Brooks-LaSure: Medicare poised to re-evaluate coverage of new Alzheimer’s drugs
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 12, 2022
In a Milken Institute summit session, the CMS administrator said that Medicare’s door is open to evaluating new data on emerging Alzheimer’s drug candidates.
Nurses back Senate legislation that would lift restrictions on APRNs’ scope of practice
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 09, 2022
The legislation would eliminate outdated federal barriers to care, authorizing advanced practice nurses to perform tasks such as providing all mandatory examinations in skilled nursing facilities, advocates...
Consuming over-processed foods may hasten cognitive decline: study
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 09, 2022
High consumption of these foods was linked to a 28% faster rate of global cognitive decline and a 25% faster rate of executive function decline, investigators report.
Lawmakers seek to bolster Medicare, Medicaid mental health coverage
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2022
Senators cited constituent concerns about so-called ghost networks — listings of physicians who are unavailable to provide care.
60 Seconds with… Nikki Gachot
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 06, 2022
Meadow Park Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center recently joined a five-year, federally funded palliative care study that will examine its role for dementia patients.
New wave of flu cases, COVID-19 hospitalizations hits U.S., impacting seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 06, 2022
Flu activity was the highest in a decade last week and hospitalizations for three respiratory viruses are straining healthcare systems, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Monday.
Symptomless COVID infections found in almost half of US adults, CDC says
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
Approximately 44% of US adults were “possibly asymptomatically infected,” between August 2021 and May 2022, blood serum evidence shows.
Dementia decline could be slowed by antiseizure meds in some cases, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
The results revealed profound early decline among dementia patients with active seizures, including worse cognitive and mental health, and daily functioning.
Self-reported memory problems predict later dementia, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 02, 2022
People who report subjective examples of memory loss are more likely to develop dementia over a five-year followup period, investigators have found.
Shingles associated with increased risk for stroke, heart attack
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2022
Shingles, a disease found mainly among older adults, is tied to 30% long-term odds of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack and stroke, a new study finds.