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Aging
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Providing context for dementia studies is important
Unless you have just emerged from winter hibernation it’s hard to miss the increasingly grim projections about of Alzheimer’s disease…
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2013 Alzheimer’s disease facts and figures: Report predicts sharp rise in number affected
Incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer’s and other dementias are projected to surge, according to the Alzheimer’s Association report “2013 Alzheimer’s…
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Technology, new apps extend caregiving networks
What’s it going to take to help older adults stay out of institutions and age at home? One solution is…
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Quality of life, mental health among issues facing senior health care #ahcj13
Sharon A. Levine, M.D., from the Boston Medical Center Geriatrics Section and a professor of medicine at Boston University, warned…
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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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Snapshots from #ahcj13 | Constance Alexander
Constance Alexander, independent journalist, Murray, Kentucky: What do you do? I teach humanities at Murray State University and work in…
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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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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…