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Paying Billions for Controversial Alzheimer’s Drug? How About Funding This Instead?

Prescriptions for a controversial new drug for Alzheimer's could run $56 billion a year, putting a significant financial burden on Medicare, the health insurance for the elderly.

Jul 6, 2021

WHAT LIES AHEAD IN THE 2020S, AS SOCIETY COPES WITH THIS UNPRECEDENTED DEMOGRAPHIC SHIFT?/HANNAH NORMAN/KHN ILLUSTRATION

What The 2020s Have In Store For Aging Boomers

Jan 16, 2020

Creator Of Brain Exam That Trump Aced Demands New Training For Testers

Jul 29, 2019

Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland. | M.O. STEVENS/WIKIMEDIA

Estate Sues Providence In Wrongful Death Of Man With Dementia Who Wandered Off

A lawsuit seeks at least $2 million in the death of a man admitted to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Southwest Portland who was found a day later, in Hillsboro, shaking and wet at a bus stop.

Nov 25, 2018

A Heart-Healthy Diet May Also Be a Brain-Healthy Diet, OHSU Researcher Says Christen McCurdy Thu, 04/24/2014 - 10:18

Dr. Joseph Quinn says his research preventing strokes may also reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia

Alzheimer's disease ranks among American's most-feared terminal illnesses – and may kill far more people than previously believed, according to research showing Alzheimer's is a factor in deaths such as pneumonia, choking

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