Together, they built their lives around the service of others. For her entire adult life, Marilyn was a nurse – in Louisville Kentucky, in Georgetown, Lawrence, and Salem Massachusetts, and at summer camps in Maine, New Hampshire, and New York, and a resident nurse at Governor's ...
Although stress and adversity are largely universal experiences, people exposed to greater hardship are at increased risk for negative health consequences. Recent studies identify accelerated biological aging as a mechanism that could explain how trauma and adversity gives rise to poor health, and advance...
They would both be based on the Lifeline program in Massachusetts (and similar ones elsewhere) that give low-income residents basic Internet service at low cost. Locally, Boston already has a record of achievement in internet-based services to connect seniors with others, starting with the ...
Prevalence and Incidence of Androgen Deficiency in Middle-Aged and Older Men: Estimates from the Massachusetts Male Aging Studybone scanningdual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXALittle is known about the descriptive epidemiology of androgen deficiency. In this study, we sought to address this issue by...
In recognition of her efforts, Donna was recently inducted into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame and given the Pioneer Broadcaster Award. The picture attached to this blurb shows Donna receiving her award from WBZ radio announcer, Jordan Rich. But now Donna L. Halper, PhD has ...
Center for Precision Cancer Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA Forest M. White Contributions N.M. and F.M.W. designed the study. D.M. collected human brain tissue samples. N.M. and F.H.R. collected proteomics datasets. N.M. wrote proteomics data integratio...
Circulating plasma proteins play key roles in human health and can potentially be used to measure biological age, allowing risk prediction for age-related diseases, multimorbidity and mortality. Here we developed a proteomic age clock in the UK Biobank (
Article Open access 14 August 2024 Key Points Overall and potentially inappropriate antipsychotic use were common in both assisted living (26.4 and 23.4%) and long-term care (31.8 and 26.8%) settings. Correlates of antipsychotic use were similar among assisted living and long-term care residents...
service dog, or assistance/therapy dog. Physical activity over the past year was classified as not active, moderately active, or very active. Major comorbidities considered were owner-reported in the HLES, including any history of cancer, endocrine disorders, kidney disorders, immune disorders, trau...
Total RNA from adult flies was extracted using TRIzol reagent (ThermoFisher Scientific, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA) following manufacturer protocols. RNA preparations were treated with DNAse I (ThermoFisher) to remove genomic contaminants and reverse-transcribed into cDNA following manufacturer protocols (...