In the latest edition of the ISL Newsletter, Dr. Lynn Panton, a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity and professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, talks about why older adults need to do resistance training to build muscle mass and maintain their bones.

Also, Dr. Neil Charness, director of the institute, writes about smartphones and the future of remote health monitoring, and Dr. George Rebok of Johns Hopkins University gives a preview of his December 3 talk — part of the ISL Speaker Series — on cognitive training. 

Read or download the Newsletter HERE.