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Aging
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Go beyond aging study data to ask ‘why?’
Outside, there is still a chill in the air and I have recent memories of several inches of snow on…
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AHCJ names Seegert new topic leader on aging issues
The Association of Health Care Journalists has hired reporting professional Liz Seegert as the new topic champion for its core…
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Researchers focus on earlier treatment for Alzheimer’s #ahcj13
Significant progress is being made in the fight against the “silver tsunami,” said Scott Turner, M.D., Ph.D., director of the…
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How to cover nursing homes with more depth and data #ahcj13
It was worth the wait to attend one of the last sessions on the last day of Health Journalism 2013.…
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Writing about the end of life: May not be fun, but it is important #ahcj13
It’s one of the certainties of life: everyone’s going to die. And most of us also will deal with the…
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Shifting projections mean U.S. population is aging faster
New Census Bureau numbers forecast that there will be more older people in the United States than previously anticipated. As…
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Conference panels delve into stories about aging #ahcj13
The numbers are inescapable. By 2030, almost one in every five Americans will be 65 or older, yet many specialists…
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Project addresses readmission concerns by focusing on the frail
A new project is addressing the special concerns of frail elderly hospital patients in an attempt to help prevent lengthy…
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SF Bay Area chapter hears about end-of-life care
[View the story “Reporting on end-of-life care” on Storify] Reporting on end-of-life care The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of…
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New findings on frailty challenge assumptions
We often accept frailty, with its depleted energy and general wearing down of the body, as an inevitable part of…