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Healthy Lifespan Institute

At the Healthy Lifespan Institute we're uniting over 130 world-class researchers to tackle the global epidemic of multimorbidity – the presence of two or more chronic conditions – to help everyone live healthier, independent lives for longer and reduce the cost of care.

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22 October 2020

The case for an intersectional life course perspective in understanding unequal ageing

Dr Dan Holman and Professor Alan Walker call for intersectionality to be incorporated into ageing research with a life course perspective.

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23 November 2020

The use of geroprotectors to prevent multimorbidity: opportunities and challenges

By 2050 the number of people over 60 years old is expected to double compared to 2015 meaning a more effective solution than single disease treatment is needed for the increasing numbers of people living with multimorbidity.

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10 November 2020

Improving COVID-19 outcomes and vaccine response in older adults

The COVID-19 pandemic is serving as a painful reminder that infectious diseases can have catastrophic effects for older people.

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16 October 2020

Arthritis drug to be investigated as possible treatment for vascular dementia

Scientists to investigate the links between vascular dementia and heart disease, and test whether a drug currently used to treat arthritis could also be used as a treatment for vascular dementia.

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