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Interview with Robbie Altman, N.P.

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TRIPLL interviews Robbie Altman, N.P. a palliative care nurse practitioner at New York Hospital who has integrated relaxation and aromatherapy practice into the treatment of her patients suffering from pain and anxiety. TRIPLL: Thank you for talking with me. Can you describe your work in palliative care? Robbie Altman: I am the nurse practitioner on the palliative care consult service. The team is interdisciplinary, and I work with a physician and a social worker. We are able to cover many aspects of patients' cases, including the psycho-social aspects. TRIPLL: What kinds of pain problems do you see on your consult service? [...]

Interview with Robbie Altman, N.P.allison2013-04-02T14:32:55-04:00

Massage Therapy can Help Counteract the Effects of Aging

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Massage Therapy can Help Counteract the Effects of Aging

Massage Therapy can Help Counteract the Effects of Agingallison2013-04-02T14:32:55-04:00

Cancer Treatment for Older Patients is Changing

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Cancer Treatment for Older Patients is Changing

Cancer Treatment for Older Patients is Changingallison2018-09-17T10:02:50-04:00

From CITRA to TRIPLL: an interview with Dr. Elaine Wethington

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Before TRIPLL there was CITRA. CITRA, short for the Cornell Institute for Translational Research on Aging, was a project funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) in October 2003. Like TRIPLL, CITRA sought to maintain strong ties with human service providers in New York City to increase the relevance and usefulness of their research. Over the last year of their grant, investigators brainstormed to determine the future direction of CITRA. The brainchild of their discussions was TRIPLL, which successfully allowed them to receive another five-year grant from the NIA in September 2009. I sat down with Dr. Elaine Wethington, a [...]

From CITRA to TRIPLL: an interview with Dr. Elaine Wethingtonallison2013-04-02T14:32:56-04:00

For older adults, there’s no place like home

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Many older adults living in nursing homes wish to one day return home. Researchers at Cornell evaluated Project Home, a pilot study based out of Syracuse N.Y. Project Home staff worked to overcome the usual medical, psychosocial, and logistical hurdles that keep people in nursing homes for the long term, offering intensive case management to 60 residents in long-term care. The Cornell evaluation project found that a person-centered approach shows great promise in helping nursing home residents move back to the community, allowing nearly 60 percent of study participants to successfully return home. "It's very common for older adults to express [...]

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“The Pain Chronicles”

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Despite being young and active, Melanie Thernstrom, writer for New York Times Magazine, began suffering from chronic pain many years ago. Her struggle inspired her to write the book, "The Pain Chronicles: Cures, Myths, Mysteries, Prayers, Diaries, Brain Scans, Healing, and the Science of Suffering." To research the topic, Thernstrom shadowed doctors and talked with patients about their experiences with pain. The result is an interdisciplinary account of pain that explores the phenomenon through science, history, philosophy, and memoir. Hers is a solid attempt to make sense of something that many of us experience, but very few understand. For full article [...]

“The Pain Chronicles”allison2013-04-02T14:32:56-04:00

New York Times: Love as Pain Relief

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Can love heal all? Well, researchers at Stanford University have found that love does have the power to decrease pain. They conducted a series of tests on 15 college students who professed to being deeply in love. Subjects were placed in brain scanners that tracked their response to a heated probe placed in the palm of their hand. Brain scans were taken under three different scenarios: one, looking a a picture of an acquaintance, two, looking at a picture of their loved one, and three, looking at no picture at all. Based on data, researchers concluded that looking at a picture [...]

New York Times: Love as Pain Reliefallison2013-04-02T14:32:56-04:00

New Scholar Program in Aging

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The Ellison Medical Foundation has invited Cornell University, including Weill Cornell Medical College, to submit two nominees to the New Scholar Program in Aging. The program supports new investigators of outstanding promise in the basic biological and clinical sciences relevant to understanding lifespan development processes and age-related diseases and disabilities. The award is intended to provide new faculty with support during the especially critical first three years of their independent research career. Up to 25 awards will be made. The award provides $100,000 per year for four years. As of March 1, 2011, nominees must hold regular full time appointments (tenure [...]

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TRIPLL’s new blog!

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TRIPLL has a new blog to provide patients, investigators, and community health providers up-to-date information on pain management and prevention. Connect with others in the field and discuss pertinent issues.

TRIPLL’s new blog!allison2013-04-02T14:32:56-04:00

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