Which health conditions an older adult has may shape whether a lifestyle program prevents mobility loss. Reanalyzing the SPRINTT trial of nearly 1,200 older adults, researchers found the intervention worked best for one disease pattern and barely at all for others. Link: news.ki.se/disease-patt...

Disease patterns may guide lifestyle interventions in older adults

Older adults living with several chronic diseases, a condition known as multimorbidity, may respond differently to interventions aimed at preventing disability, depending on the combination of…

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Not all organs age on the same clock. A Sanford Burnham Prebys study of over 25,000 tissue samples from 970 donors found arteries show the earliest structural aging, in the 30s, while some organs don't accelerate until around age 50. Published in Nature Aging. Link: studyfinds.com/organs-aging...

Your Organs Are Aging On Different Timelines, Study Suggests

A new study maps when each organ ages fastest, revealing some organs go through two separate waves of decline decades apart.

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Have a way to extend Add Health's data? Through Add Health's Ancillary Studies program, researchers can add new contextual, survey, or biospecimen-based measures to this nationally representative cohort, expanding what the archive can answer. Learn more: addhealth.cpc.unc.edu/data/adding-...

New research using Add Health data found a dose-response link between adolescent substance use and adult cardiovascular disease risk: each added substance raised the odds further. An association, the authors note, not proof of cause. Frontiers in Nutrition. www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...

Congratulations to Add Health on securing NIA funding for Wave VII! The next wave will gather survey, cognitive, home exam, contextual, and administrative data from this nationally representative cohort, with collection starting in 2027. Explore Add Health data. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...

Following over 12K adults for 26 years, NYU Langone researchers found those with high blood pressure, diabetes, & smoking in midlife had nearly triple the dementia risk, & stayed dementia-free about 13 fewer years on average. Observational, not proof. www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/avo...

Dementia risk: Smoking, diabetes, hypertension play key role

According to a recent study, individuals who avoid smoking, do not have diabetes, and have normal blood pressure in midlife may have an additional 13 years without dementia, compared with those with…

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In the first large study of dementia after age 90, UC Davis and Kaiser Permanente researchers found women had roughly double the dementia risk of men, and genetic risk factors linked to dementia earlier in life kept mattering into the tenth decade. www.news-medical.net/news/2026080...

New study advances understanding of dementia after age 90

It may seem natural to assume that people experience cognitive decline after age 90, but until recently, researchers had limited evidence about how advanced age affects the brain.

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Wrapping up an NIA-funded aging study? NACDA's curated archive converts your data into multiple statistical formats, enhances its metadata for discovery, tracks downloads, and preserves it long-term, all following FAIR data principles. Curated pathway works: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...

How do older adults feel about new blood tests and screenings for Alzheimer's? In a NACDA podcast episode, Dr. Scott Roberts of the National Poll on Healthy Aging discusses what seniors report about cognitive screening and biomarker testing. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...

Dogs may help researchers understand human aging. A Dog Aging Project study found blood-based markers linked to earlier or later mortality in dogs show up in remarkably similar patterns in people. The markers don't yet explain what's driving those outcomes. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Frequent brief awakenings during sleep, too fleeting to notice, were linked to higher genetic risk scores for Alzheimer's in middle-aged adults, a University of Liege study found. The link didn't appear in younger adults. An association, not a diagnosis. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

What does "pace of aging" actually measure? In a NACDA podcast episode, Columbia researcher Dr. Arun Balachandran discusses healthspan and lifespan patterns in older adults, drawing on data from the HRS, ELSA, and the India Human Development Survey. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...

NHATS follows a nationally representative group of Medicare beneficiaries 65 and older, tracking disability, cognition, chronic conditions, and daily life year after year since 2011. It's one of the most widely used datasets for studying aging. Explore NHATS: www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACDA/se...

Yale researchers found that moderate calorie restriction lowers an immune protein called C3, and blocking C3 directly reduced age-related inflammation in mice, independent of weight loss. The findings, are still early-stage for humans. Nature Aging: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Scientists may have found a shortcut to calorie restriction’s anti-aging benefits

Moderate calorie restriction lowered an immune protein called C3 that appears to help drive chronic inflammation as the body ages. Blocking the same protein reduced age related inflammation in mice,…

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In a Stanford-led autopsy study of over 21,000 brain donors, women who used estrogen-only hormone therapy after menopause had 35% lower odds of Alzheimer's brain changes and 39% lower odds of dementia. Researchers note this shows association, not cause. Neurology: med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...

