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BOSTON – A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found that age-related accumulation of abdominal fat is associated with lower muscle density. Low muscle density...

A research team that includes Dr. Dae Hyun Kim has received funding for a project that will use non-invasive, whole room, body heat sensors in an attempt to detect frailty in older adults while they...

BOSTON – Older adults benefit from enhanced partnerships between health care systems and affordable housing sites. These partnerships improve health care outcomes while reducing unnecessary spending...

BOSTON – A new study published in the Journal of American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) found that modifying a well-established and highly successful delirium prevention program for use when in-person or...

BOSTON, MA - Harvard Medical School-affiliate Hebrew SeniorLife has appointed Ernest I. Mandel, M.D., S.M., Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, as its Chief Medical Officer. “Dr...

A new perspective article published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has highlighted that screening and treatment of osteoporosis lags behind other diseases, resulting in significant morbidity...

BOSTON - Harvard Medical School affiliate Hebrew SeniorLife, New England’s largest nonprofit provider of senior health care and living communities, is accepting applications for 45 new affordable...

Hebrew Rehabilitation Center is among the elite 16 percent of skilled nursing facilities in the United States that have been recognized as a Best Nursing Home for 2022-23 by U.S. News & World Report...

For older adults, a hospital admission or major surgery includes risk of developing delirium — a complication not only marked by confusion or agitation, but also associated with prolonged...

New research examines one-year health-care costs associated with delirium in older hospitalized patients with and without Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias that have not been examined...