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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 17, 2019
GOVERNOR BAKER, ADVOCATES CELEBRATE EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICARE SAVINGS PROGRAM
Governor Charlie Baker joined Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders and leaders of health care advocacy organizations...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 16, 2019
TRAVEL TRAINING AND AGING SERVICE PROVIDERS: THREE EXAMPLE
If you are interested in learning how agencies are supporting older adults in learning to use fixed-route public transit services such...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 13, 2019
NEARLY 20 COMMUNITIES AWARDED COMPLETE STREETS FUNDING
Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito joined Transportation Secretary and CEO Stephanie Pollack, Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver,...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 12, 2019
BOSTON MPO ACCEPTING COMMENTS ON HUMAN SERVICES TRANSPORTATION PLAN
The Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization will accept comments on the draft Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 12, 2019
CDC RELEASES SPANISH LANGUAGE INFOGRAPHICS ON CAREGIVING AND SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE
In concert with National Hispanic Heritage Month, CDC has released Spanish Language versions of Caregiving and Subjective Cognitive...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 12, 2019
INNOVATIVE STABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE HOSTING ‘IDEA INCUBATOR' EVENT
The Innovative Stable Housing Initiative is a pilot project funded by Boston Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital, and Brigham...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 12, 2019
INTERGENERATIONAL SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD AT LASELL UNIVERSITY
Are you purposefully bringing together people of different ages like older adults and youth? Would you like to start but you're not...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 12, 2019
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING AWARDS $53.4 MILLION TO BROWN UNIVERSITY, HEBREW SENIORLIFE TO ADVANCE DEMENTIA RESEARCH
The National Institute on Aging has awarded a five-year grant expected to total $53.4 million to Brown University and Boston-based...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 5, 2019
AGE-FRIENDLY NEWS CLIPS: AUGUST 2019
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles that mention state and local efforts to make cities, towns and...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 5, 2019
UPCOMING WEBINAR ON CELEBRATING DIVERSITY HOSTED BY TRI-STATE LEARNING COLLABORATIVE ON AGING
The Tri-State Learning Collaborative on Aging, which covers the northern New England states, is hosting a webinar titled “Celebrating...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 5, 2019
HEALTH CARE PLANNING AMBASSADOR WORKSHOPS FROM HONORING CHOICES MA
To kick-off the season, Honoring Choices Massachusetts is co-hosting a series of Health Care Planning Ambassador Workshops all over...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Sep 5, 2019
AARP SHARES MATERIALS AND PRESENTATIONS FROM RURAL LIVABILITY CONFERENCE
Back in June, AARP hosted a Rural Livability Conference , which touched on a range of issues from housing and transportation to broadband...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Aug 29, 2019
RESOURCES FOR ‘NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH' IN SEPTEMBER NOW AVAILABLE
This September, the National Institute of Senior Centers is demonstrating how senior centers are integral parts of aging well. Senior...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Aug 29, 2019
DEADLINES APPROACHING FOR SEVERAL AGE- AND DEMENTIA FRIENDLY FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative promotes funding opportunities to help communities kick-start Age- and Dementia Friendly...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Aug 29, 2019
MEDICARE PLAN FINDER GETS AN UPDATE FROM CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services launched a modernized and redesigned Medicare Plan Finder , which is the most used tool...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Aug 29, 2019
TIME: AS AMERICA AGES, FEWER OLDER ADULTS PROVIDED HOME-DELIVERED AND GROUP MEALS
TIME Magazine published an article examining a national trend of an aging population contrasted with support for home-delivered and...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Aug 22, 2019
MUNICIPAL ADVOCATE MAGAZINE DEDICATED TO AGE- AND DEMENTIA FRIENDLY COMMUNITY MOVEMENT
The Municipal Advocate magazine, published and distributed by the Massachusetts Municipal Association to thousands of municipal and...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Aug 22, 2019
AGE-FRIENDLY FUNDING ALERT: MASSDOT WORKFORCE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Thanks to our partners at MassMobility, the Healthy Aging Collaborative is passing on a new funding stream from MassDOT, which announced...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Aug 22, 2019
UPCOMING EVENTS IN HEALTHY AGING: SEPTEMBER 2019
There is never a shortage of events and activities for promoting and supporting healthy aging in Massachusetts! Here are a few opportunities...
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By Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - Aug 22, 2019
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION ACCEPTING NATIONAL PLANNING AWARDS SUBMISSIONS FOR 2020
The American Planning Association's National Planning Awards honor planning efforts, initiatives, and individuals working to make communities...
Plan, News and Updates, community design
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Early signs of adulthood type 2 diabetes can be seen in children as young as...
A group of children with genetic traits linked to type 2 diabetes were analysed by University of Bristol. Some molecules in their blood changed from childhood onwards.
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Cancer patients could be taught to hold their breath for SIX MINUTES to...
University of Birmingham scientists gave volunteers oxygen-enriched air, while removing carbon dioxide from their lungs via a mechanical ventilator. This made it safe for them...
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At-Risk Men May Also Benefit From Mammograms
A new study argues there's potential benefit in regular mammograms for men who are at high risk of breast cancer.
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Smog Particles Can Reach Developing Fetus: Study
Air pollution can penetrate a pregnant woman's placenta and potentially threaten the health of a developing fetus, new research warns.
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Half as many children died in 2017 worldwide as in 2000 but poverty still...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's latest report highlights gains made in childhood death rates, but notes that vast inequalities persist, meaning that the UN's 2030...
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Toxic air pollution particles are found in pregnant women's PLACENTAS for...
Researchers led by Hasselt University in Belgium scanned flesh from the placentas of 28 women who lived in areas with varying levels of pollution and found they all had black...
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Making Major Decisions While Being Hungry is a Bad Idea
You might want to avoid making any important decisions about the future while being hungry.
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Needle-less Flu Vaccine is Highly Effective
New needle-less flu vaccine patch boosted the immune system much better than a traditional flu shot without any negative side effects
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Positive Experiences With Teachers or Neighbors can Save Long-term Health of...
Adverse childhood experience can lead to poor health later in life. Positive experiences could work as an anecdote to counter and overcome trauma.
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Cancer Cells Exhibit Cannibalism to Survive Chemotherapy: Here's How
Cancer cells can survive chemotherapy by resorting to cannibalism. This behavior provides them with the energy resources to stay alive and cause tumor relapse after the...