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AgingStats.Gov is the web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics (the Forum). The Forum is made up of nine federal agencies that produce or use statistics on aging. The site includes the publication Older Americans 2000: Key Indicators of Well-Being, a report that covers 31 key indicators selected to portray aspects of the lives of older Americans and their families. The report is divided into five subject areas: population, economics, health status, health risks and behaviors, and health care. Links to the nine agencies' sites provided.
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"Aging workers have been losing productivity," says Dan Cahn, organizer of the event. "But it's not because they're losing ability. Quite the opposite. Often they're the most capable, indispensable people on the team. It's because they're distracted by the care needs of others who are ... getting older: an incapacitated parent or spouse." Cahn is Senior Executive Vice President of LTCFP.
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Founded in 1950, the National Council on Aging has a mission to improve the lives of older Americans. NCOA programs help older people remain healthy and independent, find jobs, increase access to benefits programs, and discover meaningful ways to continue contributing to society. A charitable organization with a national network of more than 14,000 organizations and leaders, NCOA is based in Washington, DC. For more information about NCOA, please visit http://www.ncoa.org/.
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Aging ... increases tenderness. It has been shown that during the aging process certain changes take place in portions of the structure of collagen and muscle fibers. Currently, it is thought that enzymatic-caused changes in the structure of muscle fibers are largely responsible for the increase in tenderness. It is known that tenderness decreases immediately after slaughter while rigor mortis takes place (taking 6 to 12 hours to complete); then tenderness increases gradually. Tenderness continues to increase up to 11 days, after which there is no increase in tenderness.
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Aging and disease are related in subtle and complex ways. Several conditions that were once thought to be part of normal aging have now been shown to be due to disease processes that can be influenced by lifestyle. For example, heart and blood vessel diseases are more common in people who eat a lot of meat and fat. Similarly, cataract formation in the eye largely depends on the amount of exposure to direct sunlight.
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The mission of the Institute for the Study of Aging (ISOA) is to catalyze and fund the discovery and development of new therapies to prevent and treat cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease. Since 1998, the ISOA has committed more than $15 million in support of 45 global drug discovery and drug development projects at leading academic institutions and biotechnology companies. The ISOA is a New York-based private nonprofit medical foundation funded by the Estee Lauder Trust. Mrs. Estee Lauder is the Founder and Honorary Director of the ISOA, with Leonard A. Lauder and Ronald S. Lauder as Co-Presidents. For more information about the Institute visit http://www.aging-institute.org/.
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