_ Health Headlines Hospitalization A Better Test for Surgery Success By Jane Farrell article A simple arm test that employs a novel wearable technology can rapidly and accurately identify physiological frailty in older adults … Read More→
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_ Expectations By Jane Farrell blog I think the concept of expectations is a good therapy idea that has gotten overused and taken to a bad […]
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_ Aging Well Skin Can a ΓÇ£Second SkinΓÇ¥ in a Bottle Banish Wrinkles? By Sondra Forsyth article A release from the MIT News Office written by Anne Trafton reports that scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living … Read More→
_ Medical Research A Genetic Flip-On Switch for Longevity By Jane Farrell article Newly discovered genetic switches that increase lifespan and boost fitness in worms are also linked to increased lifespan in mammals, … Read More→
The One Big Taboo No One in the World Wants to Talk About By Sondra Forsyth blog Five years after I was born, my father tried to take his own life. He ended up in a mental […]