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Free Drug Could Sweeten Life for Diabetics
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
By providing free drugs called ACE inhibitors to people with diabetes, Medicare would both save money and save lives, researchers say. Even if officials don't agree, the upcoming Medicare drug benefit might at least get these valuable therapies into the hands of a few more seniors in need.
A Vote for Aging-Related Research?
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Although Alzheimer's disease and stem-cell research are receiving extraordinary media and political attention because of the upcoming election, the real politics of aging-related research lie largely outside the current presidential race.

James Vaupel

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James W. Vaupel, Ph.D. is the Founding Director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany. Dr. Vaupel has also been a senior research scientist at Duke University since 1992, and professor of demography and epidemiology at Odense University since 1991. As a member of US National Advisory Council on Aging, Dr. Vaupel has applied his knowledge and expertise to the policy making process. Additionally, Dr. Vaupel has worked with Environmental Protection Agency and served as a Study Director of the Committee on Risk making at the US national Academy of Sciences. Dr. Vaupel's main areas of study are biodemography, survival and longevity, and mathematical and statistical methods of population analysis.

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