HealthDay - MONDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) — Memory and thinking skills
can deteriorate quickly in people with mild cognitive impairment, the
stage before Alzheimer’s disease, says a new study.
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Brain Function May Drop Quickly Before Alzheimer’s (HealthDay)
Posted in March 22nd, 2010
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Medical Scans Used Most in Atlanta, Least in Seattle (HealthDay)
Posted in March 22nd, 2010
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 22 (HealthDay News) — There’s a big gap between
regions in Medicare patients’ use of diagnostic imaging such as CT scans,
MRIs and PET scans, a new study finds.
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Rising Drug Prices Slam Some Medicare Recipients (HealthDay)
Posted in March 19th, 2010
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) — Medicare Part D Plan
coverage gap prices for widely used brand name drugs rose in 2010, and
price increases since 2006 have far exceeded the rate of inflation, a new
study finds.
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More, younger US kids are ‘extremely obese’: study (AFP)
Posted in March 18th, 2010
AFP - More US children are becoming extremely obese at a younger age, putting them at risk of dying decades younger than normal-weight children and of suffering old-age illnesses in their 20s, a study warned Thursday.
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Brain scans show signs of early Alzheimer’s: study (Reuters)
Posted in March 15th, 2010
Reuters - People with a family history of Alzheimer’s disease often have clumps of a toxic protein in their brains even though they are perfectly healthy, researchers said on Monday.
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Relief Sought for Secondary Parkinson’s Symptoms (HealthDay)
Posted in March 15th, 2010
HealthDay - MONDAY, March 15 (HealthDay News) — A new set of guidelines to
treat sleepiness, constipation and sexual dysfunction in people with
Parkinson’s disease has been released by the American Academy of
Neurology.
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Driving With Early Alzheimer’s May Be Ill-Advised (HealthDay)
Posted in March 11th, 2010
HealthDay - FRIDAY, March 12 (HealthDay News) — Elderly people with failing
memories often keep driving, but a study of Alzheimer’s patients suggests
the risk of getting lost — even on familiar streets — may be greater
than once thought.
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New Knee May Improve Balance (HealthDay)
Posted in March 11th, 2010
HealthDay - THURSDAY, March 11 (HealthDay News) — A knee replacement can
help improve an elderly person’s balance, according to a new study.
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Smoking years key factor in lower Parkinson’s risk (Reuters)
Posted in March 10th, 2010
Reuters - Several studies have shown that smokers have a lower risk of developing Parkinson’s disease. A new study shows that it’s how many years of smoking a person has under their belt — rather than how much they smoke every day — that matters.
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Longtime Smokers May Find Protection From Parkinson’s (HealthDay)
Posted in March 10th, 2010
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) — In an effort to
understand the relationship between tobacco smoke and Parkinson’s disease,
researchers have found that smoking for many years may reduce risk for the
disease but smoking a large number of cigarettes a day does not seem to
reduce risk.
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Recent Entries
- Seniors Get Boost From Bad News About the Young (HealthDay)
- Mental “exercise” linked to faster dementia progression (Reuters)
- Mental ‘exercise’ linked to faster dementia progression (Reuters)
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- Cancer drug points way to new Alzheimer’s approach (Reuters)
- Medicare expands coverage to help smokers quit (AP)
- Medicare expands coverage for smoker counseling (AP)
- Insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes linked to Alzheimer’s (AFP)
- Insulin resistance may cause Alzheimer plaques (Reuters)
- Link Between Diabetes, Alzheimer’s Disease Strengthened (HealthDay)
