Center for Healthy Aging

2015 News archive

Municipalities and scientists join forces to fight loneliness

Municipal leaders and practitioners as well as scientists from the Center for Healthy Ageing came…

Molecular aging

Prestigious grant for research on molecular aging and cancer

Associate Professor Andres Lopez-Contreras from the Center for Healthy Aging and the Department of…

Textbooks on cells should be rewritten

Ground-breaking new Danish research has shown that the current scientific description of the human…

Seniors expend as much energy as Tour de France cyclists

Well-trained seniors expend as much energy as Tour de France cyclists. New Danish research shows…

Eight-figure donation boosts Danish research into aging

Associate Professor Simon Bekker-Jensen from University of Copenhagen receives one of the Lundbeck…

Michael Kjær receives Nordic Medical Prize

Pioneering, internationally leading and highly innovative is how Professor Michael Kjær’s research…

Insulin cells determine weight loss surgery success rate

Danish researchers have found that the ability to produce insulin is pivotal to the success of…

Physical performance

Higher intelligence score means better physical performance

New research reveals a distinct association between male intelligence in early adulthood and their…

RESEARCH PROFILE

“Fear of death keeps many doctors from engaging with ageing”

Gender equality took 100 years. The next step is equality between young and old, according to agein…

Inactivity reduces people’s muscle strength

New research reveals that it only takes two weeks of not using their legs for young people to lose …

Healthy Aging at the Public Meeting 2015

Center for Healthy Aging will participate in the Public Meeting on Bornholm, 11-14 June 2015. They…

Innovative aging researcher gives us new view of older people

Professor Rudi Westendorp has for many years endeavoured to change the way society view older peopl…