• Darrell K Royal Fund for Alzheimer’s Research Introduced on Texas Senate Floor

    Updated: 2012-02-29 14:32:00
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  • Helpful Advice for Insurance Company Executives: How To Make More Money

    Updated: 2012-02-29 12:36:00
    : Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Wednesday , February 29, 2012 Helpful Advice for Insurance Company Executives : How To Make More Money Dear Insurance Company : Executives Our hearts go out to you . Many in the public simply do not understand how hard your jobs are . And no where is your job as hard as when it comes to your Medicare Advantage . product Most Medicare patients are in fee for service Medicare . Medicare pays providers for each service the senior needs . Medicare Advantage plans offer an additional option for seniors . Instead of fee for service Medicare , they sign their care over to a Medicare Advantage plan offered by your companies . The good part about this is that your company gets paid by Medicare . But the bad news is that your company then becomes responsible

  • Hospice Medication Alert: Fleet Enemas and Acute Renal Failure

    Updated: 2012-02-29 00:49:00
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  • FDA Adds Diabetes Warning to Statin Label

    Updated: 2012-02-28 19:35:21
    WASHINGTON -- The FDA is changing the labeling on statins to include a warning about increased risks of hyperglycemia and transient memory problems, but the agency is no longer recommending routine liver function testing.

  • Afib May Lead to Memory Trouble

    Updated: 2012-02-28 17:26:13
    Atrial fibrillation seems to increase the risk of cognitive and functional decline, even in the absence of stroke, a post-hoc analysis of two randomized trials found.

  • Reduced Omega-3 Speeds Brain Aging

    Updated: 2012-02-27 20:00:00
    Lower blood levels of omega-3 fatty acids are associated with smaller brain volumes and worse cognitive performance, researchers reported.

  • Some Psych Drugs Pose Bigger Risk in Dementia

    Updated: 2012-02-23 22:30:00
    Using antipsychotic drugs to control older dementia patients increases the risk of death, but some drugs appear to be riskier than others, researchers reported.

  • HHS Fleshes Out Alzheimer's Action Plan

    Updated: 2012-02-23 18:51:27
    The Department of Health and Human Services has released a detailed roadmap for fulfilling President Barack Obama's promise to find effective treatments for Alzheimer's disease by 2025.

  • The Dangers of Fleet Enemas

    Updated: 2012-02-23 15:20:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Thursday , February 23, 2012 The Dangers of Fleet Enemas The dangers of oral sodium phosphate preparations are fairly well known in the medical community . In 2006 the FDA issued it’s first warning that patients taking oral sodium phosphate preparations are at risk for potential for acute kidney injury . Two years later , over-the-counter preparations of these drugs were voluntarily withdrawn by the manufacturers . Those agents still available by prescription were given black box warnings mainly due to acute phosphate nephropathy that can result in renal failure , especially in older adults . Despite all this talk of oral preparations , little was mentioned about a sodium phosphate preparation that is still available over-the-counter the Fleet enema Why

  • Forging the Future of Geriatrics and Palliative Care

    Updated: 2012-02-21 00:59:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Monday , February 20, 2012 Forging the Future of Geriatrics and Palliative Care This month the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is e-publishing ahead of print a special article you should read , Report of the Geriatrics Hospice and Palliative Medicine Work Group : American Geriatrics Society and American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Leadership Collaboration . 8221 In 2009, the leadership of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine AAHPM the American Geriatrics Society AGS and the John A . Hartford Foundation brought together leaders in geriatrics and hospice and palliative medicine to identify areas of synergy between the two subspecialties and to work together in areas of common interest . While regular readers of

  • Excellent Review of Palliative Medicine

    Updated: 2012-02-20 13:38:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Monday , February 20, 2012 Excellent Review of Palliative Medicine Palliative Medicine specialists do much to improve quality of life in persons with serious illness . But ultimately , providing better care to persons with serious illness demands that we improve the Palliative Medicine skills and competencies of those of us not trained in the discipline . A wonderful review of Palliative Medicine published as part of the Annals of the Internal Medicine In the Clinic Series nicely meets the grade . The article is directed at practicing physicians with no special expertise in Palliative Medicine . Authors Keith Swetz and Arif Kamal take a pragmatic focus and use clear lucid . language The section on symptom management was particularly useful . The clear

  • Lab Studies Raise Flags About New Alzheimer's Drugs

    Updated: 2012-02-18 21:28:49
    An enzyme that drives plaque formation in Alzheimer's disease also has a key role in normal axonal development and targeting, which might be disrupted by a new class of drugs that inhibit the enzyme, studies in mice suggested.

