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In June, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the average age of the U.S. population reached a new high of nearly 39 years old. Today, roughly three million older adults who belong to a sexual and...

Broken bones in later life are a leading cause of disability, recurrent fracture, nursing home placement, and death. Prior studies have shown that health care providers can prevent poor outcomes...

A routine osteoporosis screening bone density test can tell if you are at increased risk for a heart attack because of the presence of calcium in the aorta. Now, this calcification test score can be...

Brad Manor, PhD, is among the 20 individuals scheduled to be honored by the Gerontological Society of America, the country’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging. Dr...

CANTON, Mass. — Hebrew SeniorLife and MEDITECH have partnered to provide a new system that allows patients, families and caregivers to share information. Hebrew SeniorLife recently implemented...

Hebrew SeniorLife’s Center for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and Neglect is co-sponsoring the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Walk in Boston on June 15, 2023, along with Central Boston Elder Services...

An international group of researchers led by the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), and including Douglas P. Kiel, M.D., MPH...

Hebrew SeniorLife hosted its 2023 golf tournament on June 5, 2023, at the Belmont Country Club in Belmont, MA, raising $500,000 to help our seniors live with independence, dignity, and joy, regardless...

Hebrew SeniorLife, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, one of Boston’s Top Places to Work, and New England’s largest nonprofit provider of senior health care and living communities, honored its...

Eating plant-based foods that contain dietary compounds called flavonols can lower your chances of developing frailty. Foods like apples and blackberries that contain flavonoids called quercetin may...