Dementia drugs "divert funds from quality care"
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Memory clinics and drugs to slow the  progress of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are diverting  resources in Britain's state-funded health services from high  quality integrated care, doctors said on Friday.
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The presence in middle age of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, like smoking or high cholesterol, is strongly tied to the development of dementia later in life, investigators in California report.
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Cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins do not protect against Alzheimer's disease as some previous research has suggested, a study published on Wednesday said.
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A survey of complaints against more than 16,000 U.S. nursing homes found that care often deteriorates after being acquired by large private investment firms, The New York Times reported in its September 23 edition.
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Drug companies drastically curtailed their promotional spending on hormone replacement therapy products after a watershed US government study found they could harm the health of women.
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NEW YORK  - Out-of-pocket costs may be  causing millions of older adults in the U.S. to cut back on  prescriptions for conditions as serious as diabetes, asthma and  depression, a new study suggests.
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A new study shows a possible link between cholesterol drugs and the prevention of Alzheimerâs disease.
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More than 1.7 million in the UK will have dementia by 2051, costing billions of pounds each year, experts forecast.
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People with poor eyesight may be coming away from eye tests with inaccurate prescriptions, a survey suggests.
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News of the suspension of a study of the effects of two common pain relievers on elderly patients at risk of Alzheimer&#39;s disease evoked mixed reactions from area physicians and residents.
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A survey of complaints against more  than 16,000 U.S. nursing homes found that care often  deteriorates after being acquired by large private investment  firms, The New York Times reported in its September 23 edition.
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MONDAY, Oct. 22 (HealthDay News) -- The quality of care received by vulnerable elderly Medicare, Medicaid patients is barely acceptable, a team of U.S. researchers report.
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THE GAZETTE. DENVER - Coloradoâs Medicaid program is wasting tens of millions of taxpayer dollars because the programâs prescription drug system is managed poorly, according to an audit released Monday.
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NEW YORK  - A drug sometimes used to treat Alzheimer&#39;s disease (news - web sites) can also moderately improve dementia caused by Parkinson&#39;s disease (news - web sites), according a report in this week&#39;s New England Journal of Medicine
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Gov. Janet Napolitano dipped into a fund used for health emergencies to help promote the state&#39;s prescription-drug program for seniors, a move that has come under fire because she pledged not to use taxpayer money to advertise the discount cards.
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Its Alzheimer's treatment flops in testing, on the heels of FDA disapproval of another Neurochem drug.
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A decision to deny Alzheimer's drugs to patients with mild-stage disease is challenged at the High Court.