New Merrill Lynch study examines how gender affects the way financial advisors and investors interact. Deepening the industry’s knowledge on this issue is another key step towards advancing the the financial and economic empowerment of women investors.  In their corresponding white paper, Seeing the Unseen: The Role Gender Plays in Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch examines…

GCOA’s blog post, Technology for All, was featured on the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) blog. The ITU is a specialized UN agency for information and technology communications. Please see below for the article as it appears on the ITU blog. Technology for all means tapping into the ‘Silver Economy’ 11/08/2020 Michael Hodin, CEO, Global Coalition…

In this video, IAPB Head of Policy and Advocacy Jessica Crofts-Lawrence interviews Michael Hodin, CEO, Global Coalition on Aging, as he discusses the strong link between vision health and active aging, and the health consequences of COVID-19 on those with age-related eye conditions.

With unprecedented efforts and resources put behind the development of a COVID-19 vaccine, there are good reasons to believe that one will be discovered. But even once such a vaccine is discovered, a very large part of the population will need to make use of it for the virus to die out.

Barbara sustained a lumbar vertebral fracture aged 76 and was referred for a fracture and falls risk assessment. Her bone mineral density (BMD) was above the World Health Organisation (WHO) cut-off for diagnosing osteoporosis, and she was informed that she did not have osteoporosis. In line with international guidance, however, a drug treatment for osteoporosis was recommended. She decided not to take it.