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Mass Municipal Association Includes ADU Bylaws in 2019 Best Practice Series
At its annual conference on January 18-19, the Massachusetts Municipal Association will release the fourth edition of its municipal Best Practices series. The 2018 edition of...
5 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
Age-Friendly News Clips: November and December 2018
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles that mention state and local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia...
6 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
CDC Releases MyMobility Planning Tool for Older Adults
With aging might come changes in older adults' ability to get around and do the things they want and need to do. These mobility changes may affect older adults' health and...
7 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
‘Giving Voice' Initiative Helps Choirs Include People Living with Dementia
Thanks to The Giving Voice Initiative , communities seeking to become Age- and Dementia Friendly have another way to be inclusive. The organization provides a free toolkit to...
15 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
MassDOT Announces Draft State Bicycle Transportation Plan Online
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is announcing that the Draft Massachusetts Bicycle Transportation Plan is now available for public comment. Members of the public...
17 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
Tufts Health Plan Foundation Awards $1.2 Million to 11 Community Organizations
Tufts Health Plan Foundation continues its commitment to healthy aging and communities with an announcement of 11 new community investments. In total, the grants exceed $1.2...
26 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - 2 articles
Self-awareness may alter perception of hot flashes in menopause
Women who are more self-aware of their body may perceive hot flash sensations as more severe and use a broader range of severity to describe their symptoms, according to...
28 days ago - Healio
Advice for Planning and Paying for Alzheimer's Disease
When you or someone you love receives a diagnosis of Alzheimer's, the last thing you want to think about is money. However, reality dictates you need to formulate a plan for...
1 month ago - Senior Health Memos
New advances in detecting, managing menopause: What PCPs need to know
Menopause occurs at an average age of 51 years for most women in the United States, according to Mayo Clinic. However, about 5% of women younger than 45 years experience early...
1 month ago - Healio
Age-Friendly Funding Alert: MAPC Technical Assistance Program
The Healthy Aging Collaborative previously shared an opportunity from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to provide technical assistance that enables and assists...
1 month ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
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In an anonymous op-ed for The Daily Caller, someone claiming to be a “senior Trump official” who is “working without a paycheck” came out in staunch support of the president's...
Drug used to treat stroke may also prevent Alzheimer's
A study by the University of Southern California found that giving mice the medication 3K3A-APC protects their brains against the build-up of toxic proteins and inhibits memory...
Leaky blood vessels in brain can predict Alzheimer's years earlier than...
A new study from the University of Southern California has found that leakage of capillaries, the tiniest vessels in the body, could be a biomarker of early onset Alzheimer's...
Dozens of patients left with ‘blind patches' are suing a lens manufacturer
People are suing the company Oculentis which produced lenses which, after being used in cataract operations five to seven years ago, have led to calcium build-up in patients' eyes.
Infographic: Reducing Your Alzheimer's Risk
WebMD's infographic details ways you can keep your brain sharp and reduce your risk of Alzheimer's disease.
Blood-brain Barrier Breakdown an Early Driver of Dementia
Leaky capillaries in the brain portend early onset of Alzheimer's disease as they signal cognitive impairment before hallmark toxic proteins amyloid and tau appear.
The CURE for Alzheimer's Disease can be found in our synapses
Americans walk, run, and march “for the cure” for all kinds of different diseases, helping to raise awareness and funds for research, but what if you found out right now...
Bad Sleep and More Tau: Tied To Early Alzheimer's?
Impaired slow-wave sleep and more tau protein may be linked to early AD, study finds
VIDEO: Micro-interventional cataract surgery: miLOOP to triLOOP
NEW YORK - From OSN New York 2018, Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, of Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island, New York, gives his presentation on micro-interventional cataract surgery...
FDA advisory committee to consider CV safety of romosozumab
The Bone, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee of the FDA will meet Wednesday to vote on whether to recommend approval of a biologics license application for the...