The HCSRN-OAICs AGING Initiative seeks pilot project proposals designed to facilitate collaborations between Health Care Systems Research Network (HCSRN) and Older Americans Independence Centers (OAICs) investigators, particularly early-stage investigators as principal investigators.
Healthy food prescriptions written for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries might lower the risk of costly chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and at the same time lower the costs of care, a new study suggests.
Dr. Toren Finkel discusses the topic of aging and how to recognize aging as a risk factor for multiple diseases, how to increase patient outcomes by modulating the biology of aging, and how certain medications could be used in anti-aging strategies.
Fifteen percent of Americans are 65 or older, but if you associate getting older with an increase in health woes, think again: There are proactive ways of implementing nutrition and exercise to improve your quality of life as you age.
Juleen Rodakowski, assistant professor of occupational therapy in Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, recently received over $3 million from the National Institute on Aging to study the influence of strategy training on daily activities for older adults with mild cognitive impairment.