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Aging
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Researchers identify new genetic stroke risk factors
One of the largest analyses of stroke factors ever conducted is providing scientists with new clues to identify stroke mechanisms…
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New tip sheet offers insights into ‘hidden’ issue of incontinence
Some may find it funny. Others struggle to discuss it. Still others shrug it off as a “normal” part of…
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Tip sheet examines health issues of hoarding among older adults
Many of us hang on to a few special items – like that ticket stub from your first concert, a…
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OPTIMISTIC program reduces avoidable hospitalizations
A nursing home demonstration project in Indiana has reduced avoidable hospitalizations among residents by a third, according to a recently…
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How the new budget package may affect older adults
The massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill was signed by President Trump on Friday and is now law. Several provisions…
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Study explores medical marijuana as opioid alternative for older adults
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to crack down on medical marijuana. He was soundly rebuked by Congress last year,…
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Integrative medicine panel at #AHCJ18 to look at alternative approaches to pain management
Chronic pain is fairly common among older adults. Nearly half of community dwelling and up to 75 percent of institutionalized…
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Winners of 2017 health journalism awards announced
Investigations into what’s causing global obesity, who’s blocking regulation of addictive pain pills and who’s raking in billions of dollars…
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#AHCJ18 panel looks at the increasing demand for palliative care
Palliative care has come a long way since it emerged onto the U.S. health care scene in the late 1980s.…
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Plans coming together for #AHCJ18 in Phoenix
The Valley of the Sun will host Health Journalism 2018, AHCJ’s annual conference marking its 20th anniversary. The conference in…