Harvard University
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Dementia victims often overtreated, study says...illness that ultimately shuts down the body after years of mental deterioration. Harvard researchers recently followed 323 residents of 22 nursing homes. All had end-stage dementia, meaning that they no longer recognized family members,... In this article: Dementia, Cholesterol, Cancer, Anxiety, Osteoporosis, Terminal illness, Indiana University School of Medicine, and Harvard |
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USATODAY.com | October 15, 2009
Study: Half with advanced dementia in nursing homes die in 18 months
...or less to live - a criteria for Medicare-paid hospice care. The dementia study was led by the Harvard-affiliated Hebrew Senior Life Institute for Aging Research in Boston. The National Institutes of Health funded that study as well...
In this article: Dementia, Medicare, Alzheimer's, Boston, Cancer, Antibiotic, Fever, Terminal illness, and Indiana University School of Medicine
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MedicineNet | October 15, 2009
Late-Dementia Suffering Often Unnecessary
...she received." Pain, Shortness of Breath, Agitation Also Common The Harvard study included 323 residents with advanced dementia living in 22 Boston-area nursing homes. Researchers followed the patients for up to 18 months and surveyed...
In this article: Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, New England Journal of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and WebMD
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San Jose Mercury News | June 17, 2009
In online networks, 'a reason to keep on going'
...mine." Some research suggests that loneliness can hasten dementia, and Dr. Nicholas Christakis, an internist and social scientist at Harvard, says he is considering research on whether online social connections can help delay dementia.
In this article: Dementia, Quincy, Mass., and Eons.com
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Medical News Today | October 15, 2009
Death By Dementia
...regardless of prognosis along with medical treatment and does not hasten death. Dr. Sachs' editorial accompanies a Harvard University observational study of 323 patients with advanced dementia residing in 22 nursing homes which found...
In this article: Dementia, Medical advice, New England Journal of Medicine, Alzheimer's, Nausea, and Indiana University School of Medicine
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www.washingtonpost.com | February 26, 2008
Study Suggests Antibiotics Are Overused
...ever be considered. "Advanced dementia is a terminal illness," said study co-author Dr. Susan Mitchell, a senior scientist with the Harvard-affiliated Hebrew Senior Life Institute for Aging Research in Boston. "If we substituted...
In this article: Antibiotic, Dementia, Alzheimer's, Hastings Center, Boston, Oxygen, Tylenol, and Cancer
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New York Times | February 03, 2009
Morning Rounds: New Recall, Conflicts of Interest and an Artificial Liver
...Boston Globe reports. The U.S. Senate is investigating payments received by several Harvard faculty members, and last year the American Medical Student Association gave Harvard an "F" for its conflict-of-interest policy. U.K. to Open Dementia...
In this article: Harvard, Dementia, Listeria, Testosterone, Harvard Medical School, The Boston Globe, U.S. Senate, Federal Trade Commission, and American Medical Student Association
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Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) is a private university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It is also the first and oldest corporation in North America. Administratively, Harvard comprises ten primary academic units.
Initially called "New College" or "the college at New Towne", the institution was renamed Harvard College on March 13, 1639. It was named after a young British clergyman named John Harvard, who bequeathed the College his library of four hundred books and £779 (which was half of his estate), assuring its continued operation. The earliest known official reference to Harvard as a "university" occurs in the new Massachusetts Constitution of 1780.
During his 40-year tenure as Harvard president (1869–1909), Charles William Eliot radically transformed Harvard into the pattern of the modern research university. Eliot's reforms included elective courses, small classes, and entrance examinations. The Harvard model influenced American education nationally, at both college and secondary levels.
Harvard is consistently ranked at or near the top of international college and university rankings, and has the second-largest financial endowment of any non-profit organization (behind the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), standing at $28.8 billion as of 2008.
- Name:
- Harvard University
- Type:
- Private
- Location City:
- Cambridge
- State:
- MA
- Location Country:
- USA
- Founding Date:
- September 18, 1636
- Head:
- Drew Gilpin Faust
- Endowment:
- USD $25 billion
- Motto:
- Veritas
- Campus:
- Urban
- Mascot:
- John Harvard
- Colors:
- Crimson
- Undergrad:
- 6,714
- Postgrad:
- 12,422
- Faculty:
- about 2,401
- Staff:
- 10,674 medical
- Enrollment:
- 19,140
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