BU School of Public Health Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Research Flavonoid-Rich Fruit Consumption in Midlife May Ward Off Late-Life Dementia A new study found that higher intake of flavonoid-rich fruits in middle-aged adults was significantly associated with a lower risk of dementia, compared to a low intake of these fruits.

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Association of Health Care Journalists

APRIL 16, 2025

Many older adults have benefitted from senior nutrition programs like Meals On Wheels. But the wholesale reorganization of the Department of Health and Human Services and looming Medicaid budget cuts are putting more seniors at risk of going hungry than ever before. Protas estimates there are at least another 2.5

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Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Years NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today unveiled “ HealthyNYC , ” an ambitious plan to improve and extend the average lifespan of all New Yorkers. Read “ Using Law to Advance Population Health Planning ” in Health Affairs.

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NC Health News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services pointed to a lack of resources and inadequate staff hampering their ability to keep up with complaints. But taxpayer money, such as the federal health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid, shouldnt be used to reimburse facilities where people arent taken care of, she said.

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KFF Health News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Recently, I became interested in the issue of how retirees whose professions defined their persona can, after age 80, as a “senior senior,” continue to be a person of substantiality. I created the Glorious Age of Aging to look at this issue over six hourlong meetings over three months. I use Uber as well as drive.

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NC Health News

APRIL 15, 2025

However, most of the Medicaid expansion population works already in low-wage jobs where health insurance is not offered. Meanwhile, the state spent more money on administrative costs to run the program than they did on health care expenses. Medicaid funds the health care of more than 3 million people in North Carolina.

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HEALTHBEAT

JANUARY 17, 2025

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Nominees for top health agencies are taking aim at ultra-processed foods that account for an estimated 70% of the nations food supply. Nutrition and health leaders are optimistic that a reckoning is already underway. Kennedy Jr.,

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