Archived articles

Aging
Brain on exercise
Strong body, strong mind?
Published Nov 19, 2015
Study shows exercise boosts enzyme levels, limits brain cell degeneration / Hopkins Medicine
Nursing
Staying capable
Published Summer 2014
A new program sends a handyman along with the nurse on home visits to Baltimore's low-income elderly / Johns Hopkins Magazine
Now hear this
Your brain on silence
Published Jan 24, 2014
Impaired hearing linked to accelerated brain tissue loss / Hopkins Medicine
Dementia care
Calming influence
Published Winter 2013
A new program piloted by the School of Nursing uses indoor golf, barbershop quartet music, and more to reduce agitation in dementia patients. / Johns Hopkins Magazine
$5.8 million grant to fund study of frailty in older adults
Published Sept 2013
Researchers aim to speed the development of interventions to slow or stop it / Gazette
Assisted living, at home
Published July 9, 2013
School of Nursing study aims to help low-income older adults age in place / NPR
JHU, Michigan to develop web-based dementia tool
Published July 2013
Tool will help caregivers track, understand, and treat the behavioral symptoms of dementia / Gazette
Managing dementia
Published Nov 21, 2012
Two JHU professors outline six-step process for identifying, coping with behavioral symptoms / School of Nursing
The end of the road
Published Oct 8, 2012
Researchers seek ways to keep older people behind the wheel if they can drive safely, prepare them to quit if they can't / Johns Hopkins Public Health magazine
The 5/2 Diet
Published Summer 2012
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