Category: Longevity News 2015

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7/28/2015 - Happy 50th Birthday, Medicare. Your Patients Are Getting Healthier

by on July 28, 2015 6:23 pm
Here’s a bit of good news for Medicare, the popular government program that’s turning 50 this week. Older Americans on Medicare are spending less time in the hospital; they’re living longer; and the cost of a typical hospital stay has actually come down over the past 15 years, according to a study in the Journal… Read more 7/28/2015 - Happy 50th Birthday, Medicare. Your Patients Are Getting Healthier
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7/27/2015 - A new drug being tested raises hopes for people with Alzheimer's

by on July 27, 2015 2:59 pm
More than five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, and according to the Alzheimer’s Association, 15.5 million Americans are currently caring for them. A new drug might provide some hope for those showing very early symptoms of the disease. This monthy, at the annual Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Washington, the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly… Read more 7/27/2015 - A new drug being tested raises hopes for people with Alzheimer's
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7/25/2015 - Helping Patients and Doctors Talk About Death

by on July 25, 2015 3:57 am
Medicare announced plans this month to reimburse doctors for talking with patients about what treatments they want — and don’t want — toward the end of life. This sensible, long-overdue proposal is likely to have a very wide impact. About 80 percent of people who die in the United States each year are covered by… Read more 7/25/2015 - Helping Patients and Doctors Talk About Death
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7/24/2015 - The coming Alzheimer’s crisis in America

by on July 24, 2015 4:00 am
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, by 2050, 13.8 million Americans may have Alzheimer’s disease, at a cost of $1.1 trillion per year, mostly to Medicare and Medicaid. Today, by comparison, 5.3 million have the disease. Read the full article at The Washington Post.
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7/23/2015 - Younger Adults With Alzheimer's Are Key To Drug Search

by on July 23, 2015 1:45 pm
The face of Alzheimer’s isn’t always old. Sometimes it belongs to someone like Giedre Cohen, who is 37, yet struggles to remember her own name. People like Giedre have a rare gene mutation that causes symptoms of Alzheimer’s to appear before they turn 60. Until recently, people who inherited this gene had no hope of… Read more 7/23/2015 - Younger Adults With Alzheimer's Are Key To Drug Search
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7/21/2015 - Dementia Develops Faster in Women Than in Men, Study Suggests

by on July 21, 2015 1:42 pm
Women who develop slight but detectable deficits in memory and mental acuity late in life tend to decline faster than men with mild impairment, researchers reported on Tuesday. Some two-thirds of the five million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease are women, in part because women live longer. Researchers have searched in vain for decades to determine… Read more 7/21/2015 - Dementia Develops Faster in Women Than in Men, Study Suggests
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7/19/2015 - Saliva seen as possible diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease

by on July 19, 2015 1:44 pm
Your spit might just reveal whether you’re a likely candidate for developing Alzheimer’s disease. That at least is the hope of Canadian researchers whose study suggests that analyzing certain chemical compounds in saliva could provide a cheap, noninvasive way to learn whether the brain has begun to undergo the changes that culminate in loss of… Read more 7/19/2015 - Saliva seen as possible diagnostic tool for Alzheimer’s disease

7/19/2015 - Alzheimer's Drugs In The Works Might Help Other Diseases, Too

by on July 19, 2015 1:40 pm
Efforts to find a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease have been disappointing so far. But there’s a new generation of drugs in the works that researchers think might help not only Alzheimer’s patients, but also people with Parkinson’s disease and other brain disorders. Read the full article at National Public Radio (NPR).
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7/19/2015 - Millennials extend a helping hand to aging Boomers

by on July 19, 2015 1:39 pm
“There’s demographic pressure,” says Kai Stinchcombe, the 32-year-old CEO and co-founder of True Link, which enables family members to protect their elderly loved ones from financial scammers. “As our parents age … in a thousand ways we’re going to be supporting them physically, financially emotionally, and so I do think it’s important to get as… Read more 7/19/2015 - Millennials extend a helping hand to aging Boomers

7/15/2015 - How to talk about death before it's too late

by on July 15, 2015 5:49 pm
Physicians are trained to cure, so conversations about a patient’s final days can be difficult. But they’re vital. Twenty-eight percent of Medicare dollars—about $170 billion annually—are spent during a patient’s last six months of life, often on futile treatments that lead to suffering. That’s why many medical schools are including palliative and hospice care—which helps… Read more 7/15/2015 - How to talk about death before it's too late