Researchers from the Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School say they’ve found a “genetic signature” of aging in the human brain — showing certain genes slow down after...
State News for January 2016
Jan 04, 2016
MINNESOTA — Nearly 600 nursing assistants will be required to retake a certification test due to “suspicious” patterns in the results.
Is shift work a dementia risk?
By
Meredith Beirne
Aug 09, 2018
A gene linked to job-related exhaustion in shift workers may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s, according to a Finnish study published in the journal Sleep.
Old-age eye problems grow for those with bad habits, genetic tendencies
By
Haymarket Media
Jan 11, 2007
Obesity and smoking, in combination with a genetic predisposition, multiply the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, according to a new study by doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital...
Researchers identify five Alzheimer’s genes
Apr 05, 2011
Two new studies — which examined 50,000 subjects worldwide — have identified five new genes that are definitively associated with Alzheimer’s, according to a study published in the journal Nature...
Coffee tied to lower Parkinson’s risk — even in those genetically predisposed
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2020
People who are predisposed to Parkinson’s may tend to avoid drinking coffee. Alternatively, some mutation carriers may drink a lot of coffee and benefit from its neuroprotective effects, propose investigators.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, June 15
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 15, 2021
CMS issues reprieve for 2,500 nursing homes yet to report COVID vaccination rates … Former CMS administrator says nursing homes will remain key test sites for COVID therapies, other treatments …...
Talking up speech language pathology
By
John Andrews
Feb 01, 2012
Despite low profiles, speech professionals have assumed expanded roles and are making increasingly critical contributions to rehab regimens.
Genes may explain elderly vision loss
By
Haymarket Media
Mar 13, 2006
Age-related macular degeneration, a major cause of vision loss and blindness among the elderly could be the result of two gene mutations.
Fostering friendly skin bacteria could promote chronic wound healing, researchers say
By
Tim Mullaney
May 02, 2014
Caregivers might soon be able to heal seniors’ chronic wounds by manipulating the bacteria that live on the skin, according to research out of the University of Manchester Healing Foundation Centre...