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BOSTON – In a study published on 2/11/19 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers reported they have identified genes associated with lean body mass. This is important because lean...

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 – With the federal government back to work after the longest shutdown in United States history, health care is expected to move back to the national agenda. The constitutionality of the...

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 - Harvard Medical School-affiliated Hebrew Rehabilitation Center (HRC), Boston’s only long-term chronic care hospital for seniors, today announced a new clinical partnership with its...

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 – Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL) has been named once again as one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the 11th annual employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. The Top Places to...

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...