  • Midazolam Via Intramuscular Autoinjector For Seizure Treatment

    Updated: 2012-02-18 01:02:00
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  • LeadingAge Caregiving Resources

    Updated: 2012-02-17 01:43:27
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  • Group Exercise for the Brain Helps Dementia

    Updated: 2012-02-16 04:13:43
    Mentally stimulating group activities boost cognition in mild to moderate dementia, a Cochrane review determined.

  • Simple Tests May Flag Dementia, Stroke Risk

    Updated: 2012-02-15 21:26:48
    NEW ORLEANS -- Walking speed and hand-grip strength during middle age correlated with cognitive function and stroke risk in older adults, according to data from a large cohort study.

  • Bad Sleep Linked to Alzheimer's

    Updated: 2012-02-14 20:00:00
    NEW ORLEANS -- Disturbed sleep is associated with preclinical signs of Alzheimer's disease, researchers found.

  • Imaging Marker Predicts Decline to Alzheimer's

    Updated: 2012-02-14 18:11:18
    A new imaging marker for the protein plaques and tangles in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease may predict disease early, researchers found.

  • Glen Campbell: Still Performing with Alzheimer's

    Updated: 2012-02-14 17:27:00
    : Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Tuesday , February 14, 2012 Glen Campbell : Still Performing with Alzheimer's My neighbor told me recently about a musician named Glen Campbell who is still performing despite Alzheimer's dementia . This shows my age , but I had never heard of him . His story is inspiring for the support he is receiving for continuing to perform while living with early stage dementia . His children are his backup band , and they occasionally have to remind him we played that one already , Dad . Mr . Campbell's wife says that a music and performing are therapeutic for him . The new memories don't form well he has to be reminded that he has Alzheimer's disease but the songs and guitar skills , honed with decades of performing , are still there . Theresa Allison has

  • Air Pollution Tied to Stroke, Cognitive Slide

    Updated: 2012-02-13 20:34:08
    Airborne pollution can have serious consequences for the brain and the heart even at typical levels of exposure, researchers found.

  • Stuffing the Belly Could Starve the Mind in Seniors

    Updated: 2012-02-12 20:00:00
    NEW ORLEANS -- Overeating is associated with an increased risk of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in people 70 or older, researchers are reporting.

  • Awarding Residents With Interests in Academic Geriatrics

    Updated: 2012-02-11 18:47:00
    Pages Home About Videos Links Tweets Saturday , February 11, 2012 Awarding Residents With Interests in Academic Geriatrics Applications for the second annual Geriatrics Scholarship Award Summit are now open to ACGME interns and residents in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine from across the US . nbsp This is an exceptional oppurtunity for interns and residents , so please forward this on The goal of the Award is to stimulate interest in a career in academic geriatrics by recognizing residents’ scholarly or research achievements in aging or geriatrics . Each award carries with it a cash prize of 500 plus a stipend to cover travel and lodging in San Francisco to present their work at a special award . summit Each completed application will be judged based : upon The quality of applicant

  • How to cure “Incurable” Insomnia

    Updated: 2012-02-09 21:50:00
    Here’s a thought to lose sleep over: Even though insomnia isn’t considered a major health threat, like heart disease or cancer—it can ruin your life.

  • Hospice Drug Safety Alert: PPIs Associated with C. Difficile Diarrhea

    Updated: 2012-02-09 17:30:00
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  • New Criteria for Dx of Cognitive Decline Faulted

    Updated: 2012-02-07 17:09:43
    The recent revision in criteria for mild cognitive impairment has blurred the distinction between this condition and early Alzheimer's disease, one researcher argues.

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