McKnight’s announces second annual class of Hall of Honor inductees in Women of Distinction awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2020
Twenty-two women will be inducted into the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor as part of the second annual class.
Dream Flights
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 21, 2021
Discovery Senior Living is partnering with Dream Flights to locate and provide opportunities for World War II veterans to fly aboard a restored Boeing Stearman biplanes. Learn more, and find out how to...
Acupuncture may ease anxiety in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Sep 29, 2022
“To our knowledge, this is the first randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of an acupuncture treatment regimen targeted for anxiety in patients with Parkinson disease,” the authors...
Physical activity may lower risk for depression in adults
Apr 14, 2022
Even physical activity below the recommended public health thresholds is associated with a lower risk for depression.
Late-onset alcohol abuse may signal dementia
Apr 12, 2022
Findings particularly for behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia
Sotrovimab may prevent progression to severe COVID-19
Mar 18, 2022
The risk for all-cause hospitalization or death through day 29 was reduced with sotrovimab versus placebo for circulating variants at the time of the study.
Muscle strengthening may cut risk for noncommunicable disease
Mar 01, 2022
Muscle-strengthening activities were inversely linked to risks for all-cause mortality and major noncommunicable diseases.
E-cigarettes to quit smoking may not result in success
Feb 08, 2022
The study reveals that other smoking cessation aids are tied to more successful quits.
Meet Mary Sue Patchett, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 28, 2021
Mary Sue Patchett, executive vice president of strategic operations, Brookdale Senior Living, Brentwood, TN, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Hall of Honor inductee.
Alendronate may reduce risk for type 2 diabetes
Sep 28, 2021
The adjusted odds ratio for type 2 diabetes was further reduced for those with more than eight years of alendronate use.