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A new study published in Diabetes Care found that bone loss alone does not explain the increased fracture risk observed in some older adults with type 2 diabetes. The article, “ Type 2 Diabetes and...

A new study published in Bone finds that DXA bone scans ordered during U.S. primary care visits appear markedly low among men at risk for osteoporosis, representing a missed opportunity for early...

Boston Magazine has published its Top Doctors 2026 list, which includes Hebrew SeniorLife’s Lewis Lipsitz, MD, and Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD. The list features 2,511 peer-nominated physicians across...

Elizabeth (Lisa) Samelson, PhD, has received the 2026 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Gordon Strewler Mentorship Award. The award is named after Gordon “Buck” Strewler, the former BIDMC vice...

Six chaplain students from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain have graduated from Hebrew SeniorLife’s Clinical Pastoral Education Program, which provides geriatric-focused spiritual care...

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has named Hebrew SeniorLife among the 14 health care systems recognized for Excellence in System-wide Spread, demonstrating care delivery through the 4Ms (What...

The Jewish Theological Seminary has awarded Rabbi Beth Naditch, Hebrew SeniorLife’s director of clinical pastoral education, an honorary doctorate degree celebrating her 27 years in the rabbinate. The...

Hebrew SeniorLife has named Thomas J. DeSimone board chair-elect. DeSimone is a partner at W/S Development Associates LLC in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. He will succeed current Board Chair Richard J...

On the one-year anniversary of its founding, the Lunder CareForce Institute at Hebrew SeniorLife is marking significant growth by adding new employer partnerships, expanding training locations, and...

Mimi Lewis, program director of the Right Care, Right Place, Right Time program at Hebrew SeniorLife, has received the LeadingAge Leadership Award. LeadingAge is the association of nonprofit providers...