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AP-NORC Poll on Community Support of Older Adults Finds Disparities in Services and Access
Overall, more people think their local area is doing a good job than a poor job meeting the needs of older adults when it comes to many services, including health care, healthy...
1 month ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative - 2 articles
Mass. Receives Four 2021 AARP Community Challenge Grants
For the fifth annual AARP Community Challenge , AARP received more than 3,500 applications from nonprofits and government entities, resulting in a highly competitive selection...
1 month ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
Healthy Aging-Nutrition Matters: Start Early and Screen Often
ABSTRACTThe amount of time spent in poor health at the end of life is increasing. This narrative review summarizes consistent evidence indicating that healthy dietary patterns...
1 month ago - Nutrition - 3 articles
How Olympians Are Fighting to Put Athletes' Mental Health First
Jackson Avenue is the main road that cuts through Oxford, Miss. At its northern limit, it circles the Ole Miss campus where Raven Saunders had spent the past three years as a...
2 monthes ago - Time
IAFP panel addresses progress, hurdles in keeping flour free of pathogens
PHOENIX - As milling and baking industries work with government agencies and other groups to address a growing number of foodborne illness outbreaks linked to flour...
2 monthes ago - Food Safety
Do State SNAP Policies Influence Program Participation among Seniors? - by Jordan W. Jones, Charles J. Courtemanche, Augustine Denteh, James Marton, Rusty Tchernis
Senior participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has traditionally been lower than other groups among those eligible, with historical estimates below 50...
2 monthes ago - National Bureau of Economic Research
EBT SNAP Online Purchasing Options Expanded in Massachusetts
The Baker Administration announced that Massachusetts residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program can now use their EBT SNAP benefits to buy fresh food and...
2 monthes ago - Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative
The FDA Is a Melting Iceberg
The byzantine world of pharmaceutical regulation has recently broken into the public consciousness, causing a bit of a panic. Aducanumab-the first new Alzheimer's treatment in...
2 monthes ago - The Atlantic
Why we may never know whether the $56,000-a-year Alzheimer's drug actually works
The Food and Drug Administration's approval in June of a drug purporting to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease was widely celebrated, but it also touched off alarms.
2 monthes ago - News Medical
Center for Produce Safety webinar focuses on pathogen detection
In a recent presentation, Martin Wiedmann of Cornell University discussed the positives and negatives of whole-genome sequencing data sharing, saying that easy access to such...
2 monthes ago - Food Safety
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AP-NORC Poll on Community Support of Older Adults Finds Disparities in...
Overall, more people think their local area is doing a good job than a poor job meeting the needs of older adults when it comes to many services, including health care, healthy...
Strength Training for Bone Density: How Much Benefit Can You Expect?
If you're a woman over 50, you may be tempted to forgo strength training and stay physically active in other ways, like walking or cycling. However, these exercises aren't high...
High sugar intake may increase risk for Alzheimer's disease
Total sugar intake may affect cognitive function over time, with higher amounts potentially increasing risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to study results presented at the...
Optimization of modifiable factors may prevent persistently poor knee confidence
By addressing modifiable factors, clinicians may prevent a long-term course of persistently poor knee confidence in patients with or at elevated risk for knee osteoarthritis...