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BOSTON - HealthInAging.org recently published a synopsis of an essay by Lewis A. Lipsitz, M.D., Director of the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research and Chief Academic Officer for...

BOSTON – In a paper published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine today, researchers showed how analysis of data from the multigenerational Framingham Osteoporosis...

BOSTON - A new study shows that genetic pre-screening could reduce the number of screening tests needed to identify individuals at risk for osteoporotic fractures. Douglas P. Kiel, M.D.,M.P.H...

BOSTON – Harvard Medical School Affiliate Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL), a national leader in senior care and services, continues to be called upon to help educate and advise organizations that are in the...

BOSTON – Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Scientist at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Medical Director for Hebrew SeniorLife’s (HSL) Center for Memory Health, and a...

BOSTON – In a study published in the journal Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorder, researchers reported on their effort to improve and validate tools used to assess the severity of a condition...

BOSTON – Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL) and the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research are being regularly sought out to provide guidance to older adults during the COVID-19 health care crisis...

BOSTON - Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL) continues to be a valued resource and mentor for senior communities during the COVID-19 health care crisis. As Massachusetts and other states begin to reopen, HSL has...

BOSTON – Skilled nursing facilities and long-term chronic care hospitals across the country, in lockdown due to COVID-19 since early March, are beginning to plan a return to visitations between...

BOSTON – A paper recently published online in the journal Chest reports on a study of the palliative ventilator withdrawal (PVW) procedure performed in intensive care units (ICU) at end of life. The...