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Neurology > Dementia — Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia links are time-dependent by Judy George, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage Today January 5, 2023 Some health conditions associated with dementia appeared early and consistently long before diagnosis, while others became significant much later, a cohort study suggested. For people with a subsequent diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, the

The Host The year-end government spending bill includes a lot of changes to federal health programs, including changes to Medicare payments and some structure for states to begin to disenroll people on Medicaid whose eligibility has been maintained through the pandemic. Separately, the Biden administration took several steps to expand the availability of the abortion

Digital health technologies are hot as the sun today. Healthcare provider organization CIOs and other health IT leaders are studying and implementing these technologies to improve the patient and provider experiences and hopefully boost patient outcomes. Marcus Perez is president of Altera Digital Health, which offers health IT designed to enable clinicians at hospitals and

Jan. 4, 2023 -- The winter stolstice passed on Dec. 21, ushering in a season of substantial snow, with thousands of Americans heading out to shovel their driveways in the coming months.But snow shoveling can be dangerous: One study found it’s responsible for 11,500 serious injuries and almost 100 deaths annually. So before you reach

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Many people gain weight over the holidays and then try, unsuccessfully, to get back into shape after the new year. But it doesn't have to be that way. The key is to not set yourself up for failure. Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and the editor

OKLAHOMA CITY — By the summer of 2021, Phil Maytubby, deputy CEO of the health department here, was concerned to see the numbers of people getting vaccinated against covid-19 slipping after an initially robust response. With doubt, fear, and misinformation running rampant nationwide — both online and offline — he knew the agency needed to

Skip to main content January 04, 2023 04:10 PM Lauren Sausser, Kaiser Health News Nic Antaya for Crain's Detroit Business A COVID-19 vaccine is administered. OKLAHOMA CITY — By the summer of 2021, Phil Maytubby, deputy CEO of the health department here, was concerned to see the numbers of people getting vaccinated against covid-19 slipping

Skip to main content January 04, 2023 01:30 PM Chicago-based Catholic hospital chain CommonSpirit Health has been hit with a proposed class-action lawsuit over its month-long data breach at the end of last year that impacted more than 600,000 patients. The lawsuit alleges that CommonSpirit was negligent in protecting patients from the threat of cyberattacks