Editorial The Top 10 Hot Topics in Aging

I enjoy talking with very old people. They have gone before us on a road by which we, too, may have to travel, and I think we do well to learn from them what it is like. —Socrates, in Plato’s The Republic EACH year in January, I have tried to review the cuttingedge of geriatrics over the previous 2 years (1,2). This review is based to some extent on the high impact articles in the literature (3,4), but also on emerging areas. The Journals of Gerontology Series A also continue to welcome articles from some of our distinguished colleagues who have gone before us on the exploration of the wonders of aging and remain active contributors to the field of gerontology (5–8). This year, being my last year as editor of the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, I have decided to list what I believe are the top 10 hot areas in geriatrics