Opinion: FDA’s lax generic drug oversight puts seniors at risk … Study supports non-drug treatment for early diabetes symptoms … Bipartisan bill would create Office of Alzheimer’s Disease in Florida...
Nursing home residents are living longer while becoming exposed to a toxic cocktail of indoor pollutant that could make them more susceptible to chronic lung diseases like COPD, European researchers reported...
Healthy lifestyle may lower dementia risk despite genetics
May 26, 2022
Higher midlife scores in the Life’s Simple 7 lifestyle health risk test are associated with a lower risk for dementia, a new study finds.
Gene mutation linked to macular degeneration, researchers find
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Haymarket Media
Mar 16, 2005
Age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, has been linked to a gene mutation, according to three sets of researchers working independently.
Greener pastures
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jun 01, 2013
After seven years, Greenfields of Geneva becomes a reality for Illinois seniors, featuring a luxurious setting overlooking a golf course.
Report: Scientists have completely mapped chromosomes linked to major diseases
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Haymarket Media
Jun 01, 2004
Scientists have produced a complete map of human chromosomes 9 and 10, which are linked to diseases including cancer, diabetes and Alzheimer’s, according to the journal Nature.
FDA user fees legislation signed into law
Jul 11, 2012
President Obama signed the Food and Drug Administration user fees bill into law on Monday. The measure reauthorizes user fees paid by medical device and drug companies and creates new user fee programs...
Protective gene mutation gives hope to Alzheimer’s drug development
By
McKnight's Staff
Jul 16, 2012
Alzheimer’s researchers got a huge boost last week with the publication of a study showing that a rare genetic mutation prevents the buildup of beta amyloid in the brain.
LTC operator adds genetic testing program to improve care for residents with complex needs
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2022
Frontier Management Group has partnered with a pharmacogenetics provider to help fine-tune medication management in an increasingly frail resident population, the company says.
HealthMEDX unveils pharmacy exchange
Jun 05, 2013
HealthMEDX recently announced that its pharmacy exchange is now available.