Hospital - Is this why more women get Alzheimer's? Scientists discover men...
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital of 300 elderly people found men had less tau and beta amyloid that trigger the devastating condition.
View ArticleSteven Thompson to join Brigham and Women's Hospital as Senior Vice...
Newly created position will focus on identifying, assessing and executing large-scale partnership and investment opportunities
View ArticleHospital - Healthy Holiday Volunteer Ideas for Giving Back
Welcome to December, which means tis' the season to give. Sure, you can make a digital donation online or buy a bunch of gifts at your local mall to drop off at your local...
View ArticleHospital - Non-technical skills help reduce surgical errors
ORLANDO - The qualities of a surgeon consist of both technical and non-technical skills, but it is the non-technical skills “that determine how we react when things go wrong,”...
View ArticleHospital - Chang shares lessons from ‘world's greatest team of cataract...
ORLANDO - From what started out as a trip to Aravind Eye Hospital in India in 2003 to teach phaco, David F. Chang, MD, learned valuable lessons that have affected practice in...
View ArticleHospital - Heart Attack Signs & Symptoms: How to Know if You're Having a...
Heart disease is the number one killer of both men and women in America-with approximately 460,000 related deaths due to a sudden and unforeseen heart attack. Of those who die...
View ArticleHospital - First-line enzalutamide, docetaxel combination improves disease...
SAN FRANCISCO - The addition of enzalutamide to docetaxel improved 6-month disease control and prolonged PFS as first-line therapy for men with metastatic castration-resistant...
View ArticleHospital - Three videos show how to handle complications of capsulorrhexis in...
ORLANDO ― In his video presentation from Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Brian Little, FRCS, FRCOphth, FEHA, consultant and training director of the cataract service...
View ArticleHospital - Surgeons perform first gene therapy procedure aimed at stopping...
Researchers have completed the first gene therapy procedure aimed at stopping age-related macular degeneration. The operation was performed at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford...
View ArticleHospital - Does chronic anxiety lead to Alzheimer's? New study links...
In a study of data gathered on 270 cognitively normal older adults between the ages of 62 and 90, called the Harvard Brain Aging Study, scientists from Brigham and Women's...
View ArticleHospital - Strong Memorial Ranked Among Top Centers for Heart Pumps, Survival
Frank Rosinski's heart stopped three times and doctors were able to revive him. Doctors immediately transferred the Greece man to Strong Memorial Hospital for heart failure...
View ArticleHospital - 6 Signs that Palliative Care is Right for a Loved One
Your mother, father or another close family member may be at the point where there's diminishing hope for recovery from an illness, or old age has sapped them of basic...
View ArticleHospital - Hip fractures may serve as first sign of undiagnosed Alzheimer's...
In a study of older people with no clinical diagnosis or signs of dementia when hospitalized to repair hip fractures, Johns Hopkins researchers say they found biomarkers of...
View ArticleHospital - Zytiga May Up Mortality Risk in Prostate Cancer Patients With CVD
Increased hospitalizations seen among all abiraterone-treated patients
View ArticleHospital - UCI Health treats first prostate cancer patient with latest...
UCI Medical Center has become the first hospital in the U.S. to treat prostate cancer patients using the Focal One system, an advanced high-intensity focused ultrasound...
View ArticleHospital - Early surgery leads to higher rates of glaucoma in certain children
Cataract surgery in infants is associated with a high risk of secondary glaucoma, especially in eyes with associated microphthalmia, microcornea or persistent fetal...
View ArticleHospital - Prolonged postmenopausal hormone therapy may increase Alzheimer's...
Undergoing postmenopausal hormone therapy for 10 years or more may increase the risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to findings published in BMJ. “There have been opposing...
View ArticleHospital - Age-Friendly News Clips: February 2019
Periodically, the Healthy Aging Collaborative will share news articles that mention state and local efforts to make cities, towns and regions in Massachusetts Age- and Dementia...
View ArticleHospital - VIDEO: How to handle a capsulorrhexis complication
ORLANDO ― In his video presentation from Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Brian Little, FRCS, FRCOphth, FEHA, consultant and training director of the cataract service...
View ArticleHospital - John A. Hartford Foundation Announces $9 Million in Grants to...
The John A. Hartford Foundation is funding game-changing efforts to improve care for older adults through four grants totaling nearly $9 million : Seven leading national...
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