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Many older adults take medications that can increase their risk of falls, confusion, and hospitalization, yet stopping or reducing these drugs — known as deprescribing — can be challenging in busy...

Falls are one of the most common reasons older adults are treated in the emergency department, and many patients are discharged home the same day. That transition can be a vulnerable moment...

A large U.S. study suggests that older adults hospitalized with delirium may experience better outcomes when treated with trazodone, commonly used to treat depression and sleep problems, rather than...

A landmark international study that pooled brain scans and memory tests from thousands of adults has shed new light on how structural brain changes are tied to memory decline as people age. The...

Dae Hyun Kim, MD, MPH, ScD, a nationally recognized geriatrician and associate director and senior scientist at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research at Hebrew SeniorLife, has been...

A new study published suggests that the connection between coronary artery calcification — a measure of calcium buildup in the arteries — and bone mineral density may be driven in part by shared...

Hebrew SeniorLife has received $10,000 from the Commonwealth’s Grants for Registered Apprenticeship Opportunities in Workforce to develop a practical nurse apprenticeship program. Hebrew SeniorLife’s...

Artificial intelligence may be able to reveal how fast your body is aging by analyzing a chest X-ray, according to a new study published in The Journals of Gerontology. Researchers found that a deep...

Older adults who experience delirium after hip fracture surgery face a significantly faster decline in memory and thinking skills than those who don’t, according to a new study. The findings provide...

A new study shows that older adults with type 2 diabetes experience slower frailty progression over one year when they start treatment with SGLT-2 inhibitors, such as Jardiance or Farxiga, or GLP-1...