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By Ailish O’Horaand Programme leaders from Trinity College Dublin met their benefactor - philanthropist and former billionaire Charles 'Chuck' Feeney - at the Global Brain Health Institute conference in San Francisco last week. They were among 70 programme leaders who gathered together from across the…

The study, which has 8,500 participants from across the country, has been internationally recognised for its wide focus of the issues facing older people. By Simon Foy, Senior Editor [caption id="attachment_78329" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Photo: Sinéad Baker for The University Times[/caption] The Irish Longitudinal Study on…

Blum was recently one of six entrepreneurs over age 60 to win a $100,000 Purpose Prize Original Source By Kristin Bender BERKELEY — Arlene Blum has done some mind-boggling and challenging things in her 63 years. But even after climbing some of the world's highest…

This report presents findings from four recent economic studies of palliative care. Three of the studies were funded by Atlantic; the fourth was funded by the National Cancer Institute and National Institute for Nursing Research in the United States, with the economic analyses conducted through…

INTERACTIVE MAP: Share of males, age 0-24 who live in areas of concentrated and deeply concentrated poverty. View map >Boys and young men of color face profound challenges growing up in America. They are twice as likely to grow up in poverty as non-Hispanic white…

FLINT, Mich. — Supporting the ongoing efforts of the community advice offices that assist underserved South Africans is the focus of a new partnership between the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and The Atlantic Philanthropies that is expected to result in up to $1,936,080 in grants over three…

Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, addressed the National University of Ireland-Galway's Life Course Institute Seminar. He commented that Life Course projects are important because they are not just about “treating” disadvantage in old age or in youth, but are about breaking…

The Irish LongituDinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) was launched in November 2006 to study a representative cohort of at least 8,000 people, aged 50 and over and resident in Ireland, charting their health, social and economic circumstances over a 10-year period. Minister for Health and…

By Sam Roberts.  A snapshot of Hispanic youngsters — the fastest-growing group in the United States by age and ethnicity — concludes that the obstacles and inequalities they face today “may hinder the broader integration of Latinos into U.S. society if left unattended.” If those…

By Julie Rovner.President Obama will nominate health quality guru Dr. Donald Berwick, the head of the Boston-based Institute for Healthcare Improvement, to run Medicare and Medicaid, administration sources confirm. It's been a long time coming. The powerful agency has been without a permanent administrator since…