SilverSneakers exercise program fights isolation
MIT AgeLab researchers find that an exercise program for older adults has unexpected social and health benefits.
Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons
Neural plasticity and arbor growth decline with age, study in mice shows.
MIT AgeLab partners with Tivity Health for Connectivity Summit on Rural Aging
Attendees address rural social isolation among aging populations in America.
Challenge seeks innovations to improve wellbeing in aging populations
MIT AgeLab launches In Good Company global challenge in partnership with GE, Benchmark Senior Living, and the Massachusetts Council to Address Aging.
![“What we discovered is, very little [Medicare] money is spent on people who we know with high probability are going to die in a short amount of time,” says Amy Finkelstein, a professor in MIT’s Department of Economics and co-author of a paper in the journal Science.](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201806/MIT-Health-Care-Spending.jpg?itok=uM3yQvcx)
The value of late-in-life health care spending
Study debunks notion that large chunks of Medicare go to futile end-of-life care.
At 99, Lew Aronin ’40 volunteers for MIT AgeLab
Physics alumnus who saw the Hindenburg fly over campus now collaborates with researchers to explore the impacts of longevity.
High school students receive 2018 MIT AgeLab OMEGA Scholarships for work with elders
Local youth recognized for fostering unity across generations.
Study suggests method for boosting growth of blood vessels and muscle
Activating proteins linked to longevity may help to increase endurance and combat frailty in the elderly.
Human factors engineering class tackles design for aging
MIT students learn human-centered design skills in a course offered during the 2018 Independent Activities Period.
3 Questions: Joseph Coughlin on innovation for an aging population
New book, “The Longevity Economy,” calls for rethinking our ideas about what the elderly can do.
High school students receive 2017 MIT AgeLab OMEGA Scholarships for work with elders
Students recognized for their leadership in fostering intergenerational connections within their communities.
Chemists reveal amyloid structure
Discovery of how amyloids bind metal ions sheds light on protein function.
Detecting walking speed with wireless signals
By measuring this emerging vital sign, CSAIL system could help monitor and diagnose health issues like cognitive decline and cardiac disease.
Governor Charlie Baker visits AgeLab at MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
Baker-Polito administration establishes council to address aging in Massachusetts.
New AI tool improves cognitive testing
Digital pen plus speedy data analysis developed at MIT and tested at Lahey Hospital improves a classic test that helps detect cognitive impairment.