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If I Have Cancer, Dementia or MS, Should I Get the Covid Vaccine?

January 27, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) As public demand grows for limited supplies of covid-19 vaccines, questions remain about

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What is Alzheimer’s disease?

January 15, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

In 2019, an estimated 5.8 million Americans of all ages are living with Alzheimer’s dementia. This number includes an estimated

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Exercise is important for maintaining thinking skills

January 8, 2021January 8, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

A new study from Columbia University Irving Medical Center has found that getting at least an hour and 15 minutes

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Air pollution may contribute to Alzheimer’s

January 5, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative brain disease and the most common form of dementia. Dementia is not a specific disease

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Alzheimer’s Inc.: Colleagues Question Scientist’s Pricey Recipe Against Memory Loss

December 17, 2020December 16, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Linda Marsa for California Healthline produced by Kaiser Health News) When her husband was diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease

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How does PACE fit within Medicare?

December 17, 2020December 16, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

Do you know what PACE is?  PACE is Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly is a joint Medicare and

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I Found My Secret to Feeling Younger and Stronger. The Pandemic Stole It Away.

December 11, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Bruce Horovitz for Kaiser Health News) Back in early January, before COVID-19 was as familiar as the furniture, I

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Aging Medical Technology 

Five ways technology is transforming hearing aids

November 30, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

For many years, people depended on analog hearing aids that barely had anything between the microphone and the speaker, but

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Aging Emerging Health Issues 

Seniors Form COVID Pods to Ward Off Isolation This Winter

November 3, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) Over the past month, Dr. Richard Besdine and his wife have been discussing

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Aging Health Care - General 

Why Some Memories Seem Like Movies: ‘Time Cells’ Discovered In Human Brains

October 30, 2020 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR) If you fall off a bike, you’ll probably end up with a cinematic memory of

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