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What are the Different Types of Long-term Care?
Long-term care covers a group of services that are designed to meet a person’s healthcare needs. These services help people live as independently and safely as possible when they can no longer perform daily activities on their own. These services may be provided at home by family and friends, in a facility like a nursing …
Read the Latest Aging and Alzheimer’s News from NIA
Check out these articles for the latest in aging advances and research happening at the National Institute on Aging at NIH. Predicting Alzheimer’s disease progression— NIH Research Matters reports that PET scans of tau tangles in the brain, but not amyloid plaques, predicted future loss of brain tissue in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Intensive blood-pressure control …
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Apply by the 14th for the Butler-Williams Scholars Program
Are you a post-doc looking to establish your career in aging research? Or a junior faculty member looking to expand your career options? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, then the time is now to apply for the 2020 NIA Butler-Williams Scholars Program! The Butler-Williams (B-W) Scholars program gives early career investigators …
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Get the Latest News on Aging and Alzheimer’s
Check out these articles for the latest in aging advances and research happening at the National Institute on Aging at NIH: Drug combo removes senescent cells, restores cell growth in obese mouse model—The senolytic drug combination of dasatinib and quercetin cleared senescent cells from obese mice in a study by researchers at the Mayo Clinic …