Blood tests show promise for early Alzheimer’s diagnosis
(Source – www.nia.nih.gov/news) With the aging of the U.S. population, the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease continues to rise. The disease
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Soldier On has partnered with Let’s Talk Interactive to expand a telehealth platform that connects homeless veterans
A non-profit that targets veteran homelessness, for which there are roughly 67,000 in US, is using telehealth to expand access
Read MoreHow do you separate scientifically sound stem cell therapies from scams?
(By Natalya Ortolano for STAT) For patients who’ve run out of other options, experimental, unproven therapies like stem cell treatments
Read MoreCMS Proposes Updates to Coverage Policy for Artificial Hearts and Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs)
(Source – www.cms.gov/newsroom) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed updates to coverage policies for artificial hearts and
Read MoreWill Medicare finally cover brain scans for Alzheimer’s disease?
The results from a $100 million study of more than 25,000 Medicare recipients will help Medicare officials decide whether to
Read MoreDemand Surges For See-through Face Masks As Pandemic Swells
(By Yuki Noguchi for NPR) Blake Blackmon and his fiance, Jessica Cournoyer, recently welcomed their second child, a cherubic-cheeked good
Read MoreScientists Want to Know More About Using UV Light to Fight COVID-19 Spread
(By Will Stone for Kaiser Health News) High up near the ceiling, in the dining room of his Seattle-area restaurant,
Read MoreCVS develops app to read prescription labels for visually impaired patients
(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) CVS Pharmacy has developed Spoken Rx, a new feature on its app that can read prescription
Read MoreAn experiment in end-of-life care: Tapping AI’s cold calculus to nudge the most human of conversations
(By Rebecca Robbins for STAT) The daily email that arrived in physician Samantha Wang’s inbox at 8 a.m., just before
Read MoreInsurers don’t have to cover COVID-19 tests for ‘return to work’ programs
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) Health insurers aren’t required to cover COVID-19 tests that are a part of workplace
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