Health and Wellness

Let’s envision a model for healthy, functional longevity based on evaluating and improving the body’s bioresilience. Bioresilience is the body’s capacity to respond to stress. One way to visualize bioresilience is to imagine a WeebleTM, the...

Something profound is happening to the world economy—it is aging. The median age of an American in 1950 was 30—today it is 41 and expected to increase to 42 by 2050. For Japan the numbers are more dramatic—22 in 1950, 46 today, and 53 in...

“Best Cities for Successful Aging“ evaluates 381 U.S. metropolitan areas to determine how well they serve the needs of the nation’s growing population of mature adults, enabling them to age productively, securely, and in optimal health...

U.S. health care costs are increasing rapidly while health care outcomes and access vary significantly across the country. Community health workers (CHWs) serve as bridges between the health care system and underserved communities...

LOS ANGELES—The Milken Institute today released the third edition of its " Best Cities for Successful Aging" report and index, a collaboration between the Institute's Center for the Future of Aging and its Research Department. The report...

WASHINGTON, DC — FasterCures, a center of the Milken Institute, commends the U.S. Senate on today’s strong, bipartisan support of the 21st Century Cures Act (H.R. 34), which passed the Senate on a 94-5 vote, matching the U.S. House of...

LOS ANGELES—In a report released today, the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging explains the many physical and cognitive benefits that older people gain when they provide service to others, and the broad social and economic...

WASHINGTON—Obesity and excess weight is an expanding health problem for more than 60 percent of Americans, and a new study from the Milken Institute finds that it's a tremendous drain on the U.S. economy as well. The total cost to treat...

WASHINGTON –Leaders across medical research – from patients to policymakers, from academia to advocates, from philanthropists to federal regulators and from investors to industry – will gather at the Grant Hyatt New York, Nov. 13 to 15, for...

Obesity and excess weight is an expanding health problem for more than 60 percent of Americans, and a new study by Hugh Waters and Ross DeVol finds that it's a tremendous drain on the U.S. economy as well. The total cost to treat health...