Informing better policies for an aging population

Mirage news

19 Nov 2019 - Living longer: is age 70 the new age 65?

Office of National Statistics

11 Oct 2019 - What your handshake says about you

Telegraph 

28 Aug 2019 - Thoughts about getting old

Blue Ridge Muse

28 Jun 2019 - Demograf Sergei Scherbov: "40 ist tatsächlich das neue 30" 

Der Standard

28 Jun 2019 - Will Your Retirement Income Withstand The Global Demographic Bust?

Investor's Business Daily

17 Jun 2019 - An ageless question: When is someone ‘old’?

Washington Post

16 Apr 2019 - If 75 is the new 65, we need to rethink what it means to be old

World Economic Forum

13 Apr 2019 - But what is old anyway? How we should rethink ageing populations

The Spinoff

12 Apr 2019 - Is 75 the new 65? Wealthy countries need to rethink what it means to be old

Timesunion

25 Feb 2019 - Population Armageddon

Prince George Citizen 

4 Feb 2019 - Age is just a number

blueridgemuse

4 Feb 2019 - Why is Russia's population destined for a sharp decline

Malaysia Sun (blog)

27 Dec 2018 - Hong Kong, Japão e Islândia são os melhores países para se viver com base no HLI

Saber Atualizado News

21 Dec 2018 - East Asia Scores Highest in Well Being

U.S. News & World Report

21 Dec 2018 - Why Hong Kong, Japan and Iceland are the best countries for human development

EurekAlert

18 Dec 2018 - Japan ranks second in new development index that puts quality and quantity of life before wealth

The Japan Times

13 Dec 2018 - Am I ‘Old’? As with beauty, the meaning of “old” depends on the person you ask

The New York Times

7 Nov 2018 - Which country is best to live in? Our calculations say it’s not Norway

The Conversation

7 Nov 2018 - IIASA researchers introduce new, simple measure for human wellbeing

News-Medical.net  

6 Nov 2018 - New measure for the wellbeing of populations could replace Human Development Index

EurekAlert 

15 Mar 2018 - What your handshake says about you

The Telegraph

22 Feb 2018 - Is 60 really the new 40?

The Western Producer

19 Jan 2018 - В Москве стареют медленнее

kommersant.ru

18 Jan 2018 - Aging Demographic Data Sheet 2018

Russian Demographics

14 Jan 2018 - Fitte Ältere: Computer und Smartphone trainieren das Hirn

Readers Digest

27 Nov 2017 - Brazilians Say Youth Ends at 37 and Old Age Begins at 64

Folha de S.Paulo

26 Nov 2017 - Brasileiro diz que juventude acaba aos 37 e velhice começa aos 64. Tempo virou trunfo para os “sem idade”

Sul

25 Oct 2017 - Каждая пятая пенсионерка к 2047 году будет инвалидом

MedikForum

25 Oct 2017 - EUs Senior Population and Economy: Society is Ready for This

This Sputnik News

25 Oct 2017 - A fifth of women over 65 in Europe disabled by 2047 

The Nation

24 Oct 2017 - 研究:2047年欧洲近2成老年人将面临行动不便问题_健康_环球网

Huanqiu.com

24 Oct 2017 - 2047年歐洲高齡女性 超過1/5行動不便

Taiwan Central News Agency Online

24 Oct 2017 - A fifth of women over 65 in Europe disabled by 2047: study

Digital Journal

23 Oct 2017 - Warning for pensioners: Mobility problems in the elderly set to SOAR as people live longer

Daily Express

23 Oct 2017 - A fifth of women over 65 in Europe disabled by 2047

Manila Times

19 Oct 2017 - Professor Sanderson’s Work Part of UN Demographic Report

Long Island Tech News

14 Sep 2017 - Smartphones machen 50plus acht Jahre jünger

50plus

12 Aug 2017 - Keeping up with today’s new old - Measures redefine our age with life expectancy

European Commission

12 Aug 2017 - Tenere il passo con la nuova vecchiaia di oggi – Ridefinire la nostra età in base all’aspettativa di vita

CORDIS

30 Jul 2017 - You May Not Be As Old As You Think You Are. Researchers Are Proving 60 Really Is The New 50

Forbes

5 Jul 2017 - New Measures Of Aging May Show 70 Is The New 60

DoveMed

1 Jul 2017 - Studie: Deutsche Bevölkerung wird ab 2043 wieder jünger

Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung

26 Jun 2017 - Studie: Deutsche Bevölkerung wird ab 2043 wieder jünger

Focus Online

26 Jun 2017 - Studie: Deutsche Bevölkerung wird noch bis 2043 älter

APA Science

26 Jun 2017 - Studie: Deutsche Bevölkerung wird ab 2043 wieder jünger

Süddeutsche Zeitung

22 Jun 2017 - Are you ‘old’ yet? The cut-off has shifted

Stony Brook University

22 Jun 2017 - Researchers have reevaluated the age at which you officially become “old”

Quartz

21 Jun 2017 - An end to population aging in China, Germany, USA

Science Daily

31 May 2017 - Visualizing the concept of prospective aging with R

Urban Demographics

30 Jan 2017 - Минздрав ухудшил прогноз по смертности

Vyborgskie Vedomosti

23 Jan 2017 - Россияне стареют с разной скоростью

Novosti Barnaula

23 Jan 2017 - Разные «пороги старости»

Fin Gazeta

22 Jan 2017 - Русская линия / Новости: Российские органы опеки требуют реформирования. Ближайшие 20 лет демография останется главной проблемой в нашей стране. Граждан России продолжают готовить к постепенному повышению пенсионного возраста

