Alzheimer’s Drug Targets People With Mild Cognitive Impairment. What Does That Mean?
The approval of a controversial new drug for Alzheimer’s disease, Aduhelm, is shining a spotlight on mild cognitive impairment — ...
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Though Millions Are at Risk for Diabetes, Medicare Struggles to Expand Prevention Program
Researchers and people who run diabetes prevention efforts said participation is low because of the way Medicare has set up ...
Why We May Never Know Whether the $56,000-a-Year Alzheimer’s Drug Actually Works
The Food and Drug Administration’s approval in June of a drug purporting to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease was ...
Desperate for Home Care, Seniors Often Wait Months With Workers in Short Supply
For at least 20 years, national experts have warned about the dire consequences of a shortage of nursing assistants and ...
Desperate for Home Care, Seniors Often Wait Months With Workers in Short Supply
For at least 20 years, national experts have warned about the dire consequences of a shortage of nursing assistants and ...
As Pandemic Eases, Many Seniors Have Lost Strength, May Need Rehabilitative Services
Older adults who have survived covid-19 are more likely than younger patients to have persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, ...
Health Care Paradox: Medicare Penalizes Dozens of Hospitals It Also Gives Five Stars
The federal government has penalized 764 hospitals — including more than three dozen it simultaneously rates as among the best ...