NSHAP (National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project) looks at how social and intimate relationships shape health and well-being in later life, following the same nationally representative older adults across four rounds since 2005. Explore NSHAP: www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACDA/st...

The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)

NACDA - the aging archive within ICPSR, is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and hosts data resources for secondary research at no cost.

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MIDUS (Midlife in the United States) tracks how psychological, social, and biological factors shape health and well-being as people age, drawing on national samples followed across multiple waves. Most MIDUS data is free to download through NACDA. Explore: www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...

MIDUS: Midlife in the United States

Midlife in the United States data collection information from the National Archive of computerized data on aging

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In a small Emory study of 54 older adults with mild cognitive impairment and sleep problems, those taking 5,000+ IU of vitamin D daily scored over 13% higher on a standard cognitive test than non-supplementers. Researchers call it an early signal worth larger trials. news.emory.edu/stories/2026...

Who's steering NACDA's work? In a NACDA podcast episode, director Dr. Seoyoun Kim discusses her research on the social and environmental factors shaping health in aging populations, and how that lens informs the archive's work. Watch the conversation. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...

We just published a paper about the NACDA Portal! Variable-level discovery and custom metadata and data extraction for aging research. doi.org/10.1093/gero...

The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA) Portal: Variable-level discovery and custom metadata and data extraction for aging research

AbstractBackground and Objectives. Population aging has intensified demand for data infrastructure that supports life-course, cohort, and within-person res

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How much you sleep may affect how fast your body ages. A Columbia University study of about 500,000 UK Biobank participants found the least biological aging in people sleeping 6.4 to 7.8 hours nightly, using 23 aging clocks across 17 organ systems. via Nature: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Too much or too little sleep may make your body age faster

Both too little and too much sleep may be linked to faster aging throughout the body. Researchers analyzing 23 biological aging clocks found the lowest aging levels among people sleeping about 6.4 to…

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Comparing how cognition and health are measured across aging studies can mean digging through separate codebooks. Our Colectica Portal puts variable metadata from NSHAP (3 waves) & NHATS (8 rounds) side by side, so researchers can find comparable measures faster. www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/NACDA/cm...

Have public-use aging data to share? NACDA's Open Aging Repository (NACDA-OAR) lets researchers self-publish datasets for free, with immediate release and a DOI for citation. Open to any aging researcher, with priority for NIA-funded projects. www.icpsr.umich.edu/sites/nacda/...

NACDA's Open Aging Repository

NACDA's self-publishing option for sharing public-use data on aging.

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CACHE Seminar: Using a qualitative approach to study climate and housing: A focus on senior tenants - Featuring Dr. Liv Yoon, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Aug 19, 2026 12:00pm ET - Register using cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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The virtual Center for Aging, Health, and Environment

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A therapist reveals the emotional truths about aging no one warns you about Via Yahoo! Creators Psychotherapist Joyce Houser opens up about grief, invisibility, shame, and the surprising joys that come with growing older

A therapist reveals the emotional truths about aging no one warns you about

A psychotherapist with 35 years of experience reveals the emotional truths about aging: grief, invisibility, shame, and what actually gets better.

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Stay informed on the NIH research funding climate - attend the upcoming public conversation among NIH leadership on NIH's Unified Funding Strategy on August 14, 2026 - 10-11 a.m. ET via NIH videocast: videocast.nih.gov/watch/239b35...

Immune cells cross blood-brain barrier during human aging Via NIH

Immune cells cross blood-brain barrier during human aging

Researchers found that some of the brain’s immune cells are replaced by immune cells from bone marrow as people age.

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Social isolation harms the aging brain independently of loneliness Via Psy Post

Social isolation harms the aging brain independently of loneliness

New research reveals that physical social isolation harms the aging brain independently of subjective feelings of loneliness. Simulated public health interventions show that reconnecting isolated…

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#WritingWednesday is here! Get your data-related resources for your next paper, grant, conference proposal, and more here:

The National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA)

NACDA - the aging archive within ICPSR, is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and hosts data resources for secondary research at no cost.

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Your Adult Child Doesn't Want Your Silence via Psychology Today Honesty isn't a fight—it's the relationship you've been skipping. www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/liki...