{"id":19829,"date":"2022-06-01T10:26:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19829"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:26:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T14:26:45","slug":"costly-alzheimers-treatment-is-spreading-around-the-world-with-virtually-no-science-to-back-it-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19829","title":{"rendered":"Costly Alzheimer\u2019s treatment is spreading around the world, with virtually no science to back it up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Jonathan Moens for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BERLIN \u2014 Looking more like a barber than a doctor, orthopedic surgeon Musa Citak squirted gel on his patient\u2019s head and massaged the gooey substance into his scalp as though it were shampoo. He then pulled out a handheld device and began sliding it across the side of the elderly man\u2019s head.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/06\/01\/alzheimers-treatment-transcranial-pulse-stimulation-neurolith\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/06\/01\/alzheimers-treatment-transcranial-pulse-stimulation-neurolith\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"21\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:&nbsp;<\/strong>The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Jonathan Moens for STAT) BERLIN \u2014 Looking more like a barber than a doctor, orthopedic surgeon Musa Citak squirted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alzheimersdementia","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19829"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19830,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19829\/revisions\/19830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}