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Is having a social life the answer to longevity? | Sarah Harper on CNN
Professor Sarah Harper is discussing the power of social networking on high life expectancies in CNN’s special report Vital Signs with Dr Sanjay Gupta. Vital Signs explores health stories ...
BBC Radio 4 | Sarah Harper
How do we prepare for an ageing population? What will living longer mean for the life choices we make? Professor Sarah Harper discussed increasing life expectancies with important implications f...
United Nations Radio | George Leeson
With the launch of The International Labour Organization’s flagship report World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2018, Dr George Leeson was interviewed by the UN Depar...
Future Foresight Forum 2017 | Clarification
An article in the Times of Oman reporting views of experts who have been invited speakers at the Future Foresight Forum, part of the Sultanate’s Oman Vision 2040, misinterpreted trends outlin...
Longer lives | Thisismoney.co.uk
The Oxford Institute of Population Ageing study is mentioned in a Thisismoney.co.uk article “Retirees risk running out of money in later life as 78% underestimate how long they are likely to ...
We're living longer but in poorer health | Sarah Harper in The Guardian
Professor Sarah Harper comments on the latest ILC-UK annual flagship 'State of the Nation' Factpack in The Guardian. Harper said that the report highlights that pensioners were far from ...
Hay Levels series 3 out now
New series of Hay Levels has continued this week with 8 new videos released online including Prof Sarah Harper on Ageing recorded at this year's Hay Festival. Hay Levels ...
BBC Radio Oxford | Sarah Harper
Professor Sarah Harper reviews the Sunday papers on BBC Radio Oxford with Sophie Law, 95.2 FM | Digital. 12/11/2017, 03:08:42. Listen now: Remembrance Sunday
Who wants to live forever?
Dr George Leeson commented on increasing life expectances in a recent article by Chris Menon ‘Who wants to live forever?’ published in Reader’s Digest. Recently, efforts to ext...
Anti-Ageing: Is it possible, and would we want it?
An article in the BBC Future about pharmaceutical treatments that can reverse ageing and what that means for society quotes Professor Sarah Harper. "Part of being human is that we ha...
Oxford Today | Interview with George Leeson
Oxford Today interviewed the Director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, Dr George Leeson. George Leeson questioned perceptions about what it means to be ‘old’, our real l...
Ageless Generation | Sarah Harper in The Times
In an article by broadcaster Joan Bakewell, 84, “Sexy, over 60 and still got it", Sarah Harper argues that old age should be redefined completely. Old age should refer only to that ...
Why age is just a number | Dr George Leeson
In an interview with The Elder, Dr George Leeson discusses humanity’s achievements in longevity, why we need to redefine what old age is, and the challenges in creating a sustainable society ...
Human Longevity | George Leeson
Dr George W Leeson was interviewed by Sky News Live in response to a debate sparked by a widely publicised Nature paper from 2016 suggesting that human lifespan has a limit of around 115 years, a c...
BBC Radio | George Leeson
21st June: Dr George W Leeson was interviewed by BBC Radio Newcastle on the meaning of age on a day when Daniel Day Lewis announced his retirement at age 60 and Vince Cable announced his candidacy ...