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    December 6, 2011

    Jack Watters, VP, External Medical Affairs

    There is a lot we know about aging. But it’s what we don’t know that will keep gerontologists occupied for a long time to come. The study of aging and its biological, social and psychological determinants are of great importance to Pfizer. Our healthy aging platform focuses on a “life course” approach to health in which the results of our pharmaceutical discovery clearly play an important role. However, this is most certainly not the full story.

    We asked Dr. Donald Ingram, Immediate Past President of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), one of the world’s foremost organizations representing researchers involved in the study of aging, to reflect on where he believes the big breakthroughs will be found. Don has shared his very personal view on topics ranging from nutrition and cell metabolism to inflammation and tissue damage. What follows is an intriguing and challenging look at what lies ahead on the path to longer and healthier lives.

    Click here to view Don’s white paper.

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  1. Mark Striemer said:

    There was an article a few years back in Forbes magazine that described some of the research on resveratrol which you reference in your piece. Perhaps one of the reasons it did not have an effect on normal weight mice but it apparently did on the obese ones was not an effect of resveratrol but the chemical used to cause the obesity in the mice, i.e. coconut oil. While coconut oil has been given a bad reputation in the past for reasons not completely void of financial considerations, it may be worth a little further investigation as a possible reason for improving health. There are some interesting articles out there suggesting improvements in health issues with coconut oil in the diet. It certainly would be worth doing some research to definitevly exclude coconut oil from the equation before spending any more money chasing after the benefits of resveratrol considering the contraditory results.

    on December 17, 2011 at 12:02 pm

  2. Claudia Azadi said:

    That is very impressive. The personal view on the main topics from Don Ingram himself.

    on December 16, 2011 at 2:42 am

  3. Juan A. Colón said:

    Great article! A must read.

    on December 15, 2011 at 2:40 pm