Depression And Alzheimer’s Treatments At A Crossroads
(By Jon Hamilton and Aaron Scott for NPR) Researchers are launching a make-or-break study to test the conventional wisdom about
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Homelessness Among Older People Is on the Rise, Driven by Inflation and the Housing Crunch
(By Aaron Bolton for Kaiser Health News) COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — On a recent rainy afternoon in this small town
Read MoreSupreme Court to Hear Nursing Home Case That Could Affect Millions
(By Farah Yousry, Side Effects Public Media for Kaiser Health News) When Susie Talevski sued the agency that managed her
Read MoreSenate report pushes more Medicare Advantage rules because of ‘misleading and aggressive’ marketing
(By Rylee Wilson for Becker’s Hospital Review) Medicare Advantage marketing tactics can be aggressive, and sometimes deceptive, a Nov. 3
Read MoreWhat causes Alzheimer’s? Study puts leading theory to ‘ultimate test’
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) An idea that has propelled Alzheimer’s research for more than 30 years is approaching its
Read MoreMedicare Fines for High Hospital Readmissions Drop, but Nearly 2,300 Facilities Are Still Penalized
(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission
Read MoreDrivers in Decline: A Shortage of Volunteers Complicates Access to Care in Rural America
(By Christina Saint Louis for Kaiser Health News) Several times a month, Jim Maybach drives 5 miles from his house
Read MoreBlind to Problems: How VA’s Electronic Record System Shuts Out Visually Impaired Patients
(By Darius Tahir for Kaiser Health News dated October 20, 2022)) Sarah Sheffield, a nurse practitioner at a Veterans Affairs clinic
Read More‘Front of the line’: For Alzheimer’s patients in successful trial, a feeling of gratitude
(By Andrew Joseph for Stat News dated October 20, 2022) When the news came out last month that an experimental
Read MoreKHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Biden Hits the Road to Sell Democrats’ Record
(By KHN Podcast dated October 20, 2022) What do pandemic preparedness, mental health care services, and over-the-counter hearing aids have
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