AP - A significant number of the elderly — more than one in four — will eventually need someone to make end-of-life decisions about their medical care, a new study suggests.

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Reuters - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is evaluating clinical data that may suggest Novartis AG’s Parkinson’s disease treatment Stalevo is linked to an increased risk of prostate cancer.

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Reuters - Experts generally recommend against routinely using PSA blood tests to screen elderly men for prostate cancer, but using a strict age cutoff for when to stop screening may not be the best route either, a new study suggests.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Having many supportive
relatives actually increases the fear of dying among elderly people in
ethnic minorities, according to British researchers.

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HealthDay - TUESDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Having many supportive
relatives actually increases the fear of dying among elderly people in
ethnic minorities, according to British researchers.

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HealthDay - MONDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) — Among elderly Americans,
women and those with diabetes and dementia are most likely to find
themselves in the Medicare Part D drug plan “doughnut hole,” the coverage
gap that occurs after a beneficiary has reached the annual coverage limit
but hasn’t spent enough on drugs to qualify for catastrophic coverage.

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AP - Who doesn’t want to be a millionaire? Maybe a 43-year-old unemployed bachelor who lives with his elderly mother in Russia — and who won $1 million for solving a problem that has stumped mathematicians for a century.

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AP - People hospitalized with a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia fare better if they are admitted someplace that treats a lot of those problems, a large study of Medicare patients finds.

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Reuters - Use of controversial anemia drugs made by Amgen Inc and Johnson & Johnson at high levels likely worsen heart problems and possibly chances for survival in kidney patients, a U.S. Medicare advisory panel said on Wednesday, calling for more study.

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Reuters - The U.S. Medicare program will pay for the use of facial filling treatments in certain HIV patients with sunken cheeks and other similar problems who are also depressed, the government said on Tuesday.

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