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Rita Ude on
February 21, 2012
Approximately 46 percent of adults are health illiterate, meaning they find it difficult to read, comprehend and use health information. Patients' misunderstanding of health information and treatment decisions is estimated to cost the U.S. $73 billion.
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Rita Ude on
February 14, 2012
During the next 30 years, the number of Americans over the age of 65 and the proportion of those individuals over 85 are expected to double, impacting the economy, employment, healthcare and social services.
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Rita Ude on
February 10, 2012
Right at Home is celebrating Valentine's Day by offering a free online care assessment.
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Rita Ude on
February 07, 2012
Are you a member of the sandwich generation? If you are raising children while caring for your elderly parents, you definitely are. Read the suggestions on how to protect yourself and your family.
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Steven Lowrey on
January 31, 2012
Daily dose of insulin nasal spray could delay Alzheimer's
A pilot study finds that shooting insulin deep into the nose helps keep Alzheimer's at bay
by Mariella Moon | Last updated 1:59PM EDT on September 14, 2011
Filed under: News | Computers
Whenever insulin is mentioned in the co...
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Rita Ude on
January 31, 2012
A new federal program called the Independence at Home Demonstration will test the effectiveness of providing healthcare to thousands of chronically ill Medicare patients in their own homes, allowing them to remain there instead of potentially entering long-term care facilities.
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Steven Lowrey on
January 26, 2012
If the government continues to place budget cuts on social services, a whole minority and age group could be condemned to live in a life of poverty and institutionalization.
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Steven Lowrey on
January 25, 2012
In 2010, Alzheimer's Disease International, the umbrella body of national associations for the disease, estimated that the number of Alzheimer's sufferers will mushroom from 35.6 million people worldwide to 65.7 million by 2030 and 115.4 million by 2050.
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Steven Lowrey on
January 24, 2012
A new University of California, Berkley study, published today, shows that a lifetime of activities that require high levels of brain function helps to fight the formation of the beta-amyloid proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease.
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Rita Ude on
January 24, 2012
Scientists are discovering anti-aging breakthroughs in the cells of certain animals to help determine how to slow aging in humans.
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