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Feeding a Person With Advanced Alzheimer's Disease: An Update
We update our 2011 discussion of feeding the person with late-stage or advanced Alzheimer's disease. We present a case of a 92-year-old woman diagnosed with AD, from our family...
9 hours ago - Nutrition Today
Roswell Park names senior VP of clinical investigation
Igor Puzanov, MD, MSCI, FACP, has been promoted to senior vice president of clinical investigation at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Puzanov will be responsible for...
2 days ago - Healio
COVID-19 Community Impact Survey Released by DPH with Focus on Diverse Residents, Older Adults
The COVID-19 Community Impact Survey - an online survey aimed at collecting data to better understand and identify the social, economic, and health needs and inequities...
5 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - 3 articles
NBN bonuses to executives to be decided by board: Paul Fl
NBN Co is poised to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to its senior management, including chief executive Stephen Rue, despite its plans to cut hundreds of staff and a...
6 days ago - Sydney Morning Herald
Senior Melbourne Uni staff warn cuts will do long-term harm
Hundreds of University of Melbourne academics have urged it to pull back from its plan to slash hundreds of jobs or risk global reputation damage.
12 days ago - Sydney Morning Herald - 2 articles
NTU-incubated start-up plans clinical trial of new slow-release pill for Parkinson's disease
Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new pill which uses the stomach as a drug reservoir and delivers medicines slowly over...
13 days ago - News Medical
Age-Friendly Job Postings: Montachusett Regional Transit Authority, FriendShipWorks
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative periodically shares job postings from our network, by request. Please see two job opportunities below: Mobility Manager...
13 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
'The message is simple': Liberals refuse to work with Nationals if Barilaro remains leader
Senior Liberals have vowed there will be no concessions in cabinet over the divisive koala planning policy as long as John Barilaro remains their leader.
17 days ago - Sydney Morning Herald
The back to school road map for Victoria
Plans are to reopen school for young children, senior students. while years 3 to 10 will stay home. Schools will reopen to all students in country Victoria.
23 days ago - Sydney Morning Herald
Hassle-Free Cell Phone Providers Seniors Should Use
With so many cell phone providers and plans to choose from, it can be hard to find the best option for you. Luckily many great providers across the U.S. have specifically...
1 month ago - Active Beat
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Freezing Prostate Cancer Cells is An Effective Treatment
Freezing prostate cancer cells using MRI guided hemi-gland cryoablation is successful in controlling prostate cancer in clinically significant and advanced cases.
Prostate cancer patients could be spared radiotherapy after surgery
The treatment is used to eradicate cancer cells and to try to ensure tumours do not return. But research in The Lancet found there was no benefit.
Cannabis Use for Managing Menopause Symptoms
Many women are using cannabis or interested in using it for the management of bothersome and worrisome menopause symptoms, according to a new study.
The Lancet: Radiotherapy After Prostate Cancer Surgery can be Avoided for Men
Researchers from all over the world have access to HYSETS, a database of hydrometric data created at Ecole de technologie superieure , to note the results of climate change on...
Feeding a Person With Advanced Alzheimer's Disease: An Update
We update our 2011 discussion of feeding the person with late-stage or advanced Alzheimer's disease. We present a case of a 92-year-old woman diagnosed with AD, from our family...
Spinal Cord Stimulation Alleviates Motor Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease...
Spinal cord stimulation alleviates pain and reduces motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease, both as a singular therapy and as a "salvage therapy", according to researchers in...
Menopause Symptoms Can Lead to Heart Disease
Combined symptoms of menopause could lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases in women.
Cognition Declines After the Menopause Transition
Women complain about forgetting things during the transition from premenopause to perimenopause to postmenopause. Such declines in memory after menopause appear independent of...
The Surprising Ways Body Weight Affects Brain Health
The brain is the very essence of who we are, so we want it to stay healthy. But just as other organs change with age, cognitive challenges can arise with aging. Some of these...
Is Tau Blood Testing a Game Changer for Diagnosing Alzheimer's?
Drs Adam Boxer, Samuel Gandy, and Rudolph Tanzi discuss the potential impact of a breakthrough study of plasma phospho-tau217.