Artificial intelligence-enabled aid can improve quality of decisions regarding knee OA
Published results showed use of an artificial intelligence-enabled decision aid significantly improved decision quality, level of shared decision-making, satisfaction and...
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Study shows direct connection between the gut microbiome and Alzheimer's-like behavior
New research in mice published today in the journal Scientific Reports strengthens the growing scientific consensus regarding the role of the gut microbiome in...
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Governor Baker Announces Vaccine Equity Initiative, Opens Eligibility to Age 65+
The Baker Administration announced a targeted outreach initiative in 20 cities and towns most disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and $1M to the MA League of Community...
7 days ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
Nutrition During Menopause with Elizabeth Ward and Hillary Wright
What happens when two dietitian-friends who are also writers go through menopause together? They write a book, of course. Elizabeth Ward and Hillary Wright are coauthors of the...
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Socioeconomic status impacts use of telehealth by patients with PD during COVID-19
The use of telehealth among patients with Parkinson's disease increased from 9.7% before the COVID-19 pandemic to 63.5% during the pandemic, according to an analysis of more...
1 month ago - Healio - 6 articles
More dietary fiber may increase depression risk among premenopausal women
Dietary fiber intake was inversely associated with depression among premenopausal, but not postmenopausal, women, according to findings published in Menopause. “Regarding...
1 month ago - Healio - 2 articles
Awareness of memory decline decreases in predementia stages among AD variant carriers
Carriers of a variant for autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease and family members who did not carry the variant both experienced awareness of memory decline, but awareness of...
1 month ago - Healio
Geographical Differences in Carpo-Metacarpal-Joint-Osteoarthritis Treatment of the Thumb - A survey of 1138 Hand Surgeons from the USA and Europe
Background: Carpometacarpal osteoarthritis of the thumb is treated with various therapeutic approaches. However, the literature remains inconclusive regarding the ideal...
2 monthes ago - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
COVID-19 Testing: Tips for Families with a Loved One Living with Dementia
A tip sheet produced by the Alzheimer's Association of MA/NH in collaboration with the Massachusetts Councils on Aging and the Executive Office of Elder Affairs offers families...
2 monthes ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - 3 articles
Q&A: Aducanumab, one of 121 experimental AD drugs in clinical trials, awaits FDA approval
In early November, the FDA's Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee met to discuss a Biologics License Application for aducanumab, an anti-amyloid...
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Artificial intelligence-enabled aid can improve quality of decisions...
Published results showed use of an artificial intelligence-enabled decision aid significantly improved decision quality, level of shared decision-making, satisfaction and...
Study finds novel way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease before symptoms occur
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease has been shown to reduce cost and improve patient outcomes, but current diagnostic approaches can be invasive and costly.
VIDEO: Immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery may be new normal
In the new normal of COVID-19, the debate about immediately sequential bilateral cataract surgery has come back in the limelight. Is it necessary? Is it possible? Is it...
Max Clifford: If I hadn't had a simple blood test, I'd be dying of prostate...
Max Clifford believes he is one of the luckiest men on Earth. Just 12 months ago he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Now he has learned that the cancer is in remission.
Nanobowls show potential for diagnostics and treatment of Alzheimer's
Scientists are still a long way from being able to treat Alzheimer's Disease, in part because the protein aggregates that can become brain plaques, a hallmark of the disease...
How Pandemic Isolation Affected an Alzheimer's Patient in a Nursing Home
The pandemic has stolen away the chance to surround the sister we are losing to dementia with our love, so that she does not have to face death alone.
Study explores impact of reminiscence therapy on Alzheimer's and dementia...
The RRF Foundation for Aging awarded a multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas at Arlington with more than $160,000 for a project that explores the impact of...
Orange County vaccinates 100,000th person, with FEMA site on horizon
Orange County injected vaccine into its 100,000th person this week at the Orange County Convention Center, as the county creeps closer to vaccinating half of its senior...
Effective treatment for insomnia delivered in a few short phone calls
In a statewide study of adults over 60 with osteoarthritis, researchers found that effective treatment for insomnia can be delivered in a few short phone calls.
Researchers probe deeper into the neuronal mechanisms underlying olfactory...
Loss of smell or olfactory dysfunction is an early indication of the neurodegenerative Alzheimer's disease and appears in approximately 90% of all patients.