Rusk.ru

21 Jan 2017 - Rusya’da daha hızlı yaşlananlar...

Turkrus.com

20 Jan 2017 - Ученые вычислили возраст начала старости у смолян

Working Path

20 Jan 2017 - В Амурской области мужчины стареют почти раньше всех в России

Amur

19 Jan 2017 - Blitzdiagnose beim Haendeschuetteln

Deutsches Gruenes Kreuz fuer Gesundheit

16 Jan 2017 - The number of the Russian population over the next 20 years will be reduced

Topre

15 Jan 2017 - В тени тупика: Как либеральные экономисты готовятся к 100-летию революции?

Market Signal

6 Oct 2016 - Shake on your future good health

Times live

6 Oct 2016 - Study Reveals Good News And Bad News For People Over 50

Huffington Post

6 Oct 2016 - Was die Hände verraten

Süddeutsche Zeitung

6 Oct 2016 - Weak handgrip may indicate poor health

South Asian Times Online

6 Oct 2016 - Do you have butter fingers? Weak handgrip can cost you your life

Hindustan Times

5 Oct 2016 - Weak handgrip may indicate poor health

Cambodian Times

5 Oct 2016 - What YOUR handshake may say about you: Strength of grip 'could reveal how likely you are to reach a good age'

Daily Mail

5 Oct 2016 - Neue Studie zu Händedruck als Gesundheits-Indikator

Salzburger Nachrichten

5 Oct 2016 - Händedruck als Gesundheits-Indikator: Studie liefert Referenzwerte

Science APA

29 Sep 2016 - Who’s Really Older, Trump or Clinton?

The New York Times

14 Sep 2016 - Europe grapples with its population “trilemma”

Equal Times

31 Aug 2016 - Sin inmigración España perdería casi tres millones de habitantes hasta 2050

El Confidencial

31 Aug 2016 - New Population Data Provide Insight on Aging - Migration

Science Newsline

21 Mar 2016 - Why the impact of ageing may not be as bad as we think

World Economic Forum

15 Mar 2016 - Besser hoeren dank Smartphone

Paperblog

6 Mar 2016 - Why We Need New Tools To Measure Life Expectancy

Medical Daily

4 Mar 2016 - It’s time to measure 21st century aging with 21st century tools

The Conversation

7 Jan 2016 - Aging: One Size Does Not Fit All 

Spirituality&Health

21 Dec 2015 - Old age is getting older

IOL

16 Dec 2015 - Still struggling to find 50 reasons to be cheerful

The Shields Gazette

16 Dec 2015 - IIASA researchers provide new measures to replace old-age dependency ratio

News Medical

16 Dec 2015 - In aging, one size does not fit all

ScienceDaily

15 Dec 2015 - There Is No One Size Fits All for Aging: New Study Reveals New Measurements for Aging   

Stony Brook University

29 Oct 2015 - Die Epoche des Alterns

APA

26 Oct 2015 - 50 reasons why it’s great to be (50 part 1) – invasion of the listicles

The Shields Gazette

12 Oct 2015 - 10 mHealth companies cooler than Life Alert

TNW News

30 Sep 2015 - Smartphones machen Senioren acht Jahre jünger

Die Welt

29 Sep 2015 - Older people getting smarter but less fit

IOL

28 Sep 2015 - Smartphones halten Senioren jung

Die Welt

16 Sep 2015 - 研究:老年人越來越聰明 

Sina

10 Sep 2015 - Thanks To Technology, People Are Staying Smarter For Longer

AskMen

10 Sep 2015 - 50 Is the New 42: How Tech Is Making Middle Aged Brains Younger

The Low Down

8 Sep 2015 - Mobile technology and PCs can take a decade off mental age

Mobile Commerce Press

6 Sep 2015 - El celular ayuda a la memoria de lo adultos mayores - Diario La Prensa

Prensa (Honduras) Online

4 Sep 2015 - Could Gadgets Be Making Us Younger?

Gadgets and Gizmos

4 Sep 2015 -  Seniors Getting Smarter, Research Shows 

U.S. News & World Report

3 Sep 2015 - Elderly getting smarter - not fitter

GulfTimes.ae

3 Sep 2015 - Πιο ευφυείς παρά ποτέ οι σύγχρονοι 50άρηδες, αλλά...

Real

3 Sep 2015 - Seniors are smarter, but not fitter, than in previous generations

Free Malaysia Today

2 Sep 2015 - Today's seniors are smarter but in poorer health, study finds

Medical News Today

1 Sep 2015 - Smartphones keeping over-50s’ brains alert

The Times

1 Sep 2015 - Gadgets Keep Middle-aged Brains Young 

The New Indian Express

1 Sep 2015 - Senior citizens’ use of computers and mobile phones might shave 10 years off their mental age

