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BOSTON – Why do some patients recover quickly after surgery, while others don’t? That is an important question when treating older frail patients suffering from aortic stenosis. Lead author Dae Hyun...

BOSTON — Researchers at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife and Harvard Medical School are participating in a multicenter study exploring whether testosterone...

BOSTON – A ground-breaking new study has succeeded in compiling an atlas of genetic factors associated with estimated bone mineral density (BMD), one of the most clinically relevant factors in...

BOSTON - A study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals the best assessment tools available to establish the severity of diagnosed delirium in hospitalized patients. Delirium is a common...

BOSTON - A study published today in the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology reports that high-resolution peripheral computed tomography (HR-pQCT) represents an effective tool in predicting an individual...

BOSTON - The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) — the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging — has chosen Lewis A. Lipsitz, MD, FGSA, as the 2018 recipient...

BOSTON — A paper titled “Assessment of the genetic and clinical determinants of fracture risk: genome wide association and mendelian randomization study” appeared today in the British Medical Journal...

BOSTON — Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research has announced the establishment of the Interventional Studies in Aging Center (ISAC), the mission of which will be to develop and support...

BOSTON — Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered that nursing home residents with advanced dementia are more...

BOSTON — Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Institute for Aging Research, Boston University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and University of Calgary have found evidence that weight loss can...