Boston University

Geriatrics & Gerontology

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Longevity

Optimists Live Longer

August 26, 2019

DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

August 5, 2019

Aging concept graphic showing the silhouette of a woman's head from little girl to senior woman.

Aging

Framingham Heart Study Will Examine Aging with New $38M Funding

April 17, 2019

Neuroscience

As Memories Fade, Can We Supercharge Them Back to Life?

April 9, 2019

Wendy Coster (left) and Gael Orsmond (right)

Autism

Life after High School

December 3, 2018

A couple sit together

Aging

Marital status associated with dementia risk

May 18, 2018

Virginia Best discusses spatial hearing

Hearing Sciences

Follow Your Ears

March 8, 2018

Ann McKee and Jonathan Cherry, researchers at the Boston Universtiy

CTE

BU Researchers ID Possible Biomarker for Diagnosing CTE during Life

September 26, 2017

The number of centenarians—people age 100 or older—is growing much faster than the total population.

Genetics

New Genetic Variants Associated with Extreme Old Age

May 8, 2017

People over 65 who sleep longer than nine hours each night may be showing early signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, according to research by Sudha Seshadri, a MED professor of neurology.

Neurology

MED Researchers: Too Much Sleep Could Signal Dementia

May 8, 2017

Mckee

CTE

Brain Trauma and CTE

February 3, 2017

Healthy senior with swimming board

Aging

Biomarker Patterns in Blood Predict Healthy Aging

January 6, 2017

Sudha Seshadri, professor of neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

New Test for Alzheimer’s Risk?

December 5, 2016

Fall prevention

Medicine

Researching Fall Prevention in HIV Patients

November 30, 2016

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Geriatrics & Gerontology

Healthy Lifestyle Payoff

October 18, 2016

Drugs and Falls

Aging

Falls, Fractures, and Prescription Drugs

October 4, 2016

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University College of Engineering

Hearing Sciences

Tuning In

September 29, 2016

Thomas T. Perls, professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine

Aging

Perls Wins Joseph T. Freeman Award

September 21, 2016

MRI images of human brain

Cardiovascular Disease

Healthy Heart, Healthy Brain?

August 11, 2016

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Biology

Ants Don’t Get Alzheimer’s

July 11, 2016

Ants Don’t Get Alzheimer’s