Quartz

1 Sep 2015 - Technology is changing middle-aged people's brains in a very unexpected way

Mirror

1 Aug 2015 - As a Law Grows Older, We Feel Younger

Corporate Counsel

6 Jul 2015 - Demographics – Inexorable Trend, Inevitable Outcome?

ValueWalk

5 Jun 2015 - A New Day Yesterday – Part Four

windowthroughtime

14 May 2015 - Do you have a weak handshake? Here are four more reasons why you should be worried

The Telegraph

4 May 2015 - Sue Ontiveros: Sometimes 60 is not the new 40

Chicago Sun Times

27 Apr 2015 - Boomers, rejoice! 60 is the new 50

The Boston Globe

21 Apr 2015 - Is The Aging Process Slowing Down Nowadays?

Youth Health

19 Apr 2015 - People Are Aging More Slowly Than We Think

Science 2.0

17 Apr 2015 - Sixty is the new fifty - research

The New Zealand Herald

16 Apr 2015 - Give back that cheap bus pass gramps! Senior citizenship should now start at 74, new research says

National Post

16 Apr 2015 - 60, Not 50, Is The New Middle Age, Study Says

Huffington Post

15 Apr 2015 - Research shows old age is getting younger all the time

The Conversation

15 Apr 2015 - Alter ist eine Frage der Definition

ORF.at

15 Apr 2015 -   Middle age begins at 60, say researchers

The Times‎

15 Apr 2015 -  Convention defied as study shows we're all getting younger

The Australian

15 Apr 2015 - Why 60 is the new middle age: Our longer, healthier lives means we aren't classed as elderly until at least 70

Daily Mail

15 Apr 2015 - Population Clock: People Are Growing Old At Slower Pace Than Expected 

www.medicaldaily.com

16 Sep 2014 - On New Measurements of Aging

New York Times

31 Jul 2014 - Mejor nivel de vida: mayor rendimiento cognitivo

El Imparcial.com 

31 Jul 2014 - Mejor nivel de vida: mayor rendimiento cognitivo

Fronteraensenada.info

31 Jul 2014 - Le cerveau des hommes n'est pas égal à celui des femmes 

Portail Free

30 Jul 2014 - Are women and men forever destined to think differently?

The Conversation UK

30 Jul 2014 - Condiciones sociales benefician a las mujeres

La Republica NET

30 Jul 2014 - "Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe" reveals gender differences in cognitive abilities

Medical News Today 

29 Jul 2014 - Frauen profitieren mehr von höherem Lebensniveau 

Berliner Morgenpost

29 Jul 2014 - Mejor condición social influye más en función cognitiva de las mujeres

El Tiempo

29 Jul 2014 - Maths for men, memory for women?

IOL-Independent Online

29 Jul 2014 - Gender disparities in cognition will not diminish

Uni-protokolle

29 Jul 2014 - Opleiding: vrouwen worden mannen

MSN Nieuws

21 May 2014 - 75 is the new 65, so we should all keep working for longer

The Conversation

16 May 2014 - Get a grip and live longer

IOL - Independent Online

12 May 2014 - You’re as young as your handshake

Washington Post

10 May 2014 - Handshake strength can hint at education level, future health, study shows

FreeNewsPos.com

9 May 2014 - Really, how old are you? The hands never lie

The Conversation

9 May 2014 - Handshake strength reveals education, age

The Sun Daily 

9 May 2014 - Aperto de mãos pode revelar a idade biológica, aponta estudo

UOL Notícias

9 May 2014 - El apretón de manos, revelador de la edad biológica

Analitica.com

9 May 2014 - Handshake strength reveals one’s education and age, says study

The Malay Mail Online

5 Mar 2014 - Study estimates trade-off between pension age and labor force participation policies

The Medical News

5 Mar 2014 - To avoid very high pension ages, enable more to work

Bright Surf

5 Mar 2014 - Studie: Plus bei Beschäftigung verhindert höheres Pensionsalter

Science.apa.at

28 Dec 2013 - Old people

Before it's News

27 Dec 2013 - 'Age' is now more than just years

Interim HealthCare 

25 Dec 2013 - New Definition Suggested for Old Age

Hospimedica 

20 Dec 2013 - Zusammenhang zwischen Geburtenrückgang und Wohlstand

Salzburger Nachrichten

18 Dec 2013 - Age Is Just a Number to Austrian Demographers

ABC News Radio 


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