Emory researcher Vincent Marconi believes the science of aging must look beyond traditional doctoring to encompass a holistic, whole-body approach to healthy aging.
Emory researcher Vincent Marconi believes the science of aging must look beyond traditional doctoring to encompass a holistic, whole-body approach to healthy aging.
As Science Gallery Atlanta Faculty Research Fellows, Emory faculty members Eri Saikawa and Madeleine Hackney will build on their community-based research to strengthen public engagement in the sciences and the arts.
Emory University has been granted a $3.75 million training award by the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to improve outcomes for older adults and education for health care workers who care for them across urban and rural areas of Georgia.
The Emory Healthcare Nurse Residency Program is seeking accreditation by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
An Emory study published in JAMA Neurology examines how various systolic blood pressure targets for older patients receiving treatment for hypertension were associated with cognitive function and whether racial differences existed in long-term cognitive outcomes.
Emory researchers seeking to better understand aging and age-related diseases have launched the Emory Healthy Aging Study. It is the largest-ever clinical research study in Atlanta with a goal of enrolling 100,000 people over the next four years.
A recent study by Emory researchers found arterial stiffness, measured as pulse wave velocity (PWV), is associated with a steeper decline in cognitive performance than blood pressure. The findings, published in the journal Hypertension, may offer a better prediction of future dementia than just blood pressure level.
About half of all HIV-infected Americans are 50 and older. They're retiring, becoming grandparents, and facing ailments from diabetes to arthritis, all things they never thought they'd live long enough to experience.
For the fourth year in a row, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital the number one hospital in both Georgia and metro Atlanta in its 2015-16 Best Hospitals guide.
Emory Geriatric Medicine Clinic, a specialty care practice at Emory Saint Joseph's Hospital, has expanded the services of the clinic to include a Domiciliary Care Program for 15 assisted living facilities located in Sandy Springs, Crabapple, East Cobb, Decatur and Tucker.
"Lessons My Parents Taught Me: An Emory Aging Expert Reflects" is the title of the Life of the Mind lecture to be given by Theodore Johnson II, professor of medicine and epidemiology, on March 25.
The Emory Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC) has received a $50,000 grant from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia Foundation to provide education on brain health and offer memory screenings for people of color.
Jada Bussey-Jones, associate professor in the division of general medicine at Emory University School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2014 Society of General Internal Medicine National Mentorship in Education Award.
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Emory University Hospital(EUH) the number one hospital in both Georgia and metro Atlanta in its 2014-2015 Best Hospitals guide for a third year in a row.
The American College of Physicians has advanced Michael F. Lubin, MD, professor of medicine at Emory School of Medicine to the level of "Master" - the highest designation given by the organization.
If and when an older person should stop driving is a loaded question, and the answer is as varied as the people behind the wheel.