LeadingAge applauds HUD’s proposed updates to affordable housing block grant program
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 12, 2024
Members of the Preservation Working Group, including LeadingAge, recently applauded the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposal to update program rules for the HOME Investment Partnerships...
Substantial disparities seen in cancer cases, deaths among men
Aug 12, 2024
Cancer deaths are projected to almost double by 2050, with more than two-fold increase for older men and low- and medium Human Development Index countries.
Dementia may occur less often, develop slower in Parkinson’s disease patients
Aug 07, 2024
The median time to dementia was 15 years in the Penn cohort; the estimated probability of dementia at year 10 was 9 to 15% in the PPMI cohort.
Alcohol ups risk for intracranial hemorrhage in seniors with fall-related head Injury
Aug 15, 2024
Alcohol use frequency shows a dose-dependent increase in risk.
FDA starts Phase II of efforts to reduce salt levels in food
Aug 15, 2024
The new targets support reaching a recommended daily sodium intake limit of 2,750 mg per day per person.
Alzheimer’s care, quality of life improve with innovative immersion room
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 05, 2024
A creative new room at a Long Island, NY, nursing home may serve as a model for improving the quality of Alzheimer’s care.
Psychosocial stressors at work linked to increased risk for a-fib
Aug 14, 2024
Job strain and an effort-reward imbalance were linked to an increased risk for a-fib separately and in combination.
Women’s fracture rates, risk vary by race, ethnicity
Aug 15, 2024
Novel fracture differences were seen within Asian subgroups.
Baseline MRI PI-RADS linked to biopsy reclassification in prostate cancer
Aug 14, 2024
The baseline MRI PI-RADS score was significantly linked to early biopsy reclassification for those with low-risk or favorable intermediate-risk cancer.
Fish oil supplements counteract genetic predisposition to high cholesterol
Aug 14, 2024
The findings were seen for total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides.