Einstein-Montefiore investigators present aging research at Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific …

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30-Oct-2014

Contact: Kim Newman sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu 718-430-3101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine @EinsteinMed

October 30, 2014(BRONX, NY)Investigators at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center will present their latest aging research at the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) 67th Annual Scientific Meeting. Topics include the identification of a genotype that can predict survival, risk factors for cognitive impairment and the cellular biology of aging. GSA 2014 will take place November 5-9, 2014 in Washington, D.C.

"Einstein-Montefiore has distinguished itself in a range of aging fields from basic biology to clinical diagnosis and treatment," said Joe Verghese, M.D., chief, division of geriatrics, department of medicine, and director of the Center for the Aging Brain and the division of cognitive and motor aging, department of neurology, at Einstein and Montefiore. "Our ongoing longitudinal studies, in particular the Einstein Aging Study and LonGenity, also link the bench and the bedside, improving our understanding of the aging process and driving discoveries that may potentially slow it."

Dr. Verghese will attend GSA 2014 and is available for interviews.

Einstein-Montefiore symposia presentations are:

1. High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Phenotype and Genotype Predict Survival in Individuals with Exceptional Longevity This study of 326 older women and 106 older men found that those who survived longest had both higher levels of "good" (HDL) cholesterol and a variant of the gene CETP that increase blood levels of HDL. Presented by Sofiya Milman, M.D. assistant professor of medicine, Einstein, and attending physician, endocrinology, Montefiore.

2. Hearing Impairment and Incident Frailty in Older Adults 2,000 individuals age 70 and older were analyzed to evaluate if hearing impairment is linked with frailty. Findings demonstrated that those with moderate or greater hearing impairment had a 61.3% increased risk of frailty compared with normal hearing individuals, indicating that hearing impairment is independently associated with frailty. Presented by Rebecca Kamil, Einstein medical student.

3. Alterations in Body Composition with Aging and Connections to Diseases and Mortality

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