• LIFE Registry helps bring research out of the lab, into real-life scenarios
• Food Signals: Why what we eat affects our cells
• Some Omega-3 oilds better than others for protection against liver disease
• Empty Nest Syndrome No More: Sandwich Generation Anxious at Full House
• How society misunderstands the elderly
• Diabetes Rate Lower In Black Tea-Drinking Countries: Study (see slide show)
• Mechanism discovered for health benefit of green tea
• Oregon State University engineers develop tiny, inexpensive chip to monitor vital signs
• Frail older adults more likely to be food insufficient
• Personalized Genomic Medicine: How much can it really empower patients?
• Think Out Loud- Extending Human Lifespan (Dr. Karen Hooker's talk around 8:10)
• Brain Storm 2012-featuring Dr. Sarina Saturn
• Zinc deficiency mechanism linked to aging, multiple diseases
• Vitamin B3 'helps kill superbugs'
• 'Selfish' DNA in animal Mitochondria offers possible tool to study aging
• Among the frail elderly, higher blood pressure might be a good thing
• Nightly glass of wine may protect boomer women's bones
• Linus Pauling Institute Research Newsletter- Spring/Summer 2012
• Dr. Steggell and Laura Lien visited Lund University's Center for Aging and Supportive Environments (CASE), Sweden or (English Translation pdf)
• Slight genetic variation can affect how others see you
• An interview with Dr. Aldwin on how to help mitigate and cope with stressful situations (Youtube Video)
• 24/7 Checkup- sensors could transmit vital signs around the clock
• Chemistry for Life- new instruments founded to the Linus Pauling Science Center
• Experiment links mutant flies' neurodegeneration to biological clocks
• Disruption of body clock causes neuro-degeneration, early death
• Human Development and Family Sciences Newsletter Fall 2011 (pdf)
• Beyond the Flu Shot: Other Flu Fighters
• Research suggests hormone might influence how we comfort others
• Following Footsteps
• Stress can shorten your life
• Policy brief on caregiver in California: Stressed and strapped (pdf)
• Young researchers learn the ropes from leading scientists
• What’s Good for the Heart is Good for the Mind
• Discovery points to new approach for diabetes therapy
• A gift to support collaboration among OSU cancer researchers looking for ways to PREVENT, SURVIVE,THRIVE
• Where Chemistry Meets Compassion: Examining the biological roots of empathy
• Lower wages, lack of jobs means more Americans delaying “adulthood”
• Inventive Education: Research with an edge
• OSU professor earns research award for work on super microchips
• Study links genetic variation to individual empathy, stress levels
• What's Good About Dietary Fat?
• Why do people live so long in Benton County, Ore.?
• Is personality key to successful aging?
• When to help? Being there for parents in late-life transitions (pdf)
• Ginko Biloba Might Not Preserve Memory in Octogenarians
• Handling Stress Properly Increases Good Cholesterol
• Interview with Karen Hooker: Personality is a Driving Force Behind Successful Aging

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Center Director

Karen Hooker
Director, Center for Healthy Aging Research
College of Health and Human Sciences
Oregon State University
321 Milam Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-5102
hookerk@oregonstate.edu
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