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Mo Rocca and Mitch Albom among guests at Hebrew SeniorLife event

October 29, 2014

BOSTON — “Tuesdays With Morrie” author Mitch Albom, humorist Mo Rocca, and nutritionist Keri Glassman joined Boston-area businesspeople, philanthropists, and folks from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research for an evening of networking and talking at the Calderwood Pavilion.

Study Shows Vibrating Insoles Could Reduce Falls Among Seniors

October 28, 2014

Boston researchers find vibratory stimulation applied to the sole of the foot using novel piezoelectric technology shows promise for fall prevention.

Could Age of First Period Influence Development of Diseases in Older Women?

July 25, 2014

Genetics involved with menarche may hold keys to preventing diabetes or osteoporosis in later life

BOSTON – A novel study shows that the age girls reach puberty is influenced by 'imprinted genes‘—a subset of genes whose activity differs depending on which parent contributes the gene. This is the first evidence that imprinted genes can control the rate of development after birth and details of this study were published today in the journal Nature.

 

Boston-Area Researchers Develop New Delirium Severity Measure for Older Adults

April 15, 2014

New method to measure delirium offers potential to improve clinical care, prognosis and response to treatment

BOSTON – A new method for measuring delirium severity in older adults has been developed by researchers from Harvard, Brown, and UMASS. The new scoring system, CAM-S, is based on the Confusion Assessment Method (CAM) and standardizes the measurement of delirium severity for both clinical and research uses. Details of this study are published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Research Sheds New Light on Heritability of Disease

January 16, 2014

Study explores the role DNA plays to predispose individuals to diseases such as type 2 diabetes

Managed Care Reduces Hospitalizations Compared to Traditional Fee-for-Service Insurance in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

September 24, 2013

BOSTON – Nursing home residents with advanced dementia commonly experience burdensome, costly interventions that do not improve their quality of life or extend their survival. Now a new study suggests that providing intensive primary care services may result in less burdensome and less costly care for these terminally ill residents.

Study Findings Question Frequency of Bone Mineral Density Testing For Predicting Fracture Risk

September 24, 2013

A second bone mineral density (BMD) screening four years after a baseline measurement provided little additional value when assessing risk for hip or other major osteoporotic fracture among older men and women untreated for osteoporosis, and resulted in little change in risk classification used in clinical management, findings that question the common clinical practice of repeating a BMD test every 2 years, according to a study in the September 25 issue of JAMA.

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