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Memory enhancement drugs show promise but face growing scrutiny

In our aging society, with an increased urgency to develop new compounds that target serious illnesses like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, memory enhancement drugs are becoming a big business. But these same drugs are also creating a growing ethical controversy over their potential off-label uses, such as taking these drugs as “performance enhancers” to gain a competitive advantage in the workplace.

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Civic Engagement Debate on Growing Prominence of Older Americans

At a time when many Americans are alleged to have become increasingly isolated and apathetic, a "new" senior population is emerging, one marked by better health, vast experience, and expressing widespread distain toward joining "a reserve army of the leisured," according to the latest issue of the Public Policy & Aging Report (PP&AR), a quarterly publication of the National Academy on an Aging Society.

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