Friday, June 5, 2026

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Crackdown on massive fraud in government programs
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Alzheimer’s/Dementia

With no dementia cure in sight, it’s time for communities to become dementia friendly

(By Nancy Berlinger for STAT) For baby boomers and their parents, there’s no biomedical solution in sight for preventing or curing dementia.

JoNel Aleccia for Kaiser Health News) Last year, Dr. Ronny Jackson, then the White House physician, gave Donald Trump a

(By Lauren Aguirre for STAT) Scientists who study Alzheimer’s disease have mostly ignored the role of seizures, but that is

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Scientists are beginning to understand why Alzheimer’s disease affects more women than men and why

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) By all accounts the woman, in her late 60s, appeared to have severe

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) Alzheimer’s disease begins altering the brain long before it affects memory and thinking. So scientists

(By Melissa Bailey for Kaiser Health News) Ten residents slipped away from their retirement community one Sunday afternoon for a

(By Raymond J. Tesi for STAT) If insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) CHICAGO — Rachel O’Conor booted up her slides and began posing questions to

(By Andrew Joseph for STAT) The disheartening news came when Phil Gutis was already upset, crying to his husband because