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Dementia | Diabetes

Earlier Diabetes Diagnosis Linked to Dementia Risk

November 20, 2024
Adults diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in mid-life—before age 50—more likely to develop dementia People diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at a younger age are at a higher risk for developing dementia than those diagnosed later in life, according to a…
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Dementia

Study Shows Emergency Room Visits Spike Before and After a Dementia Diagnosis

October 17, 2024
 A new diagnosis of dementia is linked to a 40 percent increase in emergency department (ED) visits in the year around a diagnosis, with visits peaking shortly before a person is diagnosed, according to a new analysis published in JAMA Network Open…
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Preterm Birth

Preterm Births are on the Rise, with Ongoing Racial and Economic Gaps

September 27, 2024
Study identifies how changes in risk factors may be contributing to growing number of babies born prematurely Preterm births have increased by more than 10 percent over the past decade, with racial and socioeconomic disparities persisting over time,…
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SIDS

How Newly Identified Biomarkers Could Reveal Risk Factors for SIDS

September 12, 2024
New NYU Meyers faculty member Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski, PhD, and researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) are getting closer to being able to predict sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. In a study that appears Sept. 3 in JAMA Pediatrics,…
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Faculty

Seven New Faculty From Across U.S. Join Meyers

September 06, 2024
 NYU Meyers welcomed seven new faculty members at the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year, who bring wide-ranging experience and expertise. Anthony Carney, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, who was most recently an assistant professor at the University of…
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Alzheimers | Oral Health

Bei Wu Wins $4M Grant to Investigate Links Between Oral Health and Alzheimer's

September 05, 2024
Vice Dean for Research Bei Wu, PhD,  has won a $3.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to investigate biological and social links between oral health, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia.Nearly seven million Americans live…
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Weight Loss

Weighing the Social Costs of Weight Loss Drugs

August 20, 2024
Two NYU obesity experts discuss the sharp rise of GLP-1 agonists and the structural issues medicines can’t fix A wildly popular class of drugs called GLP-1 agonists—which includes Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Zepbound—are revolutionizing the…
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Geriatrics | Living Legend

Prof Emerita Mathy Mezey Named AAN Living Legend

July 18, 2024
  NYU Meyers Prof. Emerita and Senior Research Scientist Mathy Mezey, whose teaching, research and leadership transformed geriatric nursing, has been named a 2024 Living Legend by the American Academy of Nursing, one of the highest honors in the…
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Dementia

NYU Meyers-led Study Explores Quality of Care for People with Dementia in Adult Day Centers

July 12, 2024
Adult day centers provide community-based health and social services for older adults living at home, including many living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. While these centers have long been essential community resources, they…
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Geriatrics | Grant

NYU Meyers receives $5M grant to strengthen workforce caring for older adults in the Bronx

July 09, 2024
NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to train 5,000 health care professionals in providing age-friendly care for older adults in the Bronx.The project is…