Test Of Experimental Alzheimer’s Drug Finds Progress Against Brain Plaques
(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) An experimental drug dramatically reduced the toxic plaques found in the brains of patients with
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How To Fight For Yourself At The Hospital — And Avoid Readmission
(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Everything initially went well with Barbara Charnes’ surgery to fix a troublesome ankle.
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(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Dominick Bailey sat at his computer, scrutinizing the medication lists
Read MoreAs The For-Profit World Moves Into An Elder Care Program, Some Worry
(By Sarah Varney for Kaiser Health News) DENVER — Inside a senior center here, nestled along a bustling commercial strip,
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(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) NEW YORK — The Mount Sinai Hospital emergency room looks and sounds like hundreds
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According to new estimates from Fidelity, if you are sixty-five years old, you can expect to spend an average $130,000
Read MoreElderly Patients In The Hospital Need To Keep Moving
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Thelma Atkins ended up in the University of Alabama at
Read MoreFed Up With Insurance, Doctors Bolt the System to Get More Patient Time
(By David Gorn, KQED for NPR) Dr. Lorraine Page, believe it or not, makes housecalls. One place she makes calls on is
Read MoreTeaching In-Home Caregivers Seems To Pay Off
(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News) Low-income Californians who are elderly and disabled were less likely to go to
Read MoreWhat Happens to Developmentally Disabled as Parents Age, Die?
(By Jen Fifield for The PEW Charitable Trusts) ROCKVILLE, Md. — Ever since she was 4, when a caregiver force-fed
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