ILC-CEO Releases New Book:
The Longevity Prescription

In his new book, The Longevity Prescription, The 8 Proven Keys to a Long, Healthy Life, ILC-CEO and founder Dr. Robert N. Butler, M.D., the Pulitzer Prize-winning father of geriatric medicine, offers a revitalizing plan for reaping the rich rewards of the final third of life.

Dr. Butler's name is synonymous with healthy aging. As the founder of the first department of geriatric medicine in the country at Mount Sinai and the National Institute on Aging within the National Institutes of Health, he is a frequent adviser to the World Health Organization, and a life-long champion of research and policy focused on helping our senior population age well and live vibrant lives.

In The Longevity Prescription, published by Avery/Penguin Group, Butler outlines eight essential facets of longevity: exercise, nutrition, mental vitality, sleep, relaxation, love and intimacy, community connections, and medical care. Based on proven discoveries, the strategies in each of these areas stretch the proceeds of the "three­decade dividend" while delaying or eliminating chronic illness.

Toward the Creation of a Health Education Model for Professionals

With generous support from Pfizer, Inc., the ILC has issued a new interdisciplinary consensus conference report entitled: Closing the Knowledge Gap: Toward the Creation of a Health Education Model for Professionals. The conference addressed the issue of the oftentimes slow flow of knowledge in medicine and other health fields.

Information published in peer-reviewed journals may attract media attention with provocative or controversial findings, but that doesn’t guarantee that this knowledge, or the best practices of one discipline or field, will be widely adopted by others with like-minded interests.

Certainly this is true in gerontology and geriatrics, where the flow of new knowledge sometimes lurks behind disciplinary and professional barriers or is simply cut short by time and motivation.

Ten experts from several fields shared their experiences with us so that we could begin to pursue their important questions and circumstances that affect the transfer and dissemination of health care information